Best Rap Performance
2026 • 68th Annual Grammy Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2024 and Aug 30, 2025
2026 Winner is Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams with "Chains & Whips"
Nominees 2026
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Chains & Whips
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Outside
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Anxiety
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tv off
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Darling, I
Winners
| Year | Winner | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Terrence Thornton, Malice | Chains & Whips |
| 2025 | Kendrick Lamar | Not Like Us |
| 2024 | Killer Mike, André "3000" Benjamin, Future, Eryn Allen Kane | SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS |
| 2023 | Kendrick Lamar | The Heart Part 5 |
| 2022 | Baby Keem, Kendrick Lamar | Family Ties |
| 2021 | Megan Pete, Beyoncé Knowles | Savage |
| 2020 | Nipsey Hussle, Rodrick Moore, Hit-Boy | Racks In The Middle |
| 2019 | Anderson .Paak | Bubblin |
| 2019 | Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future, James Blake | King's Dead |
| 2018 | Kendrick Lamar | HUMBLE. |
| 2017 | Chancelor Bennett, Lil Wayne, Tauheed Epps | No Problem |
| 2016 | Kendrick Lamar | Alright |
| 2015 | Kendrick Lamar | I |
| 2014 | Ben Haggerty, Ryan Lewis | Thrift Shop |
| 2013 | Jay Z, Kanye West | N****s In Paris |
| 2012 | Jay Z, Kanye West | Otis |