MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip Hop Video

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip Hop Video was first given out at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards. The award, according to MTV, was originally intended for hip hop-inspired songs, not necessarily actual hip hop music videos (which were instead honored by Best Rap Video). This explains the recognition of non-hip hop songs such as "Thong Song" and "I'm Real (Remix)". The award was not given out in 2007, as the VMAs were revamped and most original categories were eliminated, however, Best Hip Hop Video was reinstated in 2008. By then, though, the rules had relatively changed, as R&B and rap videos also became eligible for nominations in this category since the awards for Best Rap Video and Best R&B Video were not brought back.

MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip Hop Video
Awarded for	hip hop music videos
Country	United States
Presented by	MTV
First awarded	1999
Last awarded	2022
Currently held by	Nicki Minaj (featuring Lil Baby) – "Do We Have a Problem?" (2022)
Most awards	Nicki Minaj (4)
Most nominations	Kanye West (9)
Website	VMAs website

Kanye West owns the most nominations, with a total of nine. Nicki Minaj has the most wins in this category, with a total of four.

Recipients

Year	Winner(s)	Nominees	Ref.
1999	Beastie Boys — "Intergalactic"	Busta Rhymes (featuring Janet Jackson) — "What's It Gonna Be?!" Lauryn Hill — "Doo Wop (That Thing)" TLC — "No Scrubs"	^[1]
2000	Sisqó — "Thong Song"	Lauryn Hill — "Everything Is Everything" Juvenile — "Back That Thang Up" Limp Bizkit (featuring Method Man) — "N 2 Gether Now" Q-Tip — "Vivrant Thing"	^[2]
2001	OutKast — "Ms. Jackson"	The Black Eyed Peas (featuring Macy Gray) — "Request Line" City High — "What Would You Do?" Missy Elliott — "Get Ur Freak On" Eve (featuring Gwen Stefani) — "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"	^[3]
2002	Jennifer Lopez (featuring Ja Rule) — "I'm Real (Remix)"	Busta Rhymes (featuring P. Diddy and Pharrell) — "Pass the Courvoisier, Part II" Missy Elliott (featuring Ludacris and Trina) — "One Minute Man" Fat Joe (featuring Ashanti) — "What's Luv?" Ja Rule (featuring Ashanti) — "Always on Time" OutKast (featuring Killer Mike) — "The Whole World"	^[4]
2003	Missy Elliott — "Work It"	Busta Rhymes (featuring Mariah Carey) — "I Know What You Want" Jay-Z (featuring Beyoncé) — "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" Nelly — "Hot in Herre" Snoop Dogg (featuring Pharrell and Uncle Charlie Wilson) — "Beautiful"	^[5]
2004	OutKast — "Hey Ya!"	The Black Eyed Peas — "Hey Mama" Chingy (featuring Ludacris and Snoop Dogg) — "Holidae Inn" Nelly (featuring P. Diddy and Murphy Lee) — "Shake Ya Tailfeather" Kanye West (featuring Syleena Johnson) — "All Falls Down"	^[6]
2005	Missy Elliott (featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop) — "Lose Control"	Common — "Go" Nas (featuring Olu Dara) — "Bridging the Gap" Snoop Dogg (featuring Pharrell) — "Drop It Like It's Hot" Kanye West — "Jesus Walks"	^[7]
2006	The Black Eyed Peas — "My Humps"	Common — "Testify" Daddy Yankee — "Rompe" Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8Ball and MJG) — "Stay Fly" Kanye West (featuring Jamie Foxx) — "Gold Digger"	^[8]
2007	—	—
2008	Lil Wayne (featuring Static Major) — "Lollipop"	Mary J. Blige — "Just Fine" Lupe Fiasco (featuring Matthew Santos) — "Superstar" Flo Rida (featuring T-Pain) — "Low" Kanye West (featuring Chris Martin) — "Homecoming"	^[9]
