Grammy Award for Best Rap Song#2000s
{{Short description|Award}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Grammy Award for Best Rap Song
| awarded_for = Quality rap songs
| image = Kendrick Lamar 3 F.I.B. 2016 (cropped 3).jpg
| caption = "Not Like Us" by Kendrick Lamar is the most recent recipient
| presenter = National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
| country = United States
| year = 2004
| holder = Kendrick Lamar for "Not Like Us" (Kendrick Lamar) (2025)
| website = [http://www.grammy.com/ grammy.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,{{cite news|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/grammys/env-grammy_awards_info,0,5279018.htmlstory?track=center|title=Grammy Awards at a Glance|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 24, 2010}} 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".{{cite web|url=http://www2.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/|title=Overview|access-date=November 11, 2010|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103173212/http://www2.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/|archive-date=January 3, 2011}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/announcement/category-mapper/new-category/124691/124782|title=Category Mapper: Best Rap Song (S/T)|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|access-date=2011-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604022441/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/announcement/category-mapper/new-category/124691/124782|archive-date=2012-06-04|url-status=dead}} The award goes to the songwriter(s), not to the artist except when the artist is also a songwriter of the winning song.
Kanye West holds the records for the most wins and nominations in this category, having won seven times out of sixteen nominations. West, Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams, 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
Image:Eminem performing live at dj hero party.jpg was the first recipient of the award in 2004 alongside Jeff Bass and Luis Resto.]]
Image:Jay-Z Kanye Watch the Throne Staples Center 5 (crop).jpg holds the records of most wins in the category with seven, as well as most nominations for the award with sixteen.]]
File:Ludacris 2008 (cropped).jpg.]]
File:Pharrell Williams at The Lion King European Premiere 2019.png.]]
File:Jay-zlivein2010.jpg.|alt=A man dressed in black rapping in front of a band]]
File:Kendrick Lamar Way Out West 2013 (cropped).jpg.|alt=A man performing on stage]]
Artists with multiple wins and nominations
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
Multiple wins
;7 wins
;5 wins
;4 wins
;2 wins
{{col-break}}
Multiple nominations
;17 nominations
;14 nominations
;13 nominations
;11 nominations
;6 nominations
;5 nominations
;4 nominations
;3 nominations
- 21 Savage
- 2 Chainz
- The Black Eyed Peas
- Chance the Rapper
- Lupe Fiasco
- Wiz Khalifa
- Roddy Ricch
- Justin Timberlake
;2 nominations
- Missy Elliott
- Nicki Minaj
- T-Pain
- Kid Cudi
- Bruno Mars
- Nas
- John Legend
- Killer Mike/ (Run the Jewels nomination)
- Jay Rock
- J. Cole
- Rick Ross
- DaBaby
- Doja Cat
- Rapsody
- Hit-Boy
{{col-end}}
See also
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- [http://www.grammy.com/ Official site of the Grammy Awards]
{{Grammy Award for Best Rap Song}}
{{Grammy Award years}}
{{Grammy Award categories}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grammy Award For Best Rap Song}}