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Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance

January 06, 2023

The Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance is an honor presented to recording artists for quality rap performances. It was first presented at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards in 1989 and again at the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1990, after which point the award was split into two categories: Best Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. These two categories were combined again in 2012 as a result of a restructure of Grammy categories, and the reinstated Award for Best Rap Performance was presented at the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012. The restructuring was the consequence of the Recording Academy's wish to decrease the number of categories and awards and to eliminate distinctions between solo and duo or group performances.[1]

Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance
Awarded forQuality rap performances
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1989
Currently held byBaby Keem and Kendrick Lamar, "Family Ties" (2022)
Websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Awards, an annual ceremony established in 1958, and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[2] are presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) 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".[3]

The award goes to the artist. The producer, engineer and songwriter can apply for a Winners Certificate.[4]

The first award for Best Rap Performance was presented to DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (the vocal duo consisting of DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith) for "Parents Just Don't Understand".[5] The ceremony was not without controversy; nominees Jeff and Smith led a boycott in protest of the awards presentation not being televised, and some members of the rap community felt that more qualified artists were overlooked.

American rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West are two-time winners of this award. Kendrick Lamar is a five-time winner.

Background

The Best Rap Performance category was first presented at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards in 1989.[5] NARAS President Mike Green said in Billboard that the music genre has "matured into several kinds of music, with several kinds of artists doing it".[6] Diane Theriot, a representative of the awards department for the academy, recalled being "inundated with eligible rap entries during the first few years of having the category".[7] In 1991, the category was split into the categories Best Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. Recognizing that both categories were continuing to receive numerous entries, the Best Rap Album recognition was established for the 38th Grammy Awards in 1996—the inaugural award was presented to Naughty by Nature for Poverty's Paradise.[7] In 2003, the Best Rap Solo Performance category was divided into separate recognitions for Female and Male Rap Solo Performances. The categories remained separated by gender until 2005 when they were combined into the genderless category originally known as Best Rap Solo Performance. Additional rap categories include Best Rap/Sung Collaboration and Best Rap Song, established in 2002 and 2004, respectively.[8]

History

 
1989 award winner and 1990 nominee Will Smith of the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince at the Emmy Awards in 1993
 
Award winner Young MC at the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards (1990)

For the 31st Grammy Awards (1989), Best Rap Performance nominees included DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince for "Parents Just Don't Understand", J. J. Fad for "Supersonic" (from the album of the same name), Kool Moe Dee for "Wild Wild West", LL Cool J for "Going Back to Cali", and Salt-n-Pepa (the duo consisting of Cheryl James and Sandra Denton) for "Push It".[9] The duo known as DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince consisted of DJ Jazzy Jeff (birth name Jeffrey Townes) and actor Will Smith, whose nickname also appeared in the American television sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, in which he starred.[10] "Parents Just Don't Understand" appeared on the duo's 1988 album He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper.[11] "Going Back to Cali" appeared on the soundtrack to the film Less than Zero as well as LL Cool J's 1989 studio album Walking with a Panther.[12][13] Kool Moe Dee's "Wild Wild West" and Salt-n-Pepa's "Push It" appeared on the albums How Ya Like Me Now and Hot, Cool & Vicious, respectively.[14][15]

Rap and heavy metal categories were introduced the same year (along with Best Bluegrass Album),[16] but, according to the show's producers, time constraints prevented both categories from being televised.[17] Nominee Kool Moe Dee performed during the ceremony, but the rap award was presented during the "usually fast-paced pre-televised ceremony".[18] DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith led a boycott of the ceremony and were joined by fellow nominees LL Cool J and Salt-n-Pepa. Salt-n-Pepa issued the following statement: "If they don't want us, we don't want them."[17] Adding to the controversy surrounding the category, some members of the rap community believed artists such as Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One, and N.W.A (whose debut album Straight Outta Compton "launched gangsta rap") were overlooked.[5] Awards were presented to Jeff and Smith at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.[19] While Smith was absent from the ceremony, Jeff was present to accept his award.[20] In 2004, Serena Kappes of People magazine ranked Smith's ceremony boycott number eight on its list of Top 10 Grammy Moments.[20] Jeff and Smith were also recognized by the American Music Awards in 1989 with awards for Favorite Rap Artists and Favorite Rap Album, and "Parent's Just Don't Understand" also earned the duo the first MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video.[21] Smith later earned Best Rap Solo Performance awards in 1998 for "Men in Black" and 1999 for "Gettin' Jiggy wit It", and was nominated again in 2000 for "Wild Wild West".[22]

