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Lil’ Wayne and Beyonce lead with 5 nominations. Keri Hilson and T-Pain, each with four nominations, Rihanna, Jamie Foxx, Kanye West and Jazmine Sullivan all got 3 nominations

THE NOMINEES

Video of the Year

Beyoncé – “If I Were a Boy”

Beyoncé – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”

Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain – “Blame It”

T.I. feat. Rihanna – “Live Your Life”

Kanye West – “Heartless”

Best Male R&B Artist

The-Dream

Jamie Foxx

Ryan Leslie

Ne-Yo

T-Pain

Best Female R&B Artist

Beyoncé

Keyshia Cole

Keri Hilson

Jennifer Hudson

Jazmine Sullivan

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist

Lil Wayne

Rick Ross

T.I.

Kanye West

Young Jeezy

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist

Lil Mama

M.I.A.

Trina

Best Group

Day26

GS Boyz

N.E.R.D.

The Roots

Three 6 Mafia

Best New Artist

Keri Hilson

Kid Cudi

Ryan Leslie

M.I.A.

Jazmine Sullivan

Viewer’s Choice

Beyoncé – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”

Keri Hilson feat. Lil Wayne – “Turnin’ Me On”

Lil Wayne – “A Milli”

Soulja Boy Tell’em feat. Sammie – “Kiss Me Thru the Phone”

T.I. feat. Rihanna – “Live Your Life”

T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne – “Can’t Believe It”

Kanye West – “Love Lockdown”

Best Collaboration

Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain – “Blame It”

Keri Hilson feat. Lil Wayne – “Turnin’ Me On”

Jim Jones feat. Ron Browz and Juelz Santana – “Pop Champagne”

T.I. feat. Rihanna – “Live Your Life”

Yung L.A. feat. Young Dro and T.I. – “Ain’t I”

Video Director of the Year

Benny Boom

Rik Cordero

Gil Green

Chris Robinson

Hype Williams

BET J Award

Musiq Soulchild

Raphael Saadiq

Seal

Solange

Jazmine Sullivan

Best Gospel Artist

Regina Belle

Shirley Caesar

Mary Mary

Smokie Norfu

Trin-I-Tee 5:7

BET’s Hip Hop Awards went down in Atlanta over the weekend and Kanye West won ‘Best Hip Hop Video’. Now, for the guy who’s been whining about not getting any awards from MTV, why would he even think of trying to give his BET award away?!

Kanye suddenly gets a piece of humble pie because after he accepted the award for ‘Stronger’ he tried to give it away to his competitors saying that UGK’s song ‘International Players’ which featured OutKast was more deserving. He even handed the award over to Big Boi but Big Boi handed it right back, he has enough awards without Kanye’s grubby fingerprints over them.

He may have been busted for making his bodyguard buy guns for him when he’s a convicted felon who’s not allowed to buy firearms but that doesn’t mean T.I. can’t have some good news given to him.

T.I. won two awards out of nine nominations at the BET Hip Hop Awards last weekend. The southern rapper didn’t walk the red carpet but he was in attendance for the show in one way or the other. News of his arrest got around which had some people talking. Rapper KRS-One said, “I’m saddened any time I hear of a hip-hopper being locked up or somehow being stunted in his life or his growth. I hope he wasn’t into nothing crazy.”

Common won CD of the year along with T.I. and he decided to dedicate his win to him saying “I salute my guy T.I., who also won, wherever he is.”