Drake Leads 2013 BET Awards Nominees, Chris Brown and R. Kelly to Perform

The Toronto rapper earns the most nods with
12 going into the awards ceremony to be
hosted by Chris Tucker.
Canadian rapper
Drake leads all
nominees in this
year's BET
Awards, bagging
a total of 12
nominations
going into the
June 30
awarding
ceremony. To be
hosted by
comedian Chris
Tucker , the
show will feature
performances
from hip-hop's finest, from young current
superstar Chris Brown to veteran favorite R.
Kelly .
The nominations, unveiled Tuesday, May 14 by
BET in a Los Angeles press conference,
revealed that the 26-year-old Drake got an
even dozen nods which included the Best Male
Hip-hop Artist award and the Coca-Cola
Viewers' Choice Award for "Started from the
Bottom". For the Video of the Year category
alone, the "5AM in Toronto" hitmaker got
himself nominated a remarkable five times.
With one of the five being his "Started from
the Bottom" solo project, the rest of the nods
were for Drake's collaborations with other
artists like 2 Chainz on "No Lie", Kendrick
Lamar on "Poetic Justice" and A$AP Rocky on
"F*ckin' Problems", which incidentally, also
featured 2 Chainz and Lamar. The fourth
collaboration to be nominated was Drake's own
"HYFR" team-up with Cash Money Records
boss Lil Wayne , the only one not included in
his Best Collaboration nods that he got,
although it was easily filled up by his work on
"Pop That" with French Montana, Rick Ross
and Weezy.
Trailing Drake in the BET Awards nominations
list are incidentally again, his collaborators 2
Chainz and Lamar with eight nods each,
followed by A$AP Rocky and Roc Nation mogul
Jay-Z with five, and closely behind with four
apiece are Billboard chart-topper Justin
Timberlake and "Adorn" singer Miguel .

2013 BET Awards Nominations
Best Female R&B/Pop Artist

Beyonce Knowles
Tamar Braxton
Alicia Keys
Rihanna
Elle Varner
Best Male R&B/Pop Artist
Chris Brown
Bruno Mars
Miguel
Justin Timberlake
Usher

Best Group

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Mary Mary
Mindless Behavior
Slaughterhouse
The Throne (Kanye West and Jay-Z )

Best Collaboration

2 Chainz (featuring Drake ) - "No Lie"
A$AP Rocky (featuring Drake , 2 Chainz and
Kendrick Lamar ) - "F---in' Problems"
French Montana (featuring Rick Ross , Drake
and Lil Wayne ) - "Pop That"
Kendrick Lamar (featuring Drake ) - "Poetic
Justice"
Justin Timberlake (featuring Jay-Z ) - "Suit &
Tie"
Kanye West (featuring Big Sean, Pusha T and 2
Chainz ) - "Mercy"

Best Male Hip Hop Artist

2 Chainz
A$AP Rocky
Drake
Future
Kendrick Lamar

Best Female Hip Hop Artist

Azealia Banks
Eve
Nicki Minaj
Rasheeda
Rye Rye

Video of the Year

2 Chainz (featuring Drake ) - "No Lie"
A$AP Rocky (featuring Drake , 2 Chainz and
Kendrick Lamar ) - "F---in' Problems"
Drake - "Started From the Bottom"
Drake (featuring Lil Wayne) - "HYFR"
Kendrick Lamar (featuring Drake ) - "Poetic
Justice"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (featuring Wanz) -
"Thrift Shop"
Miguel - "Adorn"
Rihanna - "Diamonds"
Justin Timberlake (featuring Jay-Z ) - "Suit &
Tie"
Kanye West (featuring Big Sean, Pusha T and 2
Chainz ) - "Mercy"

Video Director of the Year

A$AP Rocky and Sam Lecca
Benny Boom
Director X
Dre Films
Hype Williams
Best New Artist
Azealia Banks
Joey Bada$$
Kendrick Lamar
Trinidad Jame$
The Weeknd

Best Gospel Artist

Deitrick Haddon
Lecrae
Tamela Mann
Mary Mary
Marvin Sapp

Best Actress

Angela Bassett
Halle Berry
Taraji P. Henson
Gabrielle Union
Kerry Washington

Best Actor

Don Cheadle
Common
Jamie Foxx
Samuel L. Jackson
Denzel Washington

YoungStars Award

Gabrielle Douglas
Jacob Latimore
Keke Palmer
Jaden Smith
Quvenzhane Wallis

Best Movie

" Beasts of the Southern Wild "
" Django Unchained"
" Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap"
" Sparkle"
" Think Like a Man"

Subway Sportswoman of the Year

Gabrielle Douglas
Brittney Griner
Candace Parker
Serena Williams
Venus Williams

Subway Sportsman of the Year

Victor Cruz
Kevin Durant
Robert Griffin III
LeBron James
Ray Lewis

Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice Award

A$AP Rocky (featuring Drake , 2 Chainz and
Kendrick Lamar ) - "F---in' Problems"
Drake - "Started From the Bottom"
Kendrick Lamar - "Swimming Pools (Drank)"
Miguel - "Adorn"
Rihanna - "Diamonds"
Justin Timberlake (featuring Jay-Z ) - "Suit &
Tie"

Centric Award

Tamar Braxton - "Love and War"
Fantasia Barrino - "Lose to Win"
Miguel - "Adorn"
Nas - "Daughters"
Charlie Wilson - "My Love Is All I Have"

Best International Act: Africa
2Face Idibia (Nigeria)

Toya Delazy (South Africa)
Donald (South Africa)
Ice Prince (Nigeria)
R2Bees (Ghana)
Radio and Weasel (Uganda)

Best International Act: UK

Marsha Ambrosius
Estelle
Labrinth
Rita Ora
Emeli Sande
Wiley