Nominees for the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards included De La Soul for "Me Myself and I", DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince for "I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson", Public Enemy for "Fight the Power", Tone Lōc for "Funky Cold Medina", and Young MC for "Bust a Move".[23] "Me Myself and I" appears on De La Soul's studio album 3 Feet High and Rising and in 2008 was ranked number 46 on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs Ever!!![24][25] "I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson", written by the duo along with Pete Harris, appears on DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's third album And in This Corner....[26] "Fight the Power" appeared on the 1988 soundtrack for the film Do the Right Thing and later on Public Enemy's third studio album Fear of a Black Planet (1990).[27][28] The song ranked number one on VH1's aforementioned list, number 40 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs list,[29] and number 322 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[30] "Funky Cold Medina", written by Young MC, Michael L. Ross and Matt Dike, first appeared on Tone Lōc's debut album Lōc-ed After Dark.[31] "Bust a Move" appeared on Young MC's debut album Stone Cold Rhymin'.[32] Allmusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine described the song as "unabashed catchy" due to its "skittish, rhythmic guitar riff, looped beats", backing vocals, and "funny" rhymes.[33] The award was presented to Young MC.[7] In 2010, Joshua Ostroff of Spinner included Young MC's win on his list of "The Grammy Awards' Biggest Mistakes", asserting that "Bust a Move" was merely a "fun little hip-pop song" while "Fight the Power" was a "revelatory single that still stands tall as one of music's greatest (and funkiest) political statements and perhaps hip-hop's finest moment".[34]

Recipients

 
Two-time winner Jay-Z was one of the winners in 2012 when the award was re-introduced.
 
Two-time winner Kanye West was one of the winners in 2012 when the award was re-introduced.
 
Five-time winner, Kendrick Lamar.
 
Nipsey Hussle received the award posthumously in 2020.
 
Megan Thee Stallion became the first female recipient of the award in 2021 alongside Beyonce.
Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
1989 DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince "Parents Just Don't Understand" [9]
1990 Young MC "Bust a Move" [23]
2012 Jay-Z & Kanye West "Otis" [35]
2013 Jay-Z & Kanye West "Niggas in Paris" [36]
2014 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz "Thrift Shop" [37]
2015 Kendrick Lamar "i" [38]
2016 Kendrick Lamar "Alright" [39]
2017 Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz "No Problem" [40]
2018 Kendrick Lamar "HUMBLE." [41]
2019 Anderson .Paak "Bubblin'" [42]
Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake "King's Dead"
2020 Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy "Racks in the Middle" [43]
2021 Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé "Savage" [44]
2022 Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar "Family Ties" [46]
2023 [47]

