Lil Wayne Snags 18 BET Hip-Hop Award Nominations

Lil Wayne

(Billboard) Days after ‘Tha Carter IV’ debutec at No 1 on the Billboard 200 with a massive 964,000 copies sold and lands 11 songs on the Hot 100, Lil Wayne continued a memorable week by leading all nominations for the 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards, which were officially announced on Thursday morning.

Weezy received a record-breaking 18 nods and will compete against Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Kanye West