Best Rap Song

2013 • 55th Annual Grammy Awards

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2011 and Aug 30, 2012

2013 Winner is Jay-Z & Kanye West with "N****s In Paris"

Nominees 2013

N****s In Paris

Jay Z, Mike Dean, Hit-Boy, Kanye West
Daughters

Nas, No I.D.
Lotus Flower Bomb

Olubowale Akintimehin, S. Joseph Dew, Jerrin Howard, Walker Johnson, Miguel
Mercy

Big Sean, Mike Dean, Tauheed Epps, Willie Hansbro, Malik Yusef Jones, Anthony Khan, Stephan Taft, James Thomas, Terrence Thornton, Herbert Turner, Kanye West
The Motto

Lil Wayne, Drake, Noah "40" Shebib, Tyler Williams
Young, Wild & Free

Calvin Broadus, Brody Brown, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars, Cameron Thomaz

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