Artists with multiple wins

5 wins
2 wins

Artists with multiple nominations

See also

References

General
  • "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 4, 2010. Note: User must select the "Rap" category as the genre under the search feature.
  • "Grammy Awards: Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group". Rock on the Net. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
Specific
  1. ^ "Explanation For Category Restructuring". GRAMMY.org. 5 April 2011. from the original on December 3, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  2. ^ "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times. from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
  3. ^ . National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 3, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
  4. ^ "Grammy Blue Book (2021 edition)" (PDF).
  5. ^ a b c "Hip-hop's history at the Grammys". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Publishing Company. February 9, 2004. from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  6. ^ Considine, J.D. (July 1, 1988). "Rap becoming 'the sound of young America'". The Register-Guard. Eugene, Oregon: Guard Publishing. p. 3D. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  7. ^ a b c Kenon, Marci (February 5, 2000). "Rap's Swelling Influence May Add Grammy Categories, NARAS Says". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 6. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 46. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  8. ^ Olsen, Eric (February 6, 2004). . msnbc.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  9. ^ a b Anderson, Kyle (February 1, 2011). "Great Grammy Moments: DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince Break Ground In 1989". MTV. from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  10. ^ Keegan, Rebecca Winters (November 29, 2007). . Time. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original on December 1, 2007. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  11. ^ "He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper". Allmusic. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  12. ^ "Less Than Zero". Allmusic. from the original on November 10, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  13. ^ "Walking with a Panther". Allmusic. from the original on December 18, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  14. ^ "How Ya Like Me Now". Allmusic. from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  15. ^ "Hot, Cool & Vicious". Allmusic. from the original on March 4, 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  16. ^ "Crammy categories hit 76". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Publishing Company. June 10, 1988. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  17. ^ a b Cantor, Paul (February 14, 2011). "Did Jay-Z Boycott The Grammys Again?". MTV. from the original on February 17, 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  18. ^ "Grammys too cool for rap music?". The Prescott Courier. Yavapai County, Arizona: Prescott Newspapers, Inc. February 22, 1989. p. 7A. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  19. ^ "VMIX: The Grammy Are Always a Trip". Vibe. Vibe Media Group. 15 (2): 68. February 2007. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  20. ^ a b Kappes, Serena (April 7, 2004). "Top 10 Grammy Moments: There's No Will". People. from the original on February 11, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  21. ^ Doeden, Matt (2009). Will Smith: Box Office Superstar. Twenty-First Century Books. pp. 23–24. ISBN 9780761342656. Retrieved March 3, 2011. Note: Page 24 contains a copy of James T. Jones IV's USA Today article from October 16, 1989 titled "Rap duo delivers with punch".
  22. ^ "Grammy Awards: Best Solo Rap Performance". Rock on the Net. from the original on December 18, 2010. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  23. ^ a b DeKnock, Jan (February 16, 1990). "Who'll Win The Grammys?". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. p. 3. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  24. ^ "3 Feet High and Rising". Allmusic. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  25. ^ "100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs Ever!!!". VH1. from the original on December 24, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  26. ^ "And in This Corner..." Allmusic. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  27. ^ "Do the Right Thing (Soundtrack)". Allmusic. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  28. ^ "Fear of a Black Planet". Allmusic. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  29. ^ "America's Greatest Music in the Movies" (PDF). American Film Institute. 2005. p. 2. (PDF) from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  30. ^ . Rolling Stone. Jann Wenner. December 9, 2004. p. 4. Archived from the original on June 21, 2008. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  31. ^ "Loc-ed After Dark". Allmusic. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  32. ^ "Stone Cold Rhymin'". Allmusic. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  33. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Bust a Move". Allmusic. from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  34. ^ Ostroff, Joshua (January 27, 2010). "The Grammy Awards' Biggest Mistakes". Spinner. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  35. ^ (PDF). National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2011. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 5, 2011.
  36. ^ "Jay-Z and Kanye Win Another "Paris" GRAMMY - Best Rap Song". xxlmag.com. February 10, 2013. from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  37. ^ "Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Win 2014 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album & More". theboombox.com. from the original on January 30, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  38. ^ "57th Grammy Nominees". Los Angeles Times. from the original on November 13, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  39. ^ "Grammy Nominations 2016: See the Full List of Nominees". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 7, 2015. from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  40. ^ "Grammy Nominations 2017: See the Full List of Nominees". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 6, 2016. from the original on December 6, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  41. ^ Lynch, Joe (November 28, 2017). "Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees". Billboard. from the original on June 18, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  42. ^ "61st Annual GRAMMY Awards". GRAMMY.com. from the original on December 7, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  43. ^ "Grammy Awards Nominations: The Complete List". Variety. 2019-11-20. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  44. ^ Grammy.com, 24 November 2020
  45. ^ Aswad, Jem (December 30, 2021). "Drake Withdraws His 2022 Grammy Nominations". Variety.
  46. ^ Grammy.com, 23 November 2021
  47. ^ Grammy.com, 15 November 2022

Further reading

  • Reeves, Marcus (2009). Somebody Scream!: Rap Music's Rise to Prominence in the Aftershock of Black Power. Macmillan. p. 80. ISBN 9780865479975. Retrieved March 3, 2011.

