2011 BET Hip Hop Nominees Announced; Mike Epps To Host Again Ms. Bels Monday, September 12, 2011 Studio Xclusive, The Studio, Tune In The BET Network recently announced their nominees for the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards. Inevitably leading the pack of nominees, Lil Wayne has been nominated an astonishing 18 times this year. With his latest project selling over 1 million copies, Lil Wayne is basking in success. But one of his YMCMB cohorts are coming through with several nominations as well. Nicki Minaj is nominated for Lyricist of the Year, MVP of the Year, CD of the Year, Made You Look (Best Hip Hop Style), Sweet 16 (Best Featured Verse), and the Verizon’s People’s Champ Award. Here is a full list of the categories and nominees… Best Hip Hop Video Big Sean f/ Chris Brown – My Last Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – Look At Me Now DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne – I’m On One Eminem f/ Rihanna – Love The Way You Lie Kanye West f/ Rihanna – All Of The Lights Reese’s Perfect Combo Award (Best Collab) Ace Hood f/ Rick Ross & Lil Wayne – Hustle Hard (Remix) Big K.R.I.T. f/ Ludacris & Bun B – Country Sh*t (Remix) Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – Look At Me Now DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne – I’m On One Lupe Fiasco f/ Trey Songz – Out Of My Head Best Live Performer Busta Rhymes Cee-Lo Green Jay-Z Lil Wayne Kanye West Lyricist of the Year Jay-Z Lil Wayne Nicki Minaj Rick Ross Kanye West Video Director of the Year Gil Green Anthony Mandler Chris Robinson Kanye West Hype Williams Producer of the Year J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League Kane Beatz Lex Luger No I.D. Kanye West, Emile, Jeff Bhasker & Mike Dean MVP of the Year Lil Wayne Nicki Minaj Rick Ross Kanye West Wiz Khalifa Track of the Year 6 Foot 7 Foot – Produced by Bangladesh (Lil Wayne f/ Cory Gunz) Black and Yellow – Produced by Stargate (Wiz Khalifa) I’m On One – Produced by T-Minus (DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne) Look At Me Now – Produced by Diplo & Afrojack (Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes) My Last – Produced by Lex Luger (Big Sean f/ Chris Brown) CD of the Year Big Sean – Finally Famous Lupe Fiasco – LASERS Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Wiz Khalifa – Rolling Papers DJ of the Year DJ Drama DJ Enuff DJ Envy DJ Khaled DJ Prostyle Rookie of the Year Big K.R.I.T. Big Sean Frank Ocean Diggy Simmons Tyler the Creator Wiz Khalifa Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip Hop Style) Jay-Z Lil Wayne Nicki Minaj Kanye West Wiz Khalifa Best Hip Hop Online Site All Hip Hop.com Bossip.com Nah Right.com Rap Radar.com World Star Hip Hop.com Best Club Banger Ace Hood – Hustle Hard (Produced by Lex Luger) DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne – I’m On One (Produced by T-Minus) Lil Wayne f/ Cory Gunz – 6 foot 7 foot (Produced by Bangladesh) Waka Flocka Flame – No Hands (Produced by Lex Luger) Wiz Khalifa – Black And Yellow (Produced by Stargate) YC Worldwide f/ Future – Racks (Produced by Sonny Digital) Best Mixtape Big K.R.I.T. – Return Of 4Eva B.o.B – No Genre J. Cole – Friday Night Lights Kendrick Lamar – Section .80 Frank Ocean – Nostalgia, Ultra Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse Busta Rhymes – Look At Me Now (Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes) Lil Wayne – Motivation (Kelly Rowland f/ Lil Wayne) Nicki Minaj – Monster (Kanye West f/ Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver) Wiz Khalifa – Bright Lights, Bigger City (Cee-Lo Green f/ Wiz Khalifa) Wiz Khalifa – Till I’m Gone (Tinie Tempah f/ Wiz Khalifa) Hustler of the Year Diddy Jay-Z Lil Wayne Rick Ross Kanye West Verizon People’s Champ Award (Viewers’ Choice) Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – Look At Me Now Lil Wayne f/ Cory Gunz – 6 Foot 7 Foot Nicki Minaj f/ Drake – Moment 4 Life Kanye West f/ Rihanna – All of The Lights Wiz Khalifa – Black And Yellow Actor/Comedian Mike Epps will return this year as host. This marks his third time hosting the show. BET’s hip hop awards will tape on Saturday, October 1 at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center. The actual show will air on Tuesday, October 11 at 8PM EST. WHO DO YOU THINK WILL WIN THIS YEAR???