BET Award for Best Male Hip Hop Artist

The BET Award for Best Male Hip Hop Artist is an award given to honor the outstanding achievements of male artists in hip hop every year. The winner is determined based on sales and overall quality of content released within the eligibility period. Kendrick Lamar is the all-time winner in this category with six wins. Drake has the most nominations with fifteen.

Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Wins

 * 7 wins
 * Kendrick Lamar


 * 4 wins
 * Drake


 * 3 wins
 * Kanye West


 * 2 wins
 * Jay-Z
 * T.I.

Nominations

 * 15 nominations
 * Drake


 * 11 nominations
 * J. Cole


 * 10 nominations
 * Jay-Z


 * 9 nominations
 * Kendrick Lamar


 * 8 nominations
 * Future
 * Kanye West


 * 6 nominations
 * Lil Wayne


 * 5 nominations
 * Ludacris


 * 4 nominations
 * 50 Cent
 * Lil Baby
 * Snoop Dogg
 * T.I.


 * 3 nominations
 * 21 Savage
 * Big Sean
 * Common
 * Jack Harlow
 * Rick Ross


 * 2 nominations
 * B.o.B
 * Busta Rhymes
 * DaBaby
 * Ja Rule
 * Nelly
 * Travis Scott
 * Young Jeezy