External links

  • Official site of the Grammy Awards
  • Video: 32nd Annual Grammy Awards – Best Rap Performance
  • Parents Just Don't Understand on YouTube
  • Young MC – Bust a Move on YouTube

January 06, 2023
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The Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance is an honor presented to recording artists for quality rap performances It was first presented at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards in 1989 and again at the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1990 after which point the award was split into two categories Best Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group These two categories were combined again in 2012 as a result of a restructure of Grammy categories and the reinstated Award for Best Rap Performance was presented at the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012 The restructuring was the consequence of the Recording Academy s wish to decrease the number of categories and awards and to eliminate distinctions between solo and duo or group performances 1 Grammy Award for Best Rap PerformanceAwarded forQuality rap performancesCountryUnited StatesPresented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and SciencesFirst awarded1989Currently held byBaby Keem and Kendrick Lamar Family Ties 2022 Websitegrammy comThe Grammy Awards an annual ceremony established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards 2 are presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences NARAS 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 3 The award goes to the artist The producer engineer and songwriter can apply for a Winners Certificate 4 The first award for Best Rap Performance was presented to DJ Jazzy Jeff amp The Fresh Prince the vocal duo consisting of DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith for Parents Just Don t Understand 5 The ceremony was not without controversy nominees Jeff and Smith led a boycott in protest of the awards presentation not being televised and some members of the rap community felt that more qualified artists were overlooked American rappers Jay Z and Kanye West are two time winners of this award Kendrick Lamar is a five time winner Contents 1 Background 2 History 3 Recipients 4 Artists with multiple wins 5 Artists with multiple nominations 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External linksBackground EditThe Best Rap Performance category was first presented at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards in 1989 5 NARAS President Mike Green said in Billboard that the music genre has matured into several kinds of music with several kinds of artists doing it 6 Diane Theriot a representative of the awards department for the academy recalled being inundated with eligible rap entries during the first few years of having the category 7 In 1991 the category was split into the categories Best Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Recognizing that both categories were continuing to receive numerous entries the Best Rap Album recognition was established for the 38th Grammy Awards in 1996 the inaugural award was presented to Naughty by Nature for Poverty s Paradise 7 In 2003 the Best Rap Solo Performance category was divided into separate recognitions for Female and Male Rap Solo Performances The categories remained separated by gender until 2005 when they were combined into the genderless category originally known as Best Rap Solo Performance Additional rap categories include Best Rap Sung Collaboration and Best Rap Song established in 2002 and 2004 respectively 8 History Edit 1989 award winner and 1990 nominee Will Smith of the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff amp The Fresh Prince at the Emmy Awards in 1993 Award winner Young MC at the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards 1990 For the 31st Grammy Awards 1989 Best Rap Performance nominees included DJ Jazzy Jeff amp The Fresh Prince for Parents Just Don t Understand J J Fad for Supersonic from the album of the same name Kool Moe Dee for Wild Wild West LL Cool J for Going Back to Cali and Salt n Pepa the duo consisting of Cheryl James and Sandra Denton for Push It 9 The duo known as DJ Jazzy Jeff amp The Fresh Prince consisted of DJ Jazzy Jeff birth name Jeffrey Townes and actor Will Smith whose nickname also appeared in the American television sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel Air in which he starred 10 Parents Just Don t Understand appeared on the duo s 1988 album He s the DJ I m the Rapper 11 Going Back to Cali appeared on the soundtrack to the film Less than Zero as well as LL Cool J s 1989 studio album Walking with a Panther 12 13 Kool Moe Dee s Wild Wild West and Salt n Pepa s Push It appeared on the albums How Ya Like Me Now and Hot Cool amp Vicious respectively 14 15 Rap and heavy metal categories were introduced the same