TORONTO — Canadian rapper Drake is going into the BET Hip Hop Awards with 13 nominations, it was announced Thursday.
The Toronto-born star is up for Best Hip-Hop Video (“Started From the Bottom”), Lyricist of the Year, MVP of the Year, Best Club Banger (“Started From the Bottom”), Best Featured Verse (“Versace”) and People’s Champ Award.
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Drake’s “Started From the Bottom” is nominated for Track of the Year — an award given to producers — and the rapper is featured on a pair of songs nominated for Best Collaboration (“Poetic Justice” by Kendrick Lamar and “Problems” by A$AP Rocky).
Kendrick Lamar leads the nominees with 14.
Snoop Dogg will host the awards show, which will be taped Sept. 28 in Atlanta for broadcast on Oct. 15.
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