Here are the nominations for this year’s Grammys. In addition to the Rap category awards, Kanye’s Donda and Lil Nas X and his album Montero is up for album of the year, plus Lil Nas X and his hit “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” is up for record and song of the year as well. Baby Keem and Saweetie are up for the best new artist. Hit-Boy is up for producer of the year.
Rap has a long legacy at the Grammys and hopefully rap artists continue to win big. Jay-Z is now the rap artist with the most Grammy nods.
The Grammy Awards show is scheduled for Jan 31 and is set to feature as of now unannounced performances and is hosted again this year by Trevor Noah.
RAP
22. Best Rap Performance
For a Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.
- Family Ties
Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar
- Up
Cardi B
- M Y . L I F E
J. Cole Featuring 21 Savage & Morray
- Thot S***
Megan Thee Stallion
23. Best Melodic Rap Performance
For a solo or collaborative performance containing both elements of R&B melodies and Rap.
- P R I D E . I S . T H E . D E V I L
J. Cole Featuring Lil Baby
- Need To Know
Doja Cat
- Industry Baby
Lil Nas X Featuring Jack Harlow
- Wusyaname
Tyler, The Creator Featuring Youngboy Never Broke Again & Ty Dolla $ign
- Hurricane
Kanye West Featuring The Weeknd & Lil Baby
24. Best Rap Song
A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
- Bath Salts
Shawn Carter, Kasseem Dean, Michael Forno, Nasir Jones & Earl Simmons, songwriters (DMX Featuring Jay-Z & Nas)
- Best Friend
Amala Zandelie Dlamini, Lukasz Gottwald, Randall Avery Hammers, Diamonté Harper, Asia Smith, Theron Thomas & Rocco Valdes, songwriters (Saweetie Featuring Doja Cat)
- Family Ties
Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Hykeem Carter, Tobias Dekker, Colin Franken, Jasper Harris, Kendrick Lamar, Ronald Latour & Dominik Patrzek, songwriters (Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar)
- Jail
Dwayne Abernathy, Jr., Shawn Carter, Raul Cubina, Michael Dean, Charles M. Njapa, Sean Solymar, Kanye West & Mark Williams, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Jay-Z)
- M Y . L I F E
Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, Jermaine Cole & Jacob Dutton, songwriters (J. Cole Featuring 21 Savage & Morray)
25. Best Rap Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new rap recordings.
- The Off-Season
J. Cole
- King’s Disease II
Nas
- Call Me If You Get Lost
Tyler, The Creator
- Donda
Kanye West