How to Watch the 2023 BET Hip Hop Awards for Free

This year’s top hip-hop artists will be honored on Tuesday night (Oct. 10) at the 2023 BET Hip Hop Awards, which returns to Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Center.

See below for everything you need to know about the 2023 BET Hip Hop Awards, hosted by Fat Joe.

2023 BET Hip Hop Awards: Air Date, Time, Channel

This year’s BET Hip Hop Awards will celebrate hip-hop’s 50th anniversary. The award show will air on BET on Tuesday (Oct. 10) at 9 p.m. ET/PT, 8 p.m. CT. The show will simulcast on VH1 and MTV2. 

How to Watch the 2023 BET Hip Hop Awards Online

Those who want to watch the BET Hip Hop Awards online can tune in on BET.com with a cable provider login.

No cable? Signing up for free trials of DirecTV, Philo, Fubo, Vidgo, YouTube TV or a subscription to SlingTV will give you access to BET as well, to let you watch the 2023 BET Hip Hop Awards live on TV or stream the BET Hip Hop Awards from your laptop, tablet or phone.

The 2023 BET Hip-Hop Awards Cypher will include Bun B, Lola Brooke, Cassidy, Gloss Up, Foggieraw, Lady London, Scar Lip and Symba. DJ Head, Maiya The Don, LaNell Grant and That Mexican OT will be featured in the digital cypher.

Who Is Being Honored at the 2023 BET Hip Hop Awards?

Marley Marl will receive this year’s I Am Hip-Hop Award. The trailblazing, hip-hop producer’s career has spanned more than 40 years and includes work with the legendary Juice Crew comprised of Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Roxanne Shanté, MC Shan, Masta Ace and the late Biz Markie. Rakim and LL Cool J will also perform a tribute to Marley Marl.

Elsewhere in the ceremony, Timbaland and Swizz Beatz will receive the Rock the Bells Culture Influence Award presented by LL Cool J. South African rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes will be posthumously honored with the Global Visionary Award.

See the full list of 2023 BET Awards nominations.