Drake, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole & More Nab MTV VMA Nominations

Drake, Kendrick, A$AP Rocky and J. Cole are some of the artists representing hip hop in this year's MTV Video Music Awards.

The 2013 MTV Video Music awards will take place August 24th at the Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. While hip hop has less of a presence than usual, there is still quite a few nominees to get excited about. Macklemoreand Justin Timberlake lead the pack with 6 noms each, and Mack's inescapable "Can't Hold Us" will then also go up against Drake, Kendrick,A$AP Rocky, and J. Cole for hip hop video of the year. The Weeknd, Iggy Azalea, Snoop Dogg, Miguel, and Beyonce have also scored nominations.

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