Drake Leads At BET Awards With 12 Nominations

The cipherAwards should be called the Drake Awards.

The rapper-singer is up for 12 honors, including five nominations for imageof the year, which has 10 nominees.

His own hits – "Started from the Bottom" and "HYFR" – are up for the top prize, as well as his guest appearances on 2 Chainz's "No Lie," A$AP Rocky's "(Expletive) Problems" and Kendrick Lamar's "Poetic Justice." othervideo of the year nominees are Justin Timberlake's "Suit & Tie," Rihanna's "Diamonds," "Adorn" by Miguel, Kanye West's "Mercy" and "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.

While 26-year-old Drake is looselybattling himself for the night's top award – to air live Sunday from the Nokia landing fieldL.A. Live – some of his friends (and enemies) will blaze the stage, including Nicki Minaj and Chris Brown, who is nominated for scoop outmale R&B artist. Minaj, who has won best female hip-hop creative personfor three consecutive years, is up for the honor again with petty(a)competition.

But the animated rapper isn't the only diva taking the stage: Mariah Carey is besidesset to sing her latest single, "(hash)Beautiful," with Miguel.

Justin Timberlake, who has four nominations including best young-begetting(prenominal)R&B artist and best collaboration for "Suit & Tie" with Jay-Z, will also perform. separateperformers include Stevie Wonder, R. Kelly, India.Arie, Ciara and Robin Thicke, who's "Blurred Lines" is spending its third week on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

2 Chainz and Lamar, who had a discoverythis year with his critically acclaimed major label debut, "good kid, m.A.A.d city," follow Drake with eighternominations each.

Timberlake, Drake, Lamar, Rocky, Miguel and Rihanna will compete for the fan-voted viewer's choice award. Charlie Wilson will earn the lifespanachievement award and Dwyane Wade, who recently won the NBA Finals with the Miami Heat, will peckthe humanitarian award.

Chris Tucker will host the awards show, and presenters include Jamie Foxx, Angela Bassett, Paula Patton and Gabrielle Union.

Sunday's BET Awards is the last part of the network's three-day, weekend event dubbed "BET Experience at L.A. Live." It kicked off Friday with a Beyonce concert, and other performers throughout the weekendincludeMiguel, The Jacksons and R. Kelly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Materials taken from The Huffington Post