NEWS: Jay-Z Leads BET's Hip Hop Awards Nominations With 10 Nods, Breaking History

Jay-Z has broken BET's Hip Hop Awards history by being nominated a staggering ten times in eight categories!

Young Money's Drake follows behind the Jigga Man with eight nominations alongside Nicki Minaj who's up for seven nominations.

This year's BET Hip Hop Awards will take place on October 2nd at Atlanta's Boisfeuillet Jones Civic Centre and will be hosted by comedian/actor Mike Epps.

Here's the list of nominees for BETs Hip Hop Awards 2010

Best Live Performer

Busta Rhymes

Drake

Jay-Z

Kanye West

Lil Wayne

Lyricist of the Year

Jay-Z

Drake

Eminem 

Lil Wayne

Nicki Minaj

Best Hip Hop Video

B.o.B ft Bruno Mars - 'Nothing On You'

Drake - 'Find Your Love'

Jay-z ft Alicia Keys - 'Empire State Of Mind'

Jay-Z ft Rihanna & Kanye West - 'Run This Town'

Jay-Z ft Swizz Beats - 'On To The Next One'

Hustler Of The Year

T.I.

Diddy

Drake

Nicki Minaj

Jay-Z

Reeses's Perfect Combo

B.o.B ft Bruno Mars - 'Nothing On You'

Diddy-Dirty Money ft Nicki Minaj & Rick Ross - 'Hello Good Morning [Remix]'

Jay-Z ft Alicia Keys - 'Empire State Of Mind'

DJ Khaled ft Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes, Nicki Minaj, T-Pain, Jadkiss & Fat Joe - 'All I Do Is Win'

Rookie of the Year

J.Cole

Waka Flocka Flame

Nicki Minaj

Chiddy Bang

Roscoe Dash

Producer of the Year

Swizz Beats

Polow Da Don

Lex Luger

Drumma Boy

Boi-1da

Made You Look Award

Nicki Minaj

B.o.B

Jay-Z

Kanye West

T.I.

Track of the Year

B.o.B ft Hayley Williams - 'Airplanes'

DJ Khaled ft Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes, Nicki Minaj, T-Pain, Jadkiss & Fat Joe - 'All I Do Is Win'

Young Money ft Lloyd - 'Bedrock'

Rick Ross ft Styles P -'BMF'

Jay-Z ft Alicia Keys - 'Empire State Of Mind'

For the full list on nominees, click here