year along with Best Bluegrass Album 16 but according to the show s producers time constraints prevented both categories from being televised 17 Nominee Kool Moe Dee performed during the ceremony but the rap award was presented during the usually fast paced pre televised ceremony 18 DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith led a boycott of the ceremony and were joined by fellow nominees LL Cool J and Salt n Pepa Salt n Pepa issued the following statement If they don t want us we don t want them 17 Adding to the controversy surrounding the category some members of the rap community believed artists such as Big Daddy Kane KRS One and N W A whose debut album Straight Outta Compton launched gangsta rap were overlooked 5 Awards were presented to Jeff and Smith at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles 19 While Smith was absent from the ceremony Jeff was present to accept his award 20 In 2004 Serena Kappes of People magazine ranked Smith s ceremony boycott number eight on its list of Top 10 Grammy Moments 20 Jeff and Smith were also recognized by the American Music Awards in 1989 with awards for Favorite Rap Artists and Favorite Rap Album and Parent s Just Don t Understand also earned the duo the first MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video 21 Smith later earned Best Rap Solo Performance awards in 1998 for Men in Black and 1999 for Gettin Jiggy wit It and was nominated again in 2000 for Wild Wild West 22 Nominees for the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards included De La Soul for Me Myself and I DJ Jazzy Jeff amp The Fresh Prince for I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson Public Enemy for Fight the Power Tone Lōc for Funky Cold Medina and Young MC for Bust a Move 23 Me Myself and I appears on De La Soul s studio album 3 Feet High and Rising and in 2008 was ranked number 46 on VH1 s list of the 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs Ever 24 25 I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson written by the duo along with Pete Harris appears on DJ Jazzy Jeff amp The Fresh Prince s third album And in This Corner 26 Fight the Power appeared on the 1988 soundtrack for the film Do the Right Thing and later on Public Enemy s third studio album Fear of a Black Planet 1990 27 28 The song ranked number one on VH1 s aforementioned list number 40 on AFI s 100 Years 100 Songs list 29 and number 322 on Rolling Stone s 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time 30 Funky Cold Medina written by Young MC Michael L Ross and Matt Dike first appeared on Tone Lōc s debut album Lōc ed After Dark 31 Bust a Move appeared on Young MC s debut album Stone Cold Rhymin 32 Allmusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine described the song as unabashed catchy due to its skittish rhythmic guitar riff looped beats backing vocals and funny rhymes 33 The award was presented to Young MC 7 In 2010 Joshua Ostroff of Spinner included Young MC s win on his list of The Grammy Awards Biggest Mistakes asserting that Bust a Move was merely a fun little hip pop song while Fight the Power was a revelatory single that still stands tall as one of music s greatest and funkiest political statements and perhaps hip hop s finest moment 34 Recipients Edit Two time winner Jay Z was one of the winners in 2012 when the award was re introduced Two time winner Kanye West was one of the winners in 2012 when the award was re introduced Five time winner Kendrick Lamar Nipsey Hussle received the award posthumously in 2020 Megan Thee Stallion became the first female recipient of the award in 2021 alongside Beyonce Year I Performing artist s Work Nominees Ref 1989 DJ Jazzy Jeff amp The Fresh Prince Parents Just Don t Understand J J Fad Supersonic Kool Moe Dee Wild Wild West LL Cool J Going Back to Cali Salt n Pepa Push It 9 1990 Young MC Bust a Move De La Soul Me Myself and I DJ Jazzy Jeff amp The Fresh Prince I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson Public Enemy Fight the Power Tone Lōc Funky Cold Medina 23 2012 Jay Z amp Kanye West Otis Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne amp Busta Rhymes Look at Me Now Lupe Fiasco The Show Goes On Nicki Minaj featuring Drake Moment 4 Life Wiz Khalifa Black and Yellow 35 2013 Jay Z amp Kanye West Niggas in Paris Drake featuring Lil Wayne HYFR Hell Ya Fucking Right Nas Daughters Kanye West Big Sean Pusha T amp 2 Chainz Mercy Young Jeezy featuring Jay Z amp Andre 3000 I Do 36 2014 Macklemore amp Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz Thrift Shop Drake Started from the Bottom Eminem Berzerk Jay Z Tom Ford Kendrick Lamar Swimming Pools Drank 37 2015 Kendrick Lamar i Childish Gambino 3005 Drake 0 to 100 The Catch Up Eminem Rap God Lecrae All I Need Is You 38 2016 Kendrick Lamar Alright J Cole Apparently Drake Back to Back Fetty Wap Trap Queen Nicki Minaj featuring Drake amp Lil Wayne Truffle Butter Kanye