BET Hip Hop Awards 2018 Performers & Presenters

The 2018 BET Hip Hop Awards is a pre-taped event, but it does not stop it from being entertaining. This year's show at The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater, with actor and comedian DeRay Davis as the host.

This year's big awards show took place on October 6, 2018, but it was not until October 16, 2018, at 8 p.m. ET / PT and 7 p.m. CT, on the BET network. For those watching the show tonight, there are some big-name performers, as well as presenters, included in the lineup. The performers for the 2018 BET Hip Hop Awards are T.I., Cardi B, Yo Gotti, Greezy Ball, Pardison Fountain, Flipp Dinero, Lil Duval, Lil Pump, Rocky A $ AP, Baby Lil, YG, Gucci Mane and Gunna.

Several of the performers are actually big tonight nominees. In fact, Cardi B has a total of 10 nominations to her name tonight. Some of the categories Cardi B is nominated in include Best Hip Hop Video; Best Collaboration, Duo or Group; Album of the Year; the Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip Hop Style); and Hustler of the Year. According to Essence, last year, Cardi B went home with five awards at the ceremony, including Best New Artist.

According to Hot New Hip Hop, Lil Pump is opening up the awards show with a medley performance. Lil Pump will deliver a variety of hits, such as "ESKEETIT," "Gucci Gang," and "Kept Back", which features Gucci Mane.

The artists who are hitting the stage as presenters at the awards show City Girls' Yung Miami, DJ Khalid, Wale, and Bun B. Four cast members from the new BET show Hustle in Brooklyn are also presenters. These Santos Garcia, Azia Toussaint, Ivy Rivera and King Darnell, according to BET.

For those watching the show, who are the winners are tonight, read on for the 2018 nominees:

Best Hip-Hop Video
Cardi B – "I Like It" feat. Bad Bunny & J Balvin
Childish Gambino – "This Is America"
Drake – "God's Plan"
Kendrick Lamar – "Loyalty" feat. Rihanna
Migos – "Walk It Talk It" feat. Drake

Hot Ticket Performer
Cardi B
Childish Gambino
Drake
Kendrick Lamar
Travis Scott

Album of the Year
Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy
Drake – Scorpion
J. Cole – KOD
Migos – Culture II
The Carters – Everything Is Love

Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Dave Meyers & The Little Homies
Director X
Eif Rivera
Hiro Murai
Karena Evans

Lyricist of the Year
Childish Gambino
Drake
J. Cole
Kendrick Lamar
Travis Scott

MVP of the Year
Cardi B
Childish Gambino
Drake
J. Cole
Travis Scott

Producer of the Year
Ben Billions
DJ Esco
DJ Mustard
Metro Boomin
Pharrell Williams

Best Collaboration, Duo or Group
21 Savage & Offset & Metro Boomin – "Ric Flair Drip"
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"

Single of the Year
"Apesh * t" – Produced by Pharrell (The Carters)
"God's Plan" – Produced by Cardo, Young Exclusive and Boi-1da (Drake)
"I Like It" – Produced by Craig Kallman, JWhiteDidIt and Tainy (Cardi B Feat Bad Bunny & J Balvin)
"Nice for What" – Produced by Murda Beatz (Drake)
"This Is America" ​​- Produced by Donald Glover and Ludwig Goransson (Childish Gambino)

Best New Hip Hop Artist
Blocboy JB
Juice Wrld
Lil Baby
Rich the Kid
XXXTentacion

Best Mixtape
BlocBoy JB – Simi
Future – Beast Mode 2
Juicy J – Shut Da F * Up
Lil Wayne – Dedication 6: Reloaded
Zoey Dollaz – Sorry Not Sorry

Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse
21 Savage – "Bartier Cardi" (Cardi B 21 Savage)
Cardi B – "Motorsport" (Migos feat. Cardi B & Nicki Minaj)
Drake – "Look Alive" (Blocboy JB feat Drake)
Kendrick Lamar – "New Freezer" (Rich the Kid and Kendrick Lamar)
Nicki Minaj – "Big Bank" (YG 2 Chainz, Big Sean & Nicki Minaj)

Impact Track
Childish Gambino – "This Is America"
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

DJ of the Year
Calvin Harris
DJ Envy
DJ Drama
DJ Khaled
DJ Mustard

Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip Hop Style)
Cardi B
Migos
Nicki Minaj
Remy Ma
Travis Scott

Best Hip Hop Online Site / App
AllHipHop
Complex
Hot New Hip Hop
Worldstar
XXL

Hustler of the Year
Cardi B
DJ Khaled
Drake
Jay Z
Kendrick Lamar
Travis Scott