Grammy Award for Best Rap Song

The Grammy Award for Best Rap Song , in German "Grammy Award for the best rap song", is a music prize that is awarded at the annual Grammy Awards . The award recognizes songwriters for outstanding songs on which rapped is so mainly songs from the genre of hip-hop -music.

Background and story

The Grammy Awards (actually Grammophone Awards), which have been presented since 1958, are presented annually in numerous categories by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) in the United States of America for artistic achievement, technical competence and excellent overall performance regardless of the album - Honor sales or chart position.

The Grammy Award for Best Rap Song was introduced in 2004 to honor songwriters. According to the category description, the award is given to songwriters for both the lyrics and the music for songs that were newly recorded or became known during the award period. Songs with known samples can also be awarded.

The first excellent songwriters were Eminem, along with Jeff Bass and Luis Resto, for the song Lose Yourself from the soundtrack album for the film 8 Mile . Kanye West has received this award six times and has been nominated ten times. This makes him the most frequently awarded songwriter. Shawn Carter , known by his stage name Jay-Z, has received three awards and five nominations. In addition, no songwriter has received awards more than once. TI (aka Clifford Harris) was nominated four times, but never won the award, making it the songwriter with the most non-award nominations in this category.

Winner and nominated artist

year	Songwriter	nationality	plant	Artist not a Grammy Award	Other nominated songwriters with songs and artists	Pictures of the awardees (examples)
2004 February 8, 2004	Jeff Bass Eminem Luis Resto	United States	Lose Yourself	Eminem	Calvin Broadus , Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams - Beautiful (Snoop Dogg & Pharrell) Shawn Carter , Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams - Excuse Me Miss (Jay-Z & Pharrell) Mike Elizondo , C. Jackson & A. Young - In da Club (50 cents) Missy Elliott & Tim Mosley - Work It (Missy Elliott)
2005 February 13, 2005	Miri Ben-Ari Che Smith Kanye West	Israel United States	Jesus walks	Kanye West	Snoop Dogg , Chad Hugo , Scott Thomas & Pharrell Williams - Drop It Like It's Hot (Snoop Dogg & Pharrell) Will Adams & Anthony Henry - Hey Mama ( The Black Eyed Peas ) Will Adams , Mike Fratantuno , Jaime Gomez , George Pajon Jr. , Allan Pineda & Terence Yoshiaki - Let's Get It Started (The Black Eyed Peas) Shawn Carter - 99 Problems (Jay-Z & Rick Rubin )
2006 February 8, 2006	Devon Harris Kanye West	United States	Diamonds from Sierra Leone	Kanye West	50 Cent & Scott Storch - Candy Shop (50 Cent featuring Olivia ) William Adams , Printz Bard , Stacy Ferguson & George Pajon Jr. - Do not Phunk With My Heart ( The Black Eyed Peas ) Jayceon Taylor & 50 Cent - Hate It or Love It (The Game featuring 50 Cent) Missy Elliott , Ciara Harris & Isaac Freeman - Lose Control (Missy Elliott featuring Ciara & Fatman Scoop)
2007 February 11, 2007	Ludacris Pharrell Williams	United States	Money maker	Ludacris featuring Pharrell	Chadron Moore & Jasiel Robinson - " It's Goin 'Down " ( Yung Joc ) Wasalu Muhammad Jaco - Kick, Push ( Lupe Fiasco ) Jakeem Seriki , Juan Salinas , Oscar Salinas , Anthony Henderson - Ridin ' ( Chamillionaire ) Adrian Davis & Clifford Harris - What You Know ( TI )
2008 February 10, 2008	Aldrin Davis Faheem Najm (known as T-Pain) Kanye West	United States	Good life	Kanye West	Curtis Jackson , Nathaniel Hills , Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake - Ayo Technology (50 Cent featuring Justin Timberlake) Clifford Harris & Byron Thomas - Big Shit Poppin '(Do It) (TI) Aldrin Davis & Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothing (Kanye West) Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
2009 February 8, 2009	Dwayne Carter (known as Lil Wayne) Stephen Garrett Darius Harrison Jim Jonsin Rex Zamor	United States	Lollipop	Lil Wayne featuring Static Major	Tramar Dillard & Faheem Najm - Low ( Flo Rida featuring T-Pain ) C. Broadus, S. Lovejoy & D. Stewart - Sexual Eruption ( Snoop Dogg ) Wasalu Muhammad Jaco - Superstar (Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos) Mathangi Arulpragasam , Dwayne Carter , Shawn Carter , Clifford Harris , Topper Headon , Mick Jones , Wesley Pentz , Paul Simonon , Joe Strummer & Kanye West - Swagga Like Us (Lil Wayne featuring Jay-Z, TI, Kanye West & MIA)
