HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED AT THE BET AWARDS 2021 + WINNERS & ATTENDEES

Last night the 16th annual BET hip hop awards aired live from the Cobb Energy Center in Atlanta, the event was hosted by the stars of the 85 south show Karlous Miller, DC young fly and Chico Bean. The awards are aimed at recognizing hip hop artists works in the year. The nominations were announced on the 9th of September, where Cardi B, Meagan the Stallion and Lil Durk lead the nominations with 9 each.

Cardi B and Megan the Stallion were the biggest winners of the night for their collaboration on ‘WAP’, they had 9 nominations and 3 wins, they took home the award for song of the year, best collaboration and best hip hop video. Hip hop legend Nelly was honored with the I Am hip hop award for his 20year contribution in the music industry.

The show was had plenty of entertainment from various cyphers from emerging acts as well as with great performances by some of hip hops newest talents, Baby Keem, Young Thug, Lil Jon, Bia, Doechii, Gunna, Isaiah Rashad, Kal Banx, Latto, Paul Wall and Tobe, Nelly was the closing act and ended up stealing the show with an amazing performance of his greatest hits, which had the crowd very hyped. His emotional acceptance was also one to note as it touched nearly everyone in attendance.

Here is a full list of the winners.

HIP HOP ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Call me if you get lost by Taylor the creator

BEST HIP HOP PLATFORM

Genius

BEST NEW HIP HOP ARTIST

Yung Bleu

BEST INTERNATIONAL FLOW

Little Simz U.K

SONG OF THE YEAR

WAP by Cardi B ft Megan the Stallion

VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Missy Elliot

DJ OF THE YEAR

DJ Scheme

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

Hit boy

HUSTLER OF THE YEAR

Saweetie

BEST COLLABORATION

WAP by Cardi B ft Megan the stallion

BEST DUO/GROUP

Lil Baby and Lil Durk

BEST LIVE PERFORMER

Taylor the creator

LYRICIST OF THE YEAR

J Cole

BEST FEATURED VERSE

Jay Z ft Nippsey Hussle ‘What it feels like’