Drake leads BET Hip Hop Awards contenders with 12 nominations

Drake does it again. For the second straight year, the Canadian rapper tops nominees for the BET Hip-Hop Awards.

BET said Tuesday that Drake received 12 nominations for the 10th annual awards show. It airs Oct. 13.

Drake's chart-topping If You're Reading This It's Too Latebecame the first platinum-selling album this year. He had 14 songs simultaneously placed on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, tying a record set by The Beatles in 1964.

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Rap veteran Snoop Dogg returns for the third straight year as host of the show, which will be taped Oct. 9 at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center.

Big Sean earned 10 nominations andNickiMinajscored nine nods. KendrickLamarand J. Cole each got eight nominations.

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Earlier this summer, the Toronto rapper was embroiled in asquabble with rapper MeekMillover the latter's allegation thatDrake doesn't pen his own lyrics. The pair exchanged "diss tracks" and the beef engaged musicfansand marketers alike.