Kendrick Lamar Makes History With 4 Wins at 2023 BET Hip Hop Awards Honoring 50 Years of Hip Hop
- Kendrick Lamar won 4 awards including Hip Hop Artist of the Year, becoming the first to win the category 3 times.
- The awards recognized hip hop's 50th anniversary with tributes, performances by new and old school artists, and awards for lifetime achievement.
- Drake & 21 Savage's Her Loss won Hip Hop Album of the Year, while Lil Durk, Lil Uzi Vert, Metro Boomin and others also took home awards.
- Swizz Beatz and Timbaland received the Rock The Bells Cultural Influence Award for their Verzuz series.
- Marley Marl was honored with the I Am Hip Hop Award for his contributions as a producer over decades in rap.