2010 January 31, 2010	Jeff Bhasker Shawn Carter (known as Jay-Z) Robyn Fenty (known as Rihanna) Kanye West Ernest Wilson	United States of Barbados	Run This Town	Jay-Z featuring Rihanna & Kanye West	Dwayne Carter , Aubrey Drake Graham & Matthew Samuels - Best I Ever Had (Drake) S. Mescudi & O. Omishore - Day 'n' Nite ( Kid Cudi ) Clifford Harris & Justin Timberlake - Dead and Gone (TI featuring Justin Timberlake) Shawn Carter & Ernest Wilson - DOA (Death of Auto-Tune) (Jay-Z)
2011 February 13, 2011	Shawn Carter Angela Hunter Alicia Keys Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic Alexander Shuckburgh	United States United Kingdom	Empire State of Mind	Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys	Alexander Grant , Skylar Gray & Marshall Mathers - Love the Way You Lie (Eminem featuring Rihanna ) Matthew Burnett , Jordan Evans , Marshall Mathers , Luis Resto & Matthew Samuels - Not Afraid (Eminem) Philip Lawrence , Ari Levine , Bruno Mars & Bobby Simmons Jr. - Nothin 'On You (BoB featuring Bruno Mars) Shawn Carter , J. Chaton & K. Dean - On To The Next One (Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz)
2012 February 12, 2012	Jeff Bhasker , Stacy Ferguson (known as Fergie), Malik Jones , Warren Trotter & Kanye West	United States	All of the lights	Kanye West , Rihanna , Kid Cudi and Fergie	Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen & Cameron Thomaz - Black and Yellow (Wiz Khalifa) Andre Young , Alexander Grant , Skylar Gray & Marshall Mathers - I Need a Doctor (Dr. Dre, Eminem and Skylar Gray) Chris Brown , Wesley Pentz , Jean Baptiste , Ryan Buendia , Dwayne Carter , Trevor Smith , Nick van de Wall (Afrojack) - Look at Me Now (Chris Brown, Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne) Shawn Carter & Kanye West - Otis - (Jay-Z and Kanye West) Dustin William Brower , Jonathon Keith Brown , Daniel Johnson , Kane & Wasalu Muhammad Jaco - The Show Goes On (Lupe Fiasco)
2013 February 10, 2013	Shawn Carter , Mike Dean , Chauncey Hollis & Kanye West (WA Donaldson)	United States	Niggas in Paris	Jay-Z & Kanye West	Nasir Jones & Ernest Wilson ( Patrick Adams , Gary DeCarlo , Dale Frashuer & Paul Leka ) - Daughters ( Nas ) Olubowale Akintimehin , S. Joseph Dew , Jerrin Howard , Walker Johnson & Miguel Jontel Pimentel - Lotus Flower Bomb ( Wale Featuring Miguel ) Sean Anderson , Tauheed Epps , Stephan Taft , James Thomas , Terrence Thornton & Kanye West ( Denzie Beagle , Winston Riley & Reggie Williams) - Mercy ( Kanye West Featuring Big Sean , Pusha T & 2 Chainz ) Dwayne Carter , Aubrey Graham & Tyler Williams - The Motto - ( Drake Featuring Lil 'Wayne ) Calvin Broadus , Chris Brody Brown , Philip Lawrence , Ari Levine , Peter Hernandez & Cameron Thomaz (T. Bluechel, M. Borrow, T. Griffin, K. Jackson, N. Lee & M. Newman) - Young, Wild & Free ( Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Featuring Bruno Mars )
2014 January 26, 2014	Ben Haggerty , Ryan Lewis	United States	thrift shop	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz	ASAP Rocky feat. Drake , 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar - F *** in 'Problems (Authors: Tauheed Epps , Aubrey Graham , Kendrick Lamar, Rakim Mayers , Noah Shebib ) Jay-Z feat. Justin Timberlake - Holy Grail (Authors: Shawn Carter , Terius Nash , J. Harmon , Timothy Mosley , Justin Timberlake, Ernest Wilson ) Kanye West - New Slaves (Authors: Christopher Breaux , Ben Bronfman , Mike Dean , Louis Johnson , Malik Jones , Elon Rutberg , Sakiya Sandifer , Che Smith , Kanye West, Cydell Young ) Drake - Started from the Bottom (Authors: W. Coleman , Aubrey Graham , Noah Shebib )
2015 February 8, 2015	Kendrick Duckworth & Columbus Smith	United States	I.	Kendrick Lamar	Nicki Minaj - Anaconda (Authors: Ernest Clark, Jamal Jones , Onika Maraj, Marcos Palacios, Jonathan Solone-Myvett) Kanye West & Charlie Wilson - Bound 2 (Authors: Mike Dean , Malik Jones) Wiz Khalifa - We Dem Boys (Authors: Noel Fisher, Cameron Thomaz) Drake - 0 to 100 / The Catch Up (Authors: Adam Feeney, Aubrey Graham , Anderson Hernandez, Paul Jefferies, Matthew Samuels, Noah Shebib)
