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Best Rap Song

2026 • 68th Annual Grammy Awards

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2024 and Aug 30, 2025

2026 Winner is Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay with "tv off"

Nominees 2026

Winners

Year Winner Work
2026 Jack Antonoff, Larry Jayy, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean Momberger, Sounwave, Kamasi Washington tv off
2025 Kendrick Lamar Not Like Us
2024 André "3000" Benjamin, Paul Beauregard, James Blake, Bryan Jones, Eryn Allen Kane, Killer Mike, Tim Moore, No I.D. SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS
2023 Jake Kosich, Johnny Kosich, Kendrick Lamar, Matt Schaeffer The Heart Part 5
2022 Dwayne Abernathy Jr., Warryn Campbell, Jay Z, Raul Cubina, Mike Dean, Charles Njapa, Sean Solymar, Kanye West, Mark Williams Jail
2021 Beyoncé Knowles, Jay Z, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick Milano, Terius "The Dream" Nash, Megan Pete, Bobby Session, Jr., Jordan Thorpe, J White Savage
2020 J. Cole, Dahi, 21 Savage, Anthony H. White A Lot
2019 Drake, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Cardo, Matthew Samuels, Noah "40" Shebib God's Plan
2018 Kendrick Lamar, Asheton Hogan, Michael L. Williams II, A. Tiffith HUMBLE.
2017 Drake, Paul Jefferies Hotline Bling
2016 Kendrick Lamar, Kawan Prather, Sounwave, Pharrell Williams Alright
2015 Kendrick Lamar, Ronald Isley, Rahki I
2014 Ben Haggerty, Ryan Lewis Thrift Shop
2013 Jay Z, Mike Dean, Hit-Boy, Kanye West N****s In Paris
2012 Jeff Bhasker, Fergie, Malik Yusef Jones, Terius "The Dream" Nash, Warren Trotter, Kanye West All Of The Lights
2011 Jay Z, Angela Hunte, Alicia Keys, Janet Sewell, Alexander Shuckburgh Empire State Of Mind
2010 Jeff Bhasker, Jay Z, Rihanna, Kanye West, No I.D. Run This Town
2009 Darius "Deezle" Harrison, Lil Wayne, James Scheffer, Static Major, Rex Zamor Lollipop
2008 Aldrin Davis, Mike Dean, T-Pain, Kanye West Good Life
2007 Ludacris, Pharrell Williams Money Maker
2006 DeVon Harris, Kanye West Diamonds From Sierra Leone
2005 Miri Ben Ari, Che Smith, Kanye West Jesus Walks
2004 Jeff Bass, Eminem, L Resto Lose Yourself
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