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MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip Hop Video

Annual music video award

Summary

Annual music video award

Field	Value
name	MTV Video Music Award
for Best Hip Hop
awarded_for	hip hop music videos
imagesize	100px
caption	The "moonperson" trophy presented to the award winners
presenter	MTV
country	United States
year	1999
most_awards	Nicki Minaj (5)
most_nominations	Drake (15)
holder	Doechii – "Anxiety" ()
website	VMAs website

for Best Hip Hop The MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip Hop 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.

Drake owns the most nominations, with a total of fifteen. Nicki Minaj has the most wins in this category, with a total of five moonmen.

Recipients

[[Nicki Minaj]] is the most awarded artist of the category with five awards.

Drake]] is the most nominated act with fourteen. He is also the second most awarded artist with three awards.

[[Lil Wayne]] received seven nominations in his career, winning two-time.

[[Kanye West]] received ten nominations in the category, without win.

1990s

Year	Winner(s)	Video	Nominees	Ref.
Beastie Boys	"Intergalactic"	{{smalldiv

2000s

Year	Winner(s)	Video
Sisqó	"Thong Song"	{{smalldiv
Outkast	"Ms. Jackson"	{{smalldiv
Jennifer Lopez (featuring Ja Rule)	"I'm Real (Remix)"	{{smalldiv
Missy Elliott	"Work It"	{{smalldiv
Outkast	"Hey Ya!"	{{smalldiv
Missy Elliott (featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop)	"Lose Control"	{{smalldiv
The Black Eyed Peas	"My Humps"	{{smalldiv
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Lil Wayne (featuring Static Major)	"Lollipop"	{{smalldiv
Eminem	"We Made You"	{{smalldiv

2010s

Year	Winner(s)	Video
Eminem	"Not Afraid"	{{smalldiv
Nicki Minaj	"Super Bass"	{{smalldiv
Drake (featuring Lil Wayne)	"HYFR"	{{smalldiv
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (featuring Ray Dalton)	"Can't Hold Us"	{{smalldiv
Drake (featuring Majid Jordan)	"Hold On, We're Going Home"	{{smalldiv
Nicki Minaj	"Anaconda"	{{smalldiv
Drake	"Hotline Bling"	{{smalldiv
Kendrick Lamar	"Humble"	{{smalldiv
Nicki Minaj	"Chun-Li"	{{smalldiv
Cardi B	"Money"	{{smalldiv

2020s

Year	Winner(s)	Video
Megan Thee Stallion	"Savage"	{{smalldiv
Travis Scott (featuring Young Thug and M.I.A.)	"Franchise"	{{smalldiv
Nicki Minaj (featuring Lil Baby)	"Do We Have a Problem?"	{{smalldiv
Nicki Minaj	"Super Freaky Girl"	{{smalldiv
Eminem	"Houdini"	{{smalldiv
Doechii	"Anxiety"	{{smalldiv

Statistics

Artists with multiple wins

; 5 wins

Nicki Minaj

; 3 wins

Drake
Eminem

; 2 wins

Outkast
Lil Wayne
Missy Elliott

Artists with multiple nominations

; 15 nominations

Drake

; 10 nominations

Kanye West

; 9 nominations

Eminem

; 7 nominations

Lil Wayne

; 6 nominations

Kendrick Lamar
Nicki Minaj

; 5 nominations

2 Chainz
Travis Scott

; 4 nominations

Busta Rhymes
Cardi B
Jay-Z
Missy Elliott
Snoop Dogg

; 3 nominations

Ashanti
Big Sean
The Black Eyed Peas
Chance the Rapper
DJ Khaled
Future
GloRilla
J. Cole
Kid Cudi
Lil Baby
Megan Thee Stallion
Outkast
P. Diddy
Pharrell

; 2 nominations

21 Savage
Bryson Tiller
Childish Gambino
Common
Flo Rida
Ja Rule
Lauryn Hill
Lil Uzi Vert
Ludacris
Lupe Fiasco
Migos
Nelly
Pusha T
Sexyy Red
Swizz Beatz
Wiz Khalifa

Notes

References

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