2016 February 15, 2016	Kendrick Duckworth , Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams	United States	Alright	Kendrick Lamar	Kanye West feat. Theophilus London , Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney - All Day (Authors: Ernest Brown, Tyler Bryant, Sean Combs , Mike Dean , Rennard East, Noah Goldstein, Malik Yusef Jones, Karim Kharbouch , Allan Kyariga , Kendrick Lamar , Paul McCartney, Victor Mensah , Charles Njapa, Che Pope, Patrick Reynolds, Allen Ritter, Kanye West, Mario Winans , Cydel Young) Drake - Energy (Authors: Richard Dorfmeister , Aubrey Graham , Markus Kienzl , Matthew O'Brien, Matthew Samuels, Phillip Thomas) Common & John Legend - Glory (Authors: Lonnie Lynn , Che Smith , John Stephens ) Fetty Wap - Trap Queen (Authors: Tony Fadd, Willie J. Maxwell )
2017 February 12, 2017	Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies	Canada	Hotline bling	Drake	Fat Joe & Remy Ma feat. French Montana & Infared - All the Way Up (Authors: Joseph Cartagena , Edward Davadi, Shandel Green , Karim Kharbouch , Marcello Valenzano, Andre Christopher Lyon , Reminisce Mackie ) Kanye West feat. Rihanna - Famous (Authors: Chancelor Bennett , Ross Birchard , Ernest Brown, Andrew Dawson, Kassem Dean , Mike Dean , Noah Goldstein, Kejuan Muchita , Patrick Reynolds, Kanye West, Cydel Young ) Chance the Rapper feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz - No Problem (Authors: Chancelor Bennett , Dwayne Carter , Tauheed Epps ) Kanye West feat. Chance the Rapper , Kelly Price , Kirk Franklin & The-Dream - Ultralight Beam (Authors: Chancelor Bennett , Kassem Dean , Mike Dean , Kirk Franklin , Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer , Terius Nash , Jerome Potter, Kelly Price, Nico Segal, Derek Watkins , Kanye West, Cydel Young)
2018 January 28, 2018	Kendrick Duckworth , Asheton Hogan & Michael Len Williams II	United States	Humble	Kendrick Lamar	Cardi B - Bodak Yellow (Authors: Dieuson Octave , Klenord Raphael, Shaftizm, Jordan Thorpe, Washpoppin , J. White) DJ Danger Mouse feat. Run the Jewels & Big Boi - Chase Me (Authors: Judah Bauer, Brian Burton , Hector Delgado, Jaime Meline , Antwan Patton , Michael Render , Russell Simins, Jon Spencer) Rapsody - Sassy (Authors: Marlanna Evans, Eric Gabouer) Jay-Z - The Story of OJ (Authors: Shawn Carter , Dion Wilson )
2019 February 10, 2019	Aubrey Graham , Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib	Canada	God's plan	Drake	Kendrick Lamar , Jay Rock , Future & James Blake - King's Dead (Authors: Kendrick Duckworth , Samuel Gloade, James Litherland , Johnny McKinzie , Mark Spears, Travis Walton, Nayvadius Wilburn & Michael Williams II ) Eminem feat. Joyner Lucas - Lucky You (Authors: R. Fraser, G. Lucas , M. Mathers , M. Samuels & J. Sweet) Travis Scott , Drake , Big Hawk & Swae Lee - Sicko Mode (Authors: Khalif Brown , Rogét Chahayed, BryTavious Chambers, Mike Dean , Mirsad Dervic, Kevin Gomringer , Tim Gomringer , Aubrey Graham , John Edward Hawkins , Chauncey Hollis , Jacques Webster , Ozan Yildirim & Cydel Young) Jay Rock - Win (Authors: K. Duckworth , A. Hernandez, J. McKinzie , M. Samuels & C. Thompson)
2020 January 26th, 2020	Jermaine Cole , Dacoury Natche , Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph & Anthony White	United Kingdom United States	A lot	21 Savage featuring J. Cole	YBN Cordae feat. Chance the Rapper - Bad Idea (Authors: Chancelor Bennett , Cordae Dunston , Uforo Ebong & Daniel Hackett) Rick Ross feat. Drake - Gold Roses (Authors: Noel Cadastre, Aubrey Graham , Anderson Hernandez , Khristopher Riddick-Tynes , William Leonard Roberts II , Joshua Quinton Scruggs, Leon Thomas III & Ozan Yildirim ) Nipsey Hussle feat. Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy - Racks in the Middle (Authors: Ermias Asghedom , Dustin James Corbett, Greg Allen Davis, Chauncey Hollis, Jr. & Rodrick Moore ) DaBaby - Suge (Authors: Jonathan Lyndale Kirk , Jetsonmade & Pooh Beatz)

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards
• Grammy Awards: Best Rap Album. Rock on the Net, accessed April 7, 2012 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position" Overview. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences , accessed April 7, 2012 . 
2. ^ Grammy Awards at a Glance. In: Los Angeles Times . Retrieved April 7, 2012 . 
3. ^ Dan Auerbach, Fun., Jay-Z, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, Kanye West Lead 55th GRAMMY Nominations , Recording Academy Press Release, December 5, 2012.
4. ↑ 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees. From: grammy.com, accessed December 6, 2012.