Looks like the BET Hip Hop Awards will be taking their talents from the South to the West come next year as they’re looking for a new venue for the new year.

The BET Hip Hop Awards will return in October. BET announced in a press release Monday that this year's ceremony will take place Oct. 8 in Las Vegas and air at 8 p.m. EDT. The move will mark the first BET Hip Hop Awards in Las Vegas;

The cracks in the labor market in Las Vegas and across Nevada have typically appeared early and widened fast when the U.S. economy soured, making the city and state a bellwether of sorts for the rest of the country.

Megan Thee Stallion leads the 2024 BET Hip Hop Awards nominations with 12 nods. And for the first time since the category was introduced in 2020, women have achieved parity with men in hip-hop artist of the year. The nominees include four women (Megan, Cardi B, GloRilla and Nicki Minaj) and four men ( 21 Savage, Drake, Future and Kendrick Lamar ).

BET Announced Monday that the 2024 BET Hip Hop Awards will be filmed in Las Vegas on October 8 and premiere October 15.