The Grammy Nominations Rap Categories Include Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Tyler, The Creator and More

It’s that time of the year for the annual Grammy nominations, and the rap category has brought out some of the best and favorites in the genre. 

The Grammy nominations were released on Nov. 24 and are recognizing rappers in the top categories: Best Rap Performances, Best Melodic Rap Performances, Best Rap Song and Best Rap Album. 

Best Rap Performance:
“Family Ties” by Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar
“Up” by Cardi B
“M Y . L I F E” by J. Cole Featuring 21 Savage & Morray
“Way 2 Sexy” by Drake Featuring Future & Young Thug
“Thot S***” by Megan Thee Stallion

Best Melodic Rap Performance:
“P R I D E . I S . T H E . D E V I L” by J. Cole Featuring Lil Baby
“Need To Know” by Doja Cat
“Industry Baby” by Lil Nas X Featuring Jack Harlow
“Wusyaname” by Tyler, The Creator Featuring Youngboy Never Broke Again & Ty Dolla $ign
“Hurricane” by Kanye West Featuring The Weeknd & Lil Baby

Best Rap Album:
J. Cole – The Off-Season
Drake – Certified Lover Boy
Nas – King’s Disease II
Tyler, The Creator – Call Me If You Get Lost
Kanye West – Donda 

Best Rap Song:
“Bath Salts” by Shawn Carter, Kasseem Dean, Michael Forno, Nasir Jones & Earl Simmons, songwriters (DMX Featuring Jay-Z & Nas)
“Best Friend” by Amala Zandelie Dlamini, Lukasz Gottwald, Randall Avery Hammers, Diamonté Harper, Asia Smith, Theron Thomas & Rocco Valdes, songwriters (Saweetie Featuring Doja Cat)
“Family Ties” by 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, Brian Hugh Warner, Kanye West & Mark Williams, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Jay-Z)
“M Y . L I F E” by Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph & Jermaine Cole, songwriters (J. Cole Featuring 21 Savage & Morray)

The 64th Annual Grammy Awards will air on Jan. 31. Make sure to tune it on that night to see who takes the Grammy home in these categories.