2009	Eminem — "We Made You"	Flo Rida (featuring Kesha) — "Right Round" Jay-Z — "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" Asher Roth — "I Love College" Kanye West — "Love Lockdown"	^[10]
2010	Eminem — "Not Afraid"	B.o.B (featuring Hayley Williams) — "Airplanes" Drake (featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem) — "Forever" Jay-Z (featuring Swizz Beatz) — "On to the Next One" Kid Cudi (featuring MGMT and Ratatat) — "Pursuit of Happiness"	^[11]
2011	Nicki Minaj — "Super Bass"	Chris Brown (featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes) — "Look at Me Now" Lupe Fiasco — "The Show Goes On" Lil Wayne (featuring Cory Gunz) — "6 Foot 7 Foot" Kanye West (featuring Rihanna and Kid Cudi) — "All of the Lights"	^[12]
2012	Drake (featuring Lil Wayne) — "HYFR"	Childish Gambino — "Heartbeat" Jay-Z and Kanye West — "Paris" Nicki Minaj (featuring 2 Chainz) — "Beez in the Trap" Kanye West (featuring Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz) — "Mercy"	^[13]
2013	Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (featuring Ray Dalton) — "Can't Hold Us"	A$AP Rocky (featuring 2 Chainz, Drake and Kendrick Lamar) — "Fuckin' Problems" J. Cole (featuring Miguel) — "Power Trip" Drake — "Started from the Bottom" Kendrick Lamar — "Swimming Pools (Drank)"	^[14]
2014	Drake (featuring Majid Jordan) — "Hold On, We're Going Home"	Childish Gambino — "3005" Eminem — "Berzerk" Kanye West — "Black Skinhead" Wiz Khalifa — "We Dem Boyz"	^[15]
2015	Nicki Minaj — "Anaconda"	Big Sean (featuring E-40) — "I Don't Fuck with You" Fetty Wap — "Trap Queen" Kendrick Lamar — "Alright" Wiz Khalifa (featuring Charlie Puth) — "See You Again"	^[16]
2016	Drake — "Hotline Bling"	2 Chainz — "Watch Out" Chance the Rapper (featuring Saba) — "Angels" Desiigner — "Panda" Bryson Tiller — "Don't"	^[17]
2017	Kendrick Lamar — "Humble"	Big Sean — "Bounce Back" Chance the Rapper — "Same Drugs" DJ Khaled (featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne) — "I'm the One" DRAM (featuring Lil Yachty) — "Broccoli" Migos (featuring Lil Uzi Vert) — "Bad and Boujee"
2018	Nicki Minaj — "Chun-Li"	Cardi B (featuring 21 Savage) — "Bartier Cardi" The Carters — "Apeshit" Drake — "God's Plan" J. Cole — "ATM (Addicted to Money)" Migos (featuring Drake) — "Walk It Talk It"
2019	Cardi B — "Money"	2 Chainz (featuring Ariana Grande) – "Rule the World" 21 Savage (featuring J. Cole) — "A Lot" DJ Khaled (featuring Nipsey Hussle and John Legend) — "Higher" Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) — "Old Town Road (Remix)" Travis Scott (featuring Drake) — "Sicko Mode"	^[18]
2020	Megan Thee Stallion — "Savage"	DaBaby – "Bop" Eminem (featuring Juice Wrld) — "Godzilla" Future (featuring Drake) — "Life Is Good" Roddy Ricch — "The Box" Travis Scott — "Highest in the Room"	^[19]
2021	Travis Scott (featuring Young Thug and M.I.A.) – "Franchise"	Cardi B (featuring Megan Thee Stallion) – "WAP" Drake (featuring Lil Durk) – "Laugh Now Cry Later" Lil Baby (featuring Megan Thee Stallion) – "On Me (Remix)" Moneybagg Yo – "Said Sum" Polo G – "Rapstar"	^[20]
2022	Nicki Minaj (featuring Lil Baby) – "Do We Have a Problem?"	Eminem and Snoop Dogg – "From the D 2 the LBC" Future (featuring Drake and Tems) – "Wait for U" Kendrick Lamar –  "N95" Latto – "Big Energy" Pusha T – "Diet Coke"	^[21]

Records

Most wins

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd
Artist	Nicki Minaj	Drake	Eminem Outkast Missy Elliott
Total wins	4	3	2

Most nominations

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd
Artist	Kanye West	Drake	Nicki Minaj
Total Nominations	9	7	5

See also

• MTV Europe Music Award for Best Hip-Hop

References

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