As the femme fatale protégé of Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj expanded on Weezy’s sharp punch lines with an elastic flow on her debut album Pink Friday.
Lil Wayne
The nominee for MVP of the Year spit impressive guest-verses, recorded his anticipated The Carter IV, and stretched the genre with the auto-tuned ballad “How to Love.”
Rick Ross
The kingpin MC and MVP of the Year nominee breathed his husky adlibs on a slew of hit records.
Kanye West
The Chi-Town rapper, who has been nominated for BET Hip Hop Awards for each of his talents, also earned himself a nomination for the year’s MVP.
Wiz Khalifa
The smoke-filled lines on his Rolling Papers disc has made him the life of the party and earned him the MVP of the Year nomination at the BET Hip Hop Awards.
