It was a HUGE night in television for the culture! The 2018 BET Hip Hop Awards host by comedian, actor, host of VH1’s “Hip Hop Squares” and fan favorite, Deray Davis; held at The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater for the 2nd consecutive year premiered Tuesday,October 16, 2018 at 8PM / 7PM C. The BET Hip Hop Awards continue to do it for the culture year after year: celebrating today’s Hip Hop elite, much anticipated cyphers, turnt performances, honoring and paying homage to our Hip Hop legends!
This year’s turnt BET Hip Hop Awards 2018 performance line-up brought the heat to Miami Beach, FL! Cardi B kicked off her performance with a rendition of “Get Up 10” the opening track of her Multi-Platinum debut album, Invasion of Privacy followed by her new track with Pardison Fontanie, “Backin’ It Up”. TI performed tracks from his new album,Dime Trap “Wraith” featuring Yo Gotti and closing with “Jefe” bringing that Latin Trap energy with dancers dressed in the Day of the Dead masks while a mariachi band performed in the background. Yella Beezy,straight out of Dallas, Texas turned up the crowd with his debut performance at the BET Hip-Hop Awards of his Billboard Chart- topping hit “That’s On Me”, and Lil Duval closed the show with “Smile (Living My Best Life)” featuring Ball Greezy and Shiggy while showing the crowd how to live their best lives! Gucci Mane, Lil Pump, Lil Baby, YG, Gunna, A$AP Rocky, and Young M.A. also lit the stage during last night’s show.
The much-anticipated cyphers consisted of hard- hitting lyricists we’ve known and loved for years,like Ms. Erykah Badu, to fresh artists who’ve recently Turnt Famous!, such as Bri Steves and Phora.
Dallas-Fort Worth talent, Erykah Badu, Yella Beezy, Asian Doll, & Solo Lucci, was in the building for the 2018 BET Hip Hop Awards, turning it up for the DFW and “That’s On Me Baby”! There were so many amazing highlights from the night but this was for sure 1 of my favorites!
“I AM HIP HOP”honoree none other the legend himself Lil Wayne thanked God, his family, friends, and fans during his acceptance speech with his mother Jacida Carter,and daughter Reginae Carter beside him on stage, before giving an emotional tribute to the white detective who saved his life, Uncle Bob whore fused to not let him make it after a near death experience at only 12-years old.
Thankful and Grateful, Multi-Platinum, artist Cardi B lead the BET Hip Hop Awards Winner’s Circle with 4 wins for ‘MVP of the Year’, ‘Hustler of the Year’, ‘Made You Look: Best Hip Hop Style’,and ‘Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse ’. The Carters followed closely with 3 wins:‘Album of the Year’, ‘Best Collabo, Duo or Group’, and ‘Single of the Year’. XXXTentacion won the award for ‘Best New Artist’, his mother, Cleopatra Bernard, accepted the trophy on his behalf, after he passed away this summer following a fatal shooting and robbery in Deerfield Beach, FL.
Below, a list of all of the 2018 BET Hip Hop Awards winners, indicated in bold.
Cardi B - I Like It Feat. Bad Bunny & J Balvin
Childish Gambino - This Is America*WINNER
Drake - God's Plan
Kendrick Lamar – Loyalty Feat. Rihanna
Migos - Walk It Talk It Feat. Drake
Cardi B
Childish Gambino
Drake *WINNER
Kendrick Lamar
Travis Scott
Cardi B - Invasion Of Privacy
Drake - Scorpion
J. Cole - KOD
Migos - Culture II
The Carters - Everything Is Love*WINNER
Benny Boom
Dave Meyers & The Little Homies
Director X
Eif Rivera
Hiro Murai
Karena Evans *WINNER
Childish Gambino
Drake
J. Cole
Kendrick Lamar *WINNER
Travis Scott
Cardi B *WINNER
Childish Gambino
Drake
J. Cole
Travis Scott
Ben Billions
DJ Esco
DJ Mustard
Metro Boomin
Pharrell Williams *WINNER
21 Savage & Offset & Metro Boomin - Ric FlairDrip
BlocBoy JB - Look Alive Feat. Drake
Cardi B - I Like It Feat. Bad Bunny & J Balvin
Post Malone – Rockstar Feat. 21 Savage
The Carters – Apes**t *WINNER
Apes**t - Produced By Pharrell (The Carters) *WINNER
God's Plan - Produced By Cardo, Young Exclusive and Boi-1da (Drake)
I Like It - Produced By Craig Kallman, J White Did It and Tainy (Cardi B Feat. Bad Bunny & J Balvin)
Nice For What - Produced By Murda Beatz (Drake)
This Is America - Produced By Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson (Childish Gambino)
BloBboy JB
Juice Wrld
Lil Baby
Rich The Kid
XXXTentacion *WINNER
BlocBoy JB – Simi *WINNER
Future - Beast Mode 2
Juicy J – Shut Da F* Up
Lil Wayne - Dedication 6: Reloaded
Zoey Dollaz - Sorry Not Sorry
21 Savage - “Bartier Cardi” (Cardi B Feat. 21 Savage)
Cardi B - “Motorsport” (Migos Feat. Cardi B & Nicki Minaj) *WINNER
Drake - “Look Alive” (Blocboy JB Feat. Drake)
Kendrick Lamar - “New Freezer” (Rich The Kid Feat.Kendrick Lamar)
Nicki Minaj - “Big Bank” (Yg Feat. 2 Chainz, Big Sean& Nicki Minaj)
Childish Gambino - This Is America *WINNER
Dej Loaf & Leon Bridges - Liberated
Lecrae - I'll Find You Feat. Tori Kelly
Meek Mill – Stay Woke Feat. Miguel
N.E.R.D - 1,000 Feat. FUTURE
Calvin Harris
DJ Envy
DJ Drama
DJ Khaled *WINNER
DJ Mustard
Cardi B *WINNER
Migos
Nicki Minaj
Remy Ma
Travis Scott
ALLHIPHOP
Complex
Hot New Hip Hop
Worldstar *WINNER
XXL
Cardi B *WINNER
DJ Khaled
Drake
Jay-Z
Kendrick Lamar
Travis Scott
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