Hip pop producer and artist Kanye West earned a total of 17 nominations out of 18 awards for this year's BET hip hop Awards .Most of the nominations are as a result of the collaborative album between Kanye and his " big brother " Jay Z. 2 Chains has 13 nominations with Drake trailing with 11 nominations .The award show would air on October 9th and hosted by comedian and actor Mike Epps , the fourth consecutive time.