Burna Boy earned a nomination for Best Live Performer while Odumodublvck earned a nod for Best International Flow at the award ceremony on October 15, 2024.
Burna Boy lost out to American hip-hop icon Miss Elliot while Odumodublvck was edged by British rapper Ghetts.
Multi-Grammy award-winning star Kendrick Lamarswoop most of the awards with 7 wins including Best Song, Best Artist, Best Music Video, Best Music Video, Best Collaboration, Best Video Director, Best Lyricist, and Impact Track of the Year.
5 of Kendrick Lamar’s wins are courtesy of his smash hit diss record ‘Not Like Us’.
See the full winners list below.
- Hip-hop artist of the year
Kendrick Lamar
- Song of the Year
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
- Hip-hop album of the year
Pink Friday 2 – Nicki Minaj
- Best hip-hop video
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
- Best breakthrough hip-hop artist
Sexyy Red
- Best Collaboration
“Like That” – Metro Boomin, Future, Kendrick Lamar
- Best duo or group
Future & Metro Boomin
- Best live performer
Missy Elliott
- Lyricist of the year
Kendrick Lamar
- Video director of the year
