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 songs that incorporated both R&B and rap elements, separate from rap music videos (which were instead honored by Best Rap Video), citing rap-singing artists such as TLC and Lauryn Hill as examples. This explains the recognition of 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

thumb|Inaugural winners [[Beastie Boys.]]

thumb|[[Jennifer Lopez was the first female act to win the category with "I'm Real (Remix)" with Ja Rule in .]]

thumb|[[Missy Elliott was the first solo act and the first female rapper to win the category with "Work It" in .]]

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

thumb|[[Drake (musician)|Drake is the most nominated act with fourteen. He is also the second most awarded artist with three awards.]]

thumb|[[Eminem was the first solo male rapper to win the category in with "We Made You".]]

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

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

1990s

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| Beastie Boys

| "Intergalactic"

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2000s

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| Sisqó

| "Thong Song"

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| Outkast

| "Ms. Jackson"

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| Jennifer Lopez

| "I'm Real (Remix)"

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| Missy Elliott

| "Work It"

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| Outkast

| "Hey Ya!"

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| Missy Elliott

| "Lose Control"

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| The Black Eyed Peas

| "My Humps"

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| Lil Wayne

| "Lollipop"

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| Eminem

| "We Made You"

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2010s

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| Eminem

| "Not Afraid"

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| Nicki Minaj

| "Super Bass"

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| Drake

| "HYFR"

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| Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

| "Can't Hold Us"

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| Drake

| "Hold On, We're Going Home"

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| Nicki Minaj

| "Anaconda"

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| Drake

| "Hotline Bling"

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| Cardi B

| "Money"

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2020s

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| Megan Thee Stallion

| "Savage"

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| Travis Scott

| "Franchise"

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| Nicki Minaj

| "Do We Have a Problem?"

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| Nicki Minaj

| "Super Freaky Girl"

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| Eminem

| "Houdini"

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| Doechii

| "Anxiety"

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Statistics

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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
  • Megan Thee Stallion

; 3 nominations

  • Ashanti
  • Big Sean
  • The Black Eyed Peas
  • Chance the Rapper
  • DJ Khaled
  • Future
  • GloRilla
  • J. Cole
  • Kid Cudi
  • Lil Baby
  • 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

See also

  • MTV Europe Music Award for Best Hip-Hop

Notes

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