The 2022 Yo! Awards are over and here are the winners in our 10 categories. The polls were open from November 28 until December 23, 2022, honoring the best artists and biggest names in urban music. We would like to thank the thousands of voters who took their time to vote for the favorite artist.
Check out the full list of the winners below:
Best Hip-Hop Album
1. Gunna – “DS4Ever” (17%) WINNER
2. Pusha T – “It’s Almost Dry” (16%)
3. Kendrick Lamar – “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers” (16%)
4. Lil Durk – “7220” (15%)
5. Joey Badass – “2000” (13%)
6. Freddie Gibbs – “Souls Sold Separately” (12%)
7. Latto – “777” (11%)
Best Hip-Hop Song
1. Hitkidd & GloRilla – “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)” (18%) WINNER
2. Kodak Black – “Super Gremlin” (15%)
3.Gunna ft. Future & Young Thug – “Pushin P” (15%)
4.Kendrick Lamar – “The Heart Part 5” (14%)
5. Cardi B ft. Kanye West & Lil Durk – “Hot Shit” (13%)
6. Jack Harlow – “First Class” (13%)
7. Drake ft. Future & Young Thug – “Way 2 Sexy” (12%)
Best Hip-Hop Group or Duo
1. 42 Dugg & EST Gee (21%) WINNER
2. Styles P & Havoc (20%)
3. Big Sean & Hit-Boy (18%)
4. EarthGang (17%)
5. Birdman & YoungBoy Never Broke Again (12%)
6. DaBaby & YoungBoy Never Broke Again (11%)
Best Hip-Hop Producer
1. Metro Boomin (21%) WINNER
2. Alchemist (20%)
3. Hit-Boy (16%)
4. Harry Fraud (12%)
5. ATL Jacob (11%)
6. Hitmaka (11%)
7. Kanye West (9%)
Best Hip-Hop Artist
1. YoungBoy Never Broke Again (15%) WINNER
2. Lil Durk (15%)
3. Kendrick Lamar (14%)
4. Kodak Black (14%)
5. Lil Baby (13%)
6. Latto (11%)
7. Megan Thee Stallion (10%)
8. Jack Harlow (8%)
Best Hip-Hop Lyricist
1. Nas (18%) WINNER
2. J. Cole (17%)
3. Benny The Butcher (16%)
4. Kendrick Lamar (15%)
5. Freddie Gibbs (13%)
6. Jay-Z (13%)
7. Baby Keem (9%)
Hip-Hop Newcomer
1. GloRilla (19%) WINNER
2. Benny The Butcher (18%)
3. Fivio Foreign (16%)
4. Latto (16%)
5. Baby Keem (14%)
6. Icewear Vezzo (11%)
7. Babyface Ray (6%)
Best Hip-Hop Collabo
1. DJ Khaled ft. Lil Wayne, Jay-Z & Rick Ross – “God Did” (21%) WINNER
2. Drake ft. Future & Young Thug – “Way 2 Sexy” (16%)
3. Benny The Butcher ft. J. Cole – “Johnny’s P’s Caddy” (15%)
4. Cardi B ft. Kanye West & Lil Durk – “Hot Shit” (14%)
5. Nicki Minaj ft. Fivio Foreign – “We Go Up” (13%)
6. Icewear Vezzo ft. Kodak Black – “It’s All On You” (12%)
7. BIA ft. J. Cole – “London” (10%)
Best Hip-Hop Video
1. Cardi B ft. Kanye West & Lil Durk – “Hot Shit” (18%) WINNER
2. Nicki Minaj ft. Fivio Foreign – “We Go Up” (16%)
3. Megan Thee Stallion & Key Glock – “Ungrateful” (15%)
4. Lil Durk ft. Virgil – “What Happened To Gunna” (14%)
5. Freddie Gibbs – “Dark Hearted” (13%)
6. Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – “Family Ties” (13%)
7. Conway ft. Benny The Butcher & Westside Gunn- “John Woo Flick” (11%)
Best Hip-Hop DJ
1. DJ Drama (21%) WINNER
2. Mustard (20%)
3. DJ Premier (18%)
4. DJ Kay Slay (13%)
5. DJ Snake (10%)
6. A-Trak (9%)
7. LA Leakers (8%)
