Kanye West and Young Jeezy have stepped out as the most nominated rappers for the 7^th annual Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards, being held this September.

Kanye West earned seven nominations for this year's awards, while Jeezy scored four, including a shot at Best Rap Album for Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101, and a nod in the Best Male R&B/Hip-Hop Artist category where he will face off against West, T.I. and this year's most nominated artist Jamie Foxx. Foxx topped the list of nominees, with mentions in eight categories, closely followed by Mary J. Blige and Mariah Carey who will go head to head against each other for all seven of their nominations.

"It's an honor to be nominated for this R&B award. Billboard is a true testament to the fans and people out there and I truly appreciate all the love and support," Foxx told Billboard.com.

The Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards will close out Billboard's 7^th annual R&B/Hip-Hop Conference, being held September 6-8 at Atlanta's Renaissance Waverly. The Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards honor the most popular albums, songs and artists as well as the top songwriters, producers and major/independent labels based on sales data and radio airplay information from Nielsen Soundscan and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.