Grammy Award for Best Rap Song

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Grammy Award for Best Rap Song
Awarded forQuality rap songs
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded2004
Currently held byMegan Thee Stallion ft, Beyonce "Savage" (2021)
Websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Rap Song is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for quality songs in the rap music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[2]

The award was first presented to Eminem along with Jeff Bass and Luis Resto for the song "Lose Yourself" from the soundtrack 8 Mile in 2004. According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide, the award honors the songwriter(s) of new songs (containing both music and lyrics) or songs "first achieving prominence during the period of eligibility". Songs containing prominent samples may be eligible.[3]

Kanye West holds the records for the most wins and nominations in this category, having won six times out of fifteen nominations. Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams, Rihanna, Drake and Kendrick Lamar are the only songwriters to have won the category more than once. Cyhi the Prynce holds the record for most nominations without a win, with six.

Recipients[]

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The first winner, Eminem, received the honor in 2004.
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Kanye West, the most awarded performer with six wins
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Three-time winner Jay-Z
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Three-time winner Kendrick Lamar
Year[I] Work Performing artist(s)[II] Nominees[III] Ref.
2004 "Lose Yourself" Eminem
  • "Beautiful" (Snoop Dogg and Pharrell)
  • "Excuse Me Miss" (Jay-Z and Pharrell)
  • "In da Club" (50 Cent)
  • "Work It" (Missy Elliott)
 [4]
2005 "Jesus Walks" Kanye West
[5]
2006 "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" Kanye West
  • "Candy Shop" (50 Cent featuring Olivia)
  • "Don't Phunk With My Heart" (The Black Eyed Peas)
  • "Hate It Or Love It" (The Game featuring 50 Cent)
  • "Lose Control" (Missy Elliott featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop)
 [6]
2007 "Money Maker" Ludacris featuring Pharrell
[7]
2008 "Good Life" Kanye West featuring T-Pain
[8]
2009 "Lollipop" Lil Wayne featuring Static Major
  • "Low" (Flo Rida featuring T-Pain)
  • "Sexual Eruption" (Snoop Dogg)
  • "Superstar" (Lupe Fiasco featuring Soundtrak)
  • "Swagga Like Us" (T.I. featuring Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Kanye West & M.I.A.)
 [9]
2010 "Run This Town" Jay-Z featuring Rihanna and Kanye West
  • "Best I Ever Had" (Drake)
  • "Day 'n' Nite" (Kid Cudi)
  • "Dead and Gone" (T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake)
  • "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" (Jay-Z)
 [10]
2011 "Empire State of Mind" Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys
  • "Love the Way You Lie" (Eminem featuring Rihanna)
  • "Not Afraid" (Eminem)
  • "Nothin' On You" (B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars)
  • "On to the Next One" (Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz)
 [11]
2012 "All of the Lights" Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie
  • "Black and Yellow" (Wiz Khalifa)
  • "I Need a Doctor" (Dr. Dre, Eminem and Skylar Grey)
  • "Look at Me Now" (Chris Brown, Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne)
  • "Otis" – (Jay-Z and Kanye West)
  • "The Show Goes On" (Lupe Fiasco)
 [12]
2013 "Niggas in Paris" Jay-Z and Kanye West
  • "Daughters" (Nas)
  • "Lotus Flower Bomb" (Wale featuring Miguel)
  • "Mercy" (Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz)
  • "The Motto" (Drake featuring Lil Wayne and Tyga)
  • "Young, Wild & Free" (Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa featuring Bruno Mars)
 [13]
2014 "Thrift Shop" Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz
  • "Fuckin' Problems" (ASAP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar)
  • "Holy Grail" (Jay-Z featuring Justin Timberlake)
  • "New Slaves" (Kanye West)
  • "Started from the Bottom" (Drake)
 [14]
2015 "i" Kendrick Lamar
  • "Anaconda" (Nicki Minaj)
  • "Bound 2" (Kanye West featuring Charlie Wilson)
  • "We Dem Boyz" (Wiz Khalifa)
  • "0 to 100 / The Catch Up" (Drake)
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2016 "Alright" Kendrick Lamar
  • "All Day" (Kanye West Featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and Paul McCartney)
  • "Energy" (Drake)
  • "Glory" (Common and John Legend)
  • "Trap Queen" (Fetty Wap)
 [16]
2017 "Hotline Bling" Drake
  • "All the Way Up" (Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infared)
  • "Famous" (Kanye West featuring Rihanna)
  • "No Problem" (Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz)
  • "Ultralight Beam" (Kanye West featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream)
 [17]
2018 "Humble" Kendrick Lamar
[18]
2019 "God's Plan" Drake
[19]
2020 "A Lot" 21 Savage featuring J. Cole
  • "Bad Idea" (YBN Cordae featuring Chance the Rapper)
  • "Gold Roses" (Rick Ross featuring Drake)
  • "Racks in the Middle" (Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy)
  • "Suge" (DaBaby)
 [20]
2021 "Savage" Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé
  • "The Bigger Picture" (Lil Baby)
  • "The Box" (Roddy Ricch)
  • "Laugh Now Cry Later" (Drake featuring Lil Durk)
  • "ROCKSTAR" (DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch)
 [21]

Category records[]

Most wins

Rank 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Artist Kanye West Jay-Z Kendrick Lamar Drake
Pharrell Williams
Total wins 6 Wins 4 wins 3 wins 2 wins

Most nominations

Rank 1st 2nd 3rd
Artist Kanye West Jay-Z Drake
Total wins 15 nominations 12 nominations 10 nominations

See also[]

  • Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance
  • List of Grammy Award categories

References[]

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  12. ^ "2011 - 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Rap Field". The Recording Academy. November 30, 2011.
  13. ^ List of 2013 nominees Archived 2012-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ 2014 Nominees
  15. ^ "57th Grammy Nominees". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
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  17. ^ "Grammy Nominations 2017: See the Full List of Nominees". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 6, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  18. ^ Lynch, Joe (November 28, 2017). "Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  19. ^ Lynch, Joe (November 28, 2017). "Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  20. ^ Lynch, Joe (November 22, 2019). "2020 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Nominees List". Retrieved November 22, 2019. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  21. ^ 2021 Nominations List

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