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 β βDS4Everβ (17%) WINNER
2. Pusha T β βItβs Almost Dryβ (16%)
3. Kendrick Lamar β βMr. Morale & The Big Steppersβ (16%)
4. Lil Durk β β7220β (15%)
5. Joey Badass β β2000β (13%)
6. Freddie Gibbs β βSouls Sold Separatelyβ (12%)
7. Latto β β777β (11%)
Best Hip-Hop Song
1. Hitkidd & GloRilla β βF.N.F. (Letβs Go)β (18%) WINNER
2. Kodak Black β βSuper Gremlinβ (15%)
3.Gunna ft. Future & Young Thug β βPushin Pβ (15%)
4.Kendrick Lamar β βThe Heart Part 5β (14%)
5. Cardi B ft. Kanye West & Lil Durk β βHot Shitβ (13%)
6. Jack Harlow β βFirst Classβ (13%)
7. Drake ft. Future & Young Thug β βWay 2 Sexyβ (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 β βGod Didβ (21%) WINNER
2. Drake ft. Future & Young Thug β βWay 2 Sexyβ (16%)
3. Benny The Butcher ft. J. Cole β βJohnnyβs Pβs Caddyβ (15%)
4. Cardi B ft. Kanye West & Lil Durk β βHot Shitβ (14%)
5. Nicki Minaj ft. Fivio Foreign β βWe Go Upβ (13%)
6. Icewear Vezzo ft. Kodak Black β βItβs All On Youβ (12%)
7. BIA ft. J. Cole β βLondonβ (10%)
Best Hip-Hop Video
1. Cardi B ft. Kanye West & Lil Durk β βHot Shitβ (18%) WINNER
2. Nicki Minaj ft. Fivio Foreign β βWe Go Upβ (16%)
3. Megan Thee Stallion & Key Glock β βUngratefulβ (15%)
4. Lil Durk ft. Virgil β βWhat Happened To Gunnaβ (14%)
5. Freddie Gibbs β βDark Heartedβ (13%)
6. Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar β βFamily Tiesβ (13%)
7. Conway ft. Benny The Butcher & Westside Gunn- βJohn Woo Flickβ (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%)