Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year
The Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year was introduced in 1991, and awarded for the best rap album in Canada. It was formerly known as Best Rap Recording from 1993 to 2002.{{cn|date=December 2021}}
Before 1999, because of the relatively limited commercial visibility of Canadian hip hop, the award was presented the evening before the main Juno Award ceremony, along with the untelevised technical and industry insider awards. In 1998, Rascalz won the award, but claiming racism as a factor in the award's scheduling, refused to accept it.[http://www.octopusmediaink.com/CitizenHipHop.html "Kinder, gentler rap, eh? Canadians hip-hop onto centre stage"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022104623/http://www.octopusmediaink.com/CitizenHipHop.html |date=2008-10-22 }}, Ottawa Citizen, March 7, 1999. The Junos moved the award to the main ceremony the following year.
The award nominations commonly mixed individual singles and full albums. At the Juno Awards of 2021, CARAS president Allan Reid announced that beginning with the Juno Awards of 2022, the category will be split into new separate categories for Rap Album/EP of the Year and Rap Single of the Year.Paul Grein, [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9582410/the-weeknd-2021-juno-awards-first-night "The Weeknd Wins Three 2021 Juno Awards on First Night of Ceremony"]. Billboard, June 4, 2021.
Winners
=Rap Recording of the Year (1991 - 1992)=
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! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:10em;" | Winner(s) ! scope="col" style="width:10em;" | Recording ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Nominees ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref. |
| scope="row"|1991
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| scope="row"|1992
|"My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style" |
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=Best Rap Recording (1993 - 2002)=
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! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:10em;" | Winner(s) ! scope="col" style="width:10em;" | Recording ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Nominees ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref. | |
| scope="row"|1993
| Devon | Keep It Slammin' |
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| scope="row"|1994
|One Track Mind |
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| scope="row"|1995
| "Certified" |
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| scope="row"|1996
| "E-Z On tha Motion" |
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| scope="row"|1997
| Choclair |
| Shawn Ohler, "Bum rap: Canadian rappers want some respect". Edmonton Journal, March 8, 1997. | |
| scope="row"|1998
| Rascalz | Cash Crop. Award refused by artist. |
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| scope="row"|1999
| Rascalz featuring Choclair, Kardinal Offishall, Thrust and Checkmate | "Northern Touch" |
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| scope="row"|2000
| Choclair | Ice Cold |
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| scope="row"|2001
| Balance |
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| scope="row"|2002
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=Rap Recording of the Year (2003 - 2021)=
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.juno-awards.ca/ARC_past.php Juno Awards archive of past winners]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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