West featuring Theophilus London Allan Kingdom amp Paul McCartney All Day 39 2017 Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne amp 2 Chainz No Problem Desiigner Panda Drake featuring The Throne Pop Style Fat Joe amp Remy Ma featuring French Montana amp Infared All the Way Up ScHoolboy Q featuring Kanye West That Part 40 2018 Kendrick Lamar HUMBLE Big Sean Bounce Back Cardi B Bodak Yellow Jay Z 4 44 Migos featuring Lil Uzi Vert Bad and Boujee 41 2019 Anderson Paak Bubblin Cardi B Be Careful Drake Nice for What Travis Scott Drake Swae Lee amp Big Hawk Sicko Mode 42 Kendrick Lamar Jay Rock Future amp James Blake King s Dead 2020 Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch amp Hit Boy Racks in the Middle J Cole Middle Child DaBaby Suge Dreamville featuring JID Bas J Cole EarthGang amp Young Nudy Down Bad Offset featuring Cardi B Clout 43 2021 Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyonce Savage Big Sean featuring Nipsey Hussle Deep Reverence DaBaby BOP Jack Harlow Whats Poppin Lil Baby The Bigger Picture Pop Smoke Dior 44 2022 Baby Keem amp Kendrick Lamar Family Ties Cardi B Up J Cole featuring 21 Savage amp Morray My Life Drake featuring Future amp Young Thug Way 2 Sexy withdrawn 45 Megan Thee Stallion Thot Shit 46 2023 DJ Khaled featuring Rick Ross Lil Wayne Jay Z John Legend amp Fridayy God Did Doja Cat Vegas Gunna amp Future featuring Young Thug Pushin P Hitkidd amp GloRilla F N F Let s Go Kendrick Lamar The Heart Part 5 47 Artists with multiple wins Edit5 winsKendrick Lamar2 winsJay Z Kanye WestArtists with multiple nominations Edit10 nominationsDrake7 nominationsKendrick Lamar6 nominationsJay Z Kanye West5 nominationsLil Wayne4 nominationsCardi B J Cole 3 nominationsFuture2 nominationsBig Sean DaBaby DJ Jazzy Jeff amp The Fresh Prince Eminem Megan Thee Stallion Nicki Minaj 2 Chainz Nipsey Hussle Young ThugSee also EditHistory of hip hop musicReferences EditGeneral Past Winners Search National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Retrieved March 4 2010 Note User must select the Rap category as the genre under the search feature Grammy Awards Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Rock on the Net Retrieved March 2 2011 Specific Explanation For Category Restructuring GRAMMY org 5 April 2011 Archived from the original on December 3 2011 Retrieved January 27 2014 Grammy Awards at a Glance Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on March 9 2012 Retrieved January 12 2011 Overview National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Archived from the original on January 3 2011 Retrieved January 12 2011 Grammy Blue Book 2021 edition PDF a b c Hip hop s history at the Grammys Deseret News Salt Lake City Utah Deseret News Publishing Company February 9 2004 Archived from the original on October 22 2012 Retrieved March 2 2011 Considine J D July 1 1988 Rap becoming the sound of young America The Register Guard Eugene Oregon Guard Publishing p 3D Retrieved March 3 2011 a b c Kenon Marci February 5 2000 Rap s Swelling Influence May Add Grammy Categories NARAS Says Billboard Vol 112 no 6 Nielsen Business Media Inc p 46 Retrieved March 2 2011 Olsen Eric February 6 2004 Hip hip hopit you don t stop msnbc com Archived from the original on September 27 2012 Retrieved March 2 2011 a b Anderson Kyle February 1 2011 Great Grammy Moments DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince Break Ground In 1989 MTV Archived from the original on July 14 2011 Retrieved March 2 2011 Keegan Rebecca Winters November 29 2007 The Legend of Will Smith Time pp 1 2 Archived from the original on December 1 2007 Retrieved March 3 2011 He s the DJ I m the Rapper Allmusic Retrieved March 3 2011 Less Than Zero Allmusic Archived from the original on November 10 2010 Retrieved March 3 2011 Walking with a Panther Allmusic Archived from the original on December 18 2010 Retrieved March 3 2011 How Ya Like Me Now Allmusic Archived from the original on June 22 2011 Retrieved March 3 2011 Hot Cool amp Vicious Allmusic Archived from the original on March 4 2011 Retrieved March 3 2011 Crammy categories hit 76 Deseret News Salt Lake City Utah Deseret News Publishing Company June 10 1988 Retrieved March 3 2011 a b Cantor Paul February 14 2011 Did Jay Z Boycott The Grammys Again MTV Archived from the original on February 17 2011 Retrieved March 2 2011 Grammys too cool for rap music The Prescott Courier Yavapai County Arizona Prescott Newspapers Inc February 22 1989 p 7A Retrieved March 3 2011 VMIX The Grammy Are Always a Trip Vibe Vibe Media Group 15 2 68 February 2007 Retrieved March 3 2011 a b Kappes Serena April 7 2004 Top 10 Grammy Moments There s No Will People Archived from the original on February 11 2012 Retrieved March 2 2011 Doeden Matt 2009 Will Smith Box Office Superstar Twenty First Century Books pp 23 24 ISBN 9780761342656 Retrieved March 3 2011 Note Page 24 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