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The nominations for the 53rd annual NAACP Image Awards are here, featuring Drake, Beyonc, J. Cole, Lil Nas X, H.E.R., Megan Thee Stallion and others.

Nas Calls J. Cole, Drake & Kendrick Lamar 3-Headed GOAT Successors For Biggie, JAY-Z & Himself 46 Christopher Polk/NBC/Getty Images | Arturo Holmes/Getty Images | Kevin Winter/Getty Images Drake, J. Cole, Beyonc & More Nominated For 2022 NAACP Image Awards Published on:Jan 19, 2022, 8:19 AM by 1 The nominations for the 53rd NAACP Image Awardsnominations are here, with Drake J. Cole Beyonc Lil Nas X Chris Brown Megan Thee Stallion, Saweetie and Silk Sonic all in the race for silverware. This years nominees were announced during a special virtual event hosted by actress/singer Kyla Pratt, Black-ish actor Marcus Scribner and R&B star Tinashe on the NAACPs Instagram account on Tuesday (January 18). H.E.R. is the most nominated artist with a total of six nods thanks to her critically-acclaimed album Back of My Mind and collaborations with Jazmine Sullivan and Tauren Wells. Drake, Chle, Jazmine Sullivan and Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars (a.k.a. Silk Sonic) follow with four nominations apiece. A post shared by NAACP Image Awards (@naacpimageawards) Meanwhile, Lil Nas Xs monster 2021 nets him three nominations, including in the Entertainer of the Year category, while J. Cole and Beyonc are both up for two awards off the strength of The Off-Season and the King Richard song Be Alive, respectively. In the movie and TV categories, Netflixs The Harder They Fall and HBOs Insecure lead the pack with 12 nominations each, while Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Issa Rae, Queen Latifah, Halle Berry, LaKeith Stanfield and Damson Idris are among those vying for the top individual awards. Music legends-turned-thespians Method Manand Mary J. Bligealso received nominations for their supporting roles in 50 Cents Starz series Power Book II: Ghost. 50 congratulated them both on Instagram writing, @methodmanofficial not playing no games and @therealmaryjblige is out here killing shit! Read more