The 2019 Grammy nominations have been revealed, and while a lot of familiar names round out the categories, there’s also some noteworthy first time nominees.
Kendrick Lamar (8) & Drake (7) head into next years’ awards as the most-nominated artists, meanwhile Nipsey Hussle & the late-great Mac Miller have both been nominated for the first time.
Check out the nominees for all the rap-related categories below.
Best Rap Performance
For a Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.
- BE CAREFUL
Cardi B - NICE FOR WHAT
Drake - KING’S DEAD
Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake - BUBBLIN
Anderson .Paak - SICKO MODE
Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk & Swae Lee
Best Rap/Sung Performance
For a solo or collaborative performance containing both elements of R&B melodies and Rap.
- LIKE I DO
Christina Aguilera Featuring Goldlink - PRETTY LITTLE FEARS
6lack Featuring J. Cole - THIS IS AMERICA
Childish Gambino - ALL THE STARS
Kendrick Lamar & SZA - ROCKSTAR
Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage
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.
- GOD’S PLAN
Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake) - KING’S DEAD
Kendrick Duckworth, Samuel Gloade, James Litherland, Johnny McKinzie, Mark Spears, Travis Walton, Nayvadius Wilburn & Michael Williams II, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake) - LUCKY YOU
R. Fraser, G. Lucas, M. Mathers, M. Samuels & J. Sweet, songwriters (Eminem Featuring Joyner Lucas) - SICKO MODE
Khalif Brown, Rogét Chahayed, BryTavious Chambers, Mike Dean, Mirsad Dervic, Kevin Gomringer, Tim Gomringer, Aubrey Graham, John Edward Hawkins, Chauncey Hollis, Jacques Webster, Ozan Yildirim & Cydel Young, songwriters (Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk & Swae Lee) - WIN
K. Duckworth, A. Hernandez, J. McKinzie, M. Samuels & C. Thompson, songwriters (Jay Rock)
Best Rap Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new rap recordings.
- INVASION OF PRIVACY
Cardi B - SWIMMING
Mac Miller - VICTORY LAP
Nipsey Hussle - DAYTONA
Pusha T - ASTROWORLD
Travis Scott
In addition to those categories, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Cardi B & Childish Gambino are all in the running for Record Of The Year as well as Album Of The Year.
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