Rap Category

Anya Pawa, Staff Writer

Grammys 2022 Rap Awards

Rap music is another competitive category as rap is the second most popular genre of music today. There are also 4 awards in the Rap Category.

The first one being Best Rap Performance with Nominees

“Family Ties” by Baby Keem featuring KEdrick Lamar
“Up” by Cardi B
“My Life” by J. Cole featuring Young Thug
“Way 2 Sexy” By Drake
“Th*t SH*t” by Megan Thee Stallion

The winners in this category were Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar with “Family Ties.”

The following Category was Best Melodic Rap Performance. The nominees are as follows

“”Pride Is The Devil” by J. Cole feat. Lil Baby
“Need To Know” by Doja Cat
“INDUSTRY BABY” by Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow
“WUSYANAME” by Tyler, The Creator feat. Youngboy Never Broke Again & Ty Dolla $Ign
“Hurricane” by Kanye West feat. The Weeknd & Lil Baby

Kanye West, the Weeknd and Lil BABy took the win on this one with Hurricane from Ye’s Album Donda.

The next category was Best Rap Song. The 4 nominations were

“Bath Salts” by Shawn Carter, Kasseem Dean, Michael Forno, Nasir Jones & Earl Simmons. The Songwriters were Dmx Featuring Jay-Z & Nas.
“Best Friend” by Amala Zandelie Dlamini, Lukasz Gottwald, Randall Avery Hammers, Diamonté Harper, Asia Smith, Theron Thomas & Rocco Valdes. The Songwriters were Saweetie Featuring Doja Cat.
“Family Ties” by Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Hykeem Carter, Tobias Dekker, Colin Franken, Jasper Harris, Kendrick Lamar, Ronald Latour & Dominik Patrzek. The Songwriters were Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar.
“Jail” by Dwayne Abernathy, Jr., Shawn Carter, Raul Cubina, Michael Dean, Charles M. Njapa, Sean Solymar, Brian Hugh Warner, Kanye West & Mark Williams. The Songwriters were Kanye West Featuring Jay-Z.
“M Y . L I F E” by Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph & Jermaine Cole. The songwriters were J. Cole Featuring 21 Savage & Morray.

The award in this category went to Dwayne Abernathy, Jr., Shawn Carter, Raul Cubina, Michael Dean, Charles M. Njapa, Sean Solymar, Brian Hugh Warner, Kanye West & Mark Williams and Songwriters Kanye West Featuring Jay-Z for the song “Jail.”

The final category in the Rap music section was Best Rap Album. The nominees were

The off season by J Cole

Certified Lover Boy by Drake
King’s Disease II by Nas.
Call Me If You Get Lost by Tyler The Creator
Donda by Kanye West

The winner in this category for the second year in a row was Tyler The Creator with his album Call Me If You Get Lost!