Here are the big winners at the BET Hip Hop Awards 2018 | Yo! MTV Raps

This year's BET Hip Hop Awards was no stranger to controversy, and it was mainly boiled down to one rapper: Vic Mensa, and his ongoing crusade aiming the late XXXTentacion.

In the awards cypher, recorded weeks ago and screened at the ceremony — which took place on Tuesday, October 16th — Vic rapped about XXXTentacion and his history of violent crimes: "Only time you bear arms is in a wife beater, loser/Your favorite rapper's a domestic abuser".

The ceremony was taped earlier this month, and in attendance was XXXTentacion's mother Cleopatra Bernard — to whom Mensa publicly apologized, unaware she would be there to accept her son's posthumous award.

 

 

 

 

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Protect women. Domestic & sexual abuse are not excusable because you have talent or you are troubled. With that said I was not aware his mother would be in attendance & I offer her my deepest condolences.

A post shared by 💔 (@vicmensa) on Oct 8, 2018 at 3:21pm PDT

You can watch the entire cypher here, including Vic's scorching segment.

On the awards side, Drake was at the forefront with 11 nods, but Cardi B ended up the triumphant winner with four prizes and a performance for the ages.

Here's the full list of nominees and winners.

Best Hip-Hop Video
Cardi B - "I Like It" feat. Bad Bunny & J Balvin​
Childish Gambino - "This Is America" (winner)
Drake - "God's Plan"
Kendrick Lamar – "Loyalty" feat. Rihanna
Migos - "Walk It Talk It" feat. Drake

Hot Ticket Performer
Cardi B
Childish Gambino
Drake (winner)
Kendrick Lamar
Travis Scott

Album of the Year
Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
Drake – Scorpion
J. Cole – KOD
Migos - Culture II
The Carters - Everything Is Love (winner)

Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Dave Meyers & The Little Homies
Director X
Eif Rivera
Hiro Murai
Karena Evans (winner)

Lyricist of the Year
Childish Gambino
Drake
J. Cole
Kendrick Lamar (winner)
Travis Scott

MVP of the Year
Cardi B (winner)
Childish Gambino
Drake
J. Cole
Travis Scott

Producer of the Year
Ben Billions
DJ Esco
DJ Mustard
Metro Boomin
Pharrell Williams (winner)

Best Collabo, Duo or Group
21 Savage & Offset & Metro Boomin - "Ric Flair Drip"
Blocboy JB - "Look Alive" feat. Drake
Cardi B - "I Like It" feat. Bad Bunny & J Balvin
Post Malone – "Rockstar" feat. 21 Savage
The Carters – "Apes**t" (winner)

Single of the Year
"Apesh*t" - Produced by Pharrell — The Carters (winner)
"God's Plan" - Produced by Cardo, Young Exclusive and Boi-1da — Drake
"I Like It" - Produced by Craig Kallman, JWhiteDidIt and Tainy — Cardi B Feat. Bad Bunny & J Balvin
"Nice for What" - Produced by Murda Beatz — Drake
"This Is America" - Produced by Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson — Childish Gambino

Best New Hip Hop Artist
Blocboy JB
Juice WRLD
Lil Baby
Rich the Kid
XXXTentacion (winner)

Best Mixtape
BlocBoy JB – Simi (winner)
Future - Beast Mode 2
Juicy J – Shut Da F* Up
Lil Wayne - Dedication 6: Reloaded
Zoey Dollaz - Sorry Not Sorry

Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse
21 Savage - "Bartier Cardi" (Cardi B feat. 21 Savage)
Cardi B - "Motorsport" (Migos feat. Cardi B & Nicki Minaj) (winner)
Drake - "Look Alive" (Blocboy JB feat. Drake) 
Kendrick Lamar - "New Freezer" (Rich the Kid feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Nicki Minaj - "Big Bank" (YG feat. 2 Chainz, Big Sean & Nicki Minaj)

Impact Track
Childish Gambino - "This Is America" (winner)
Dej Loaf & Leon Bridges - "Liberated"
Lecrae - "I'll Find You" feat. Tori Kelly
Meek Mill – "Stay Woke" feat. Miguel
N.E.R.D - "1,000" feat. FUTURE

DJ of the Year
Calvin Harris
DJ Envy
DJ Drama
DJ Khaled (winner)
DJ Mustard

Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip Hop Style)
Cardi B (winner)
Migos
Nicki Minaj
Remy Ma
Travis Scott

Best Hip Hop Online Site/App
ALLHIPHOP
Complex
Hot New Hip Hop
Worldstar (winner)
XXL

Hustler of the Year
Cardi B (winner)
DJ Khaled 
Drake
Jay Z
Kendrick Lamar
Travis Scott

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