Kendrick Lamar leads the Hip-Hop nominations for the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards.
On Wednesday, January 22, iHeartMedia and FOX Entertainment announced the nominees for the upcoming 12th annual iHeartRadio Music Awards. The Compton native was nominated for nine awards including Song of the Year and Hip-Hop Song of the Year for his smash hit "Not Like Us." He also received nods in categories like Artist of the Year, Hip-Hop Artist of the Year, and Favorite Surprise Guest Best — a new category that fans can vote for beginning today. Lamar was also nominated for Best Collaboration along with Future and Metro Boomin for "Like That."
Pluto and Young Metro come in second and third place respectively. Future earned four nods including Hip-Hop Artist of the Year and Song of the Year alongside the St. Louis producer for "Like That." They were also nominated for Favorite Surprise Guest for their epic moment with Travis Scott during their joint "WE TRUST YOU Tour" stop in Brooklyn last year. Other nominated artists include Drake, Jack Harlow, Doja Cat, Sexyy Red, GloRilla, SZA and Mustard, who earned a nod for Producer of the Year. Rising stars like 310babii, BigXthaPlug, BossMan Dlow, Cash Cobain and Jordan Adetunji were nominated for Best New Hip-Hop Artist.
This year’s iHeartRadio Music Awards will also pay tribute to the resiliency and rebuilding of Los Angeles following the devastating wildfires affecting the entire community and will drive donations to Fireaidla.org. Contributions made to FireAid will be distributed under the advisement of the Annenberg Foundation, for short-term relief efforts and long-term initiatives to prevent future fire disasters. The Annenberg Foundation, with decades of philanthropic leadership in the community, including rapid response, will help coordinate a team to direct funds for the greatest impact.
Fans will have an opportunity to decide winners in several new and established categories. Fan voting will determine this year’s Favorite Soundtrack, Favorite Broadway Debut, Favorite K-pop Dance Challenge, Favorite Surprise Guest, Favorite Tour Tradition, Best Lyrics, Best Music Video, Favorite Tour Style, Favorite Tour Photographer and Favorite On Screen. Social voting begins today and will close on March 10 at 11:59 p.m. PT for all categories. Fans can vote by visiting iHeartRadio.com/awards.
Tune in to the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday, March 17 on FOX from 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET live/PT tape-delayed. The show will also be broadcast on iHeartRadio stations nationwide and on the free iHeartRadio app.