2023 BET Awards: Drake and Glorilla Lead Nominations, Followed by 21 Savage and Lizzo
variety.comThania Garcia Following the release of two back-to-back chart-topping albums last summer (“Honestly, Nevermind” and his and 21 Savage’s joint “Her Loss”), Drake has scored seven BET Awards nominations for the 2023 show slated to take place on June 25 in Los Angeles.
Memphis rapper Glorilla nearly meets him at a tie, clocking in with six recognitions as the 2022 winner of BET’s breakthrough hip-hop artist of the year.
Among his nominations, Drake is up for best group alongside 21 Savage, best collaboration with Future and Tems for their radio favorite “Wait for U,” and album of the year for “Her Loss.” Glorilla competes with Drake in the best collaboration category twice — once for her feature with HItkidd (“F.N.F.
Let’s Go”) and Cardi B (“Tomorrow 2”). The Memphis rapper is also up for album of the year for “Anyways, Life’s Great.” 21 Savage and Lizzo earned the third-highest number of nominations, up for five awards each.
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