Kanye West leads the pack with seven BET Award nominations this year. It was announced Tuesday that West’s ego could get a little bigger as he dominated the nominee list along with his partner in crime Jay-Z who has a healthy five, and Jigga man’s lovely lady, Beyonce, who scored six herself.

Samuel L. Jackson will take the hosting reigns this year from LA at the Shrine Auditorium. Along with the three heavyweights, you can expect to see Chris Brown dance a lot and Nicki Minaj do something she thinks is outlandish….but has probably already been done, as the two are slated to perform.

When you aren’t being dazzled by the performance hits and misses (no pun intended Chris), you can see the stiff competition in the “Video of the Year” category. Jay-Z and Kanye’s “In Paris” and “Otis” are up against Beyonce’s “Love on Top” and “Countdown.” Rounding out that category is Usher’s “Climax.” Let’s vote Usher, he could use the win right now…

Other reasons to tune in? Frankie Beverly is being honored with a lifetime achievement award, and you can probably bet on seeing another Whitney Houston tribute. 

You can catch all the BET excitement on July 1st. To see who else might be in attendance, check out the nominee list below…

NOMINEES

Best Female Hip Hop Artist
Diamond
Trina
Nicki Minaj
Brianna Perry

Best Male Hip Hop Artist
Big Sean
Drake
J Cole
Lil Wayne
Rick Ross
Young Jeezy

Best Group
Bad Meets Evil (Eminem & Royce da 5’9)
Diddy/Dirty Money
Maybach Music Group
The Throne (Jay-Z/Kanye)
Mindless Behavior

Best Female R/B Arist
Marsha Ambrosius
Beyonce
Mary J Blige
Melanie Fiona
Rihanna

Best Male R/B Artist
Chris Brown
Bruno Mars
Miguel
Usher
Trey Songz

Best Collaboration of the Year
Beyonce ft. J Cole- “Party”
Big Sean ft. Kanye- “Marvin Gaye & Chardonnay”
DJ Khaled & Crew- “I’m On One”
Drake, Tyga, Lil Wayne-”The Motto”
Wale/Miguel-”Lotus Flower Bomb”
Kanye/Jay Z- “Otis”

Best New Artist
ASAP Rocky
Big Sean
Diggy
Future
Meek Millz

Video of the Year
Beyonce-Countdown
Beyonce-Love On Top
The Throne-Ni**as in Paris
The Throne-Otis
Usher-Climax

Director of the Year
Beyonce (Alan Ferguson)
Chris Brown (Godfrey T)
Kanye West
Hype Williams
Benny Boom

Subway Sportsman of the Year
Carmelo Anthony
Kobe Bryant
Kevin Durant
Victor Cruz
Lebron James

Subway Sportswoman of the Year
Skylar Diggins
Brittney Griner
Candace Parker
Serena Williams
Venus Williams

Best Movie
Good Deeds
Jumping The Broom
Laugh At My Pain
Red Tails
The Help

Coco Cola Viewers Choice Award
Beyonce- Love On Top
Chris Brown- Turn Up The Music
Mindless Behavior- Hello
The Throne- Otis
Wale & Miguel- Lotus Flower Bomb
Drake ft. Tyga & Lil Wayne- The Motto

Best Actors
Don Cheadle
Common
Kevin Hart
Denzel Washington

Best Actress
Angela Basset
Regina King
Zoe Saldana
Viola Davis
Taraji P. Henson

Young Stars
Diggy Simmons
Astro
Keke Palmer
Jacob Latimore
Willow Smith

Best Gospel Artists
Yolanda Adams
James Fortune & FIYA
Fred Hammond
Kim Burrell
Trinitee 5:7

Centric Award
Common
Estelle
Robert Glasper
Robin Thicke
Tyrese