Kendrick Lamar is the leading nominee for this year's BET Awards. On Thursday, May 7, BET rolled out its list of nominees ahead of the network's 25th annual award show. The pgLang co-founder rapper dominated with 10 nominations in numerous categories.

Kendrick Lamar, Doechii and Drake are among the top nominees at this year's 2025 BET Awards for Black excellence in music.

The nominees for the 2025 BET Awards were announced Thursday. Lamar led with ten nods, including album of the year for “GNX“ and video of the year for his viral hit, “Not Like Us.” Lamar was followed by the man he engaged in an epic hip-hop beef with, Drake, as well as fellow rappers Doechii, Future and GloRilla, who had six nominations each.