CHECKOUT THE LIST OF NOMINATED ARTIST IN BET AWARDS 2015 :

 The nominees for the 10th Annual BET Hip Hop Awards have been announced and this time around it's is going to be tough.

Drake was nominated in 12 categories, including Lyricist of the Year, Hustler of the Year and Made-You-Look Award, MVP of the Year, Album of the Year,and is a featured artist in Best Hip-Hop Video, Best Collabo, Duo or Group, and People’s Champ Award.

Big Sean was  nominated in 10 categories. Nicki Minaj was nominated in 9categories . Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole were nominated in 8 categories .

Hosted by Snoop Dogg, the BET Hip-Hop Awards 2015 will be taped on Oct. 9 at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center in Atlanta, and will air Oct. 13 at 8 p.m. ET.

See a full list of nominees below.

BET HIP-HOP AWARDS 2015 NOMINATIONS

BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO

Big Sean feat. Chris Brown and Ty Dolla $ign – “Play No Games”
Big Sean feat. Drake and Kanye West – “Blessings”
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
Nicki Minaj feat. Beyoncé – “Feeling Myself”

BEST COLLABO, DUO OR GROUP

Big Sean feat. Drake and Kanye West – “Blessings”
Big Sean feat. E-40 – “IDFWU”
Fetty Wap feat. Monty – “My Way”
Nicki Minaj feat. Beyoncé – “Feeling Myself”
Nicki Minaj feat. Drake and Lil Wayne – “Truffle Butter”

BEST LIVE PERFORMER

Drake
J. Cole
Kanye West
Kendrick Lamar
Nicki Minaj

LYRICIST OF THE YEAR

Big Sean
Drake
J. Cole
Kendrick Lamar
Nicki Minaj

VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Alan Ferguson
Benny Boom
Chris Robinson/Lil Chris
Colin Tilley
Director X

DJ OF THE YEAR

DJ Drama
DJ Envy
DJ Esco
DJ Khaled
DJ Mustard

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

DJ Mustard
J. Cole
Kanye West
Mike Will Made-It
Pharrell Williams
Timbaland

MVP OF THE YEAR

Big Sean
Drake
Future
J. Cole
Kendrick Lamar
Nicki Minaj

TRACK OF THE YEAR

“Alright” – Produced by Pharrell Williams and Sounwave (Kendrick Lamar)
“Blessings” – Produced by Boi-1da and Vinylz (Big Sean feat. Drake and Kanye West)
“Commas” – Produced by DJ Spinz and Southside (Future)
“IDFWU” – Produced by Dj Dahi, Dj Mustard, Kanye West and Key Wane (Big Sean feat. E-40)
“Trap Queen” – Produced by Tony Fadd (Fetty Wap)

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Big Sean – Dark Sky Paradise
Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
J. Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
Nicki Minaj – The Pinkprint
Wale – The Album About Nothing

WHO BLEW UP AWARD

Bobby Shmurda
DeJ Loaf
Fetty Wap
Rae Sremmurd
Tink

HUSTLER OF THE YEAR

Dr. Dre
Drake
J. Cole
Jay Z
Nicki Minaj

MADE-YOU-LOOK AWARD (BEST HIP-HOP STYLE)

A$AP Rocky
DeJ Loaf
Drake
Kanye West
Nicki Minaj

BEST CLUB BANGER

Big Sean feat. E-40 – “IDFWU” (Produced by Dj Dahi, Dj Mustard, Kanye West and Key Wane)
Dej Loaf – “Try Me” (Produced by Dds)
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen” (Produced by Tony Fadd)
Future – “Commas” (Produced by DJ Spinz and Southside)
Rich Homie Quan – “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)” (Produced by DJ Spinz and Nitti Beatz)

BEST MIXTAPE

Future – 56 Nights
Future – Beast Mode
Future – Monster
Lil Wayne – Sorry 4 The Wait 2
Travis Scott – Days Before Rodeo

SWEET 16: BEST FEATURED VERSE

Drake – “Blessings” (Big Sean feat. Drake and Kanye West)
Drake – “My Way (Remix)” (Fetty Wap feat. Drake)
E-40 – “IDFWU” (Big Sean feat. E-40)
Kendrick Lamar – “Classic Man (Remix)” (Jidenna feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Lil Wayne – “Truffle Butter” (Nicki Minaj feat. Drake and Lil Wayne)

IMPACT TRACK

Big Sean feat. Kanye West and John Legend – “One Man Can Change The World”
Common and John Legend – “Glory” (From The Motion Picture “Selma”)
J. Cole – “Apparently”
J. Cole – “Be Free”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”

PEOPLE’S CHAMP AWARD

Big Sean feat. Drake and Kanye West – “Blessings”
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
Future – “Commas”
Kendrick Lamar – “i”
Rae Sremmurd – “No Type”
Rich Homie Quan – “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)”