Grammy Award for Best Rap Song

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The Grammy Award for Best Rap Song is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,<ref name=Grammy>Template:Cite news</ref> to recording artists for quality songs in the rap music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".<ref name=Overview>Template:Cite web</ref>

The award was first presented to Eminem along with Jeff Bass and Luis Resto for the song "Lose Yourself" from the soundtrack 8 Mile in 2004. According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide, the award honors the songwriter(s) of new songs (containing both music and lyrics) or songs "first achieving prominence during the period of eligibility". Songs containing prominent samples may be eligible.<ref name=DescriptionGuide>Template:Cite web</ref> The award goes to the songwriter(s), not to the artist except when the artist is also a songwriter of the winning song.

Kanye West holds the records for the most wins and nominations in this category, having won seven times out of sixteen nominations. West, Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams, Drake and Kendrick Lamar are the only songwriters to have won the category more than once. Cyhi the Prynce holds the record for most nominations without a win, with six.

Recipients

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Eminem was the first recipient of the award in 2004 alongside Jeff Bass and Luis Resto.

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Kanye West holds the records of most wins in the category with seven, as well as most nominations for the award with sixteen.

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2007 winner Ludacris.

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Two-time winner Pharrell Williams.

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Four-time winner Jay-Z.

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Five-time winner Kendrick Lamar.

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Two-time winner Drake.

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2020 winner 21 Savage.

YearTemplate:Ref	Recipient(s)	Work	Performing artist(s)	Nominees (Performer(s) in parentheses)Template:Ref	Ref.
2004	Template:Sortname Eminem Luis Resto	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2004>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005	Template:Sortname Che Smith Kanye West	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2005>Template:Cite news</ref>
2006	Template:Sortname Kanye West	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2006>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007	Template:Sort Pharrell Williams	Template:Sort	Template:Sort featuring Pharrell	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2007>Template:Cite web</ref>
2008	Aldrin Davis Faheem Najm Kanye West	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname featuring T-Pain	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2008>Template:Cite news</ref>
2009	Template:Sortname Stephen Garrett Darius Harrison Jim Jonsin Rex Zamor	Template:Sort	Template:Sort featuring Static Major	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2009>Template:Cite web</ref>
2010	Shawn Carter R. Fenty M. Riddick Kanye West E. Wilson	Template:Sort	Template:Sort featuring Rihanna and Kanye West	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2010>Template:Cite web</ref>
2011	Template:Sortname Angela Hunter Alicia Keys Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic Alexander Shuckburgh	Template:Sort	Template:Sort featuring Alicia Keys	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2011>Template:Cite news</ref>
2012	Jeff Bhasker Stacy Ferguson Malik Jones Warren Trotter Kanye West	"All of the Lights"	Kanye West featuring Rihanna and Kid Cudi	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2012>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013	Shawn Carter Mike Dean Chauncey Hollis Kanye West	"Niggas in Paris"	Jay-Z and Kanye West	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>List of 2013 nominees Template:Webarchive</ref>
2014	Ben Haggerty Ryan Lewis	"Thrift Shop"	Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015	Kendrick Duckworth Columbus Smith Ronald Isley	"I"	Kendrick Lamar	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2016	Kendrick Duckworth Kawan Prather Mark Spears Pharrell Williams	"Alright"	Kendrick Lamar	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2017	Aubrey Graham Paul Jefferies	"Hotline Bling"	Drake	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2018	K. Duckworth Asheton Hogan M. Williams II	"Humble."	Kendrick Lamar	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2019	Aubrey Graham Ronald LaTour Daveon Jackson Brock Korsan Matthew Samuels Noah Shebib	"God's Plan"	Drake	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2020	Jermaine Cole Dacoury Natche 21 Savage Anthony White	"A Lot"	21 Savage featuring J. Cole	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021	Beyoncé Shawn Carter Brittany Hazzard Derrick Milano Terius Nash Megan Pete Bobby Session Jr. Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe Anthony White	"Savage"	Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>2021 Nominations List</ref>
2022	Dwayne Abernathy, Jr. Shawn Carter Raul Cubina Michael Dean Charles M. Njapa Sean Solymar Kanye West Mark Williams	"Jail"	Kanye West featuring Jay-Z	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>2022 Nominations List</ref>
2023	Jake Kosich Johnny Kosich Kendrick Lamar Matt Schaeffer	"The Heart Part 5"	Kendrick Lamar	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024	Andre Benjamin, Paul Beauregard, James Blake, Michael Render, Tim Moore & Dion Wilson	"Scientists & Engineers"	Killer Mike featuring André 3000, Future And Eryn Allen Kane	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025	Kendrick Lamar	"Not Like Us"	Kendrick Lamar	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2026	Template:TBA	Template:TBA	Template:TBA	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>