MTV Video Music Awards / Best Rap Video

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video was first given in 1989 as one of four genre categories introduced that year. In 2007, when the MTV Video Music Award was restructured, the category was removed. When the original system was reverted to in 2008, they weren't brought back. Videos from the rap genre can be found under Best Hip-Hop Video today.

The big winners of the award were Will Smith (one of them as part of the DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince duo ), Arrested Development , Dr. Dre and Jay-Z , who each won the award twice.

Overview

Award	year	Award winners	for the video	Nominations
1.	1989	DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	Parents Just Don't Understand	Ice-T - Colors Kool Moe Dee - How Ya Like Me Now MC Hammer - Turn This Mutha Out Tone Lōc - Wild Thing
2.	1990	MC hammer	U Can't Touch This	Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance Biz Markie - Just a Friend Young MC - Principal's Office
3.	1991	LL Cool J	Mama Said Knock You Out	3rd Bass - Pop Goes the Weasel DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime Ice-T - New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme) Monie Love - It's a Shame (My Sister)
4th	1992	Arrested Development	Tennessee	Black Sheep - The Choice Is Yours (Revisited) Kris Kross - Jump Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back
5.	1993	Arrested Development	People Everyday	Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) Dr. Dre - Nuthin 'but a' G 'Thang Naughty by Nature - Hip Hop Hooray
6th	1994	Snoop Doggy Dogg	Doggy Dogg World	Coolio - Fantastic Voyage Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain Dr. Dre - Let Me Ride
7th	1995	Dr. Dre	Keep Their Heads Ringin '	Brandy (feat. MC Lyte , Queen Latifah and Yo-Yo ) - I Wanna Be Down Since Bush Babees - Remember We Craig Mack - Flava in Ya Ear Public Enemy - Give It Up Rappin '4-Tay (featuring The Spinners ) - I'll Be Around
8th.	1996	Coolio (feat. LV )	Gangsta's Paradise	2Pac (feat. Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman ) - California Love Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - Tha Crossroads LL Cool J - Doin 'It
9.	1997	The Notorious BIG	Hypnotize	Blackstreet (feat. Dr. Dre & Queen Pen ) - No Diggity Dr. Dre - Been There, Done That Missy Misdemeanor Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
10.	1998	Will Smith	Gettin 'jiggy wit it	Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See Master P (feat. Fiend , Silkk the Shocker , Mia X & Mystikal ) - Make 'Em Say Uhh! The Notorious BIG (feat. Puff Daddy & Mase ) - Mo Money Mo Problems Pras (feat. Ol 'Dirty Bastard & Mýa ) - Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)
11.	1999	Jay-Z ( feat.Ja Rule & Amil )	Can I Get A ...	2Pac - Changes DMX - Ruff Ryders' Anthem Nas ( feat.Puff Daddy ) - Hate Me Now
12.	2000	Dr. Dre (featuring Eminem )	Forgot About Dre	DMX - Party Up Eminem - The Real Slim Shady Eve (featuring Faith Evans ) - Love Is Blind Jay-Z (featuring UGK ) - Big Pimpin
13.	2001	Nelly	Ride wit me	Eminem (featuring Dido ) - Stan Ja Rule (featuring Lil 'Mo and Vita) - Put It on Me Jay-Z - I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 ​​Me) Snoop Dogg (featuring Master P , Nate Dogg , Butch Cassidy and Tha Eastsidaz ) - Lay Low
14th	2002	Eminem	Without me	DMX - Who We Be Ludacris ( feat.Sleeping Brown ) - Saturday (Oooh Oooh!) Nas - One Mic P. Diddy (feat. Black Rob & Mark Curry ) - Bad Boy for Life
15th	2003	50 cents	In the club	2Pac (feat. Nas ) - Thugz Mansion Eminem - Lose Yourself Ludacris ( feat.Mystikal ) - Move Nas - I Can
16.	2004	Jay-Z	99 problems	50 Cent ( feat.Snoop Dogg & G-Unit ) - PIMP (Remix) D12 - My Band Lil Jon and The East Side Boyz ( feat.Ying Yang Twins ) - Get Low Ludacris ( feat.Shawnna ) - Stand Up
17th	2005	Ludacris	Number One Spot	Eminem - Just Lose It The Game (feat. 50 Cent ) - Hate It or Love It TI - U Don't Know Me Ying Yang Twins - Wait (The Whisper Song)
18th	2006	Chamillionaire (feat. Krayzie Bone )	Ridin '	50 Cent - Window Shopper Busta Rhymes (feat.Mary J. Blige , Rah Digga , Missy Elliott , Lloyd Banks , Papoose and DMX ) - Touch It (Remix) TI - What You Know Yung Joc (feat.Nitti) - It's Goin 'Down

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS HISTORY: BEST RAP VIDEO. Rockonthenet.com, accessed July 20, 2019 .