Nominees
Best Rap Solo Performance
For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.
Winner
D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)
Jay-Z
[Roc Nation]
Best I Ever Had
Drake
[Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown]
Beautiful
Eminem
Track from: Relapse
[Aftermath/Interscope Records]
Day 'N' Nite
Kid Cudi
[Universal Motown/Good/Fool's Gold]
Casa Bey
Mos Def
Track from: The Ecstatic
[Downtown Records]
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.
Winner
Crack A Bottle
Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
Track from: Relapse
[Aftermath/Interscope]
Too Many Rappers
Beastie Boys & Nas
[Capitol]
Money Goes, Honey Stay
Fabolous & Jay-Z
Track from: Loso's Way
[Def Jam]
Make Her Say
Kid Cudi, Kanye West & Common
[Universal Motown/GOOD Music]
Amazing
Kanye West & Young Jeezy
Track from: 808s & Heartbreak
[Roc-A-Fella]
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
For a Rap/Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.
Winner
Run This Town
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
[Roc Nation]
Ego
Beyoncé & Kanye West
[Music World Music/Columbia]
Knock You Down
Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo
Track from: In A Perfect World...
[MMG/Zone 4/Interscope Records]
I'm On A Boat
The Lonely Island & T-Pain
Track from: Incredibad
[Universal Republic Records]
Dead And Gone
T.I. & Justin Timberlake
Track from: Paper Trail
[Grand Hustle/Atlantic]
Best Rap Song
A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see the Song Of The Year award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
Winner
Run This Town
Jeff Bhasker, Shawn Carter, Robyn Fenty, Kanye West & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Athanasios Alatas, songwriter) (Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West)
[Roc Nation; Publishers: EMI April Music, Carter Boys Music/Please Gimme My Publishing/EMI Blackwood/Chrysalis Songs/No ID Music/All The Above Publishing/Sony ATV/Annauhi Music/Athanasios Alatas Publishing.]
Best I Ever Had
Dwayne Carter, Aubrey Drake Graham & Matthew Samuels, songwriters (Nakia S. Coleman & Danny Robert Hamilton, songwriters) (Drake)
[Aspire/Young Money/Cash Money; Publisher: Sony/ATV Tunes.]
Day 'N' Nite
S. Mescudi & O. Omishore, songwriters (Kid Cudi)
[Universal Motown/Good/Fool's Gold; Publishers: Elsie's Baby Boy, Owo Olorun, Universal Music Publishing.]
Dead And Gone
C. Harris, R. Tadross & J. Timberlake, songwriters (T.I. & Justin Timberlake)
Track from: Paper Trail
[Grand Hustle/Atlantic; Publishers: Crown Club Publishing/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing/Tenman Tunes/Universal Z Tunes/Cleopatra's Sons Music/EMI April Music.]
D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)
Shawn Carter & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Gary DeCarlo, Dale Frashuer, Paul Leka, Janko Nilovic & Dave Sucky, songwriters) (Jay-Z)
[Atlantic; Publishers: EMI April Music, Carter Boys Music/Chrysalis Songs/No ID Music, Unichappell Music, APM Music.]
Best Rap Album
For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.
Winner
Relapse
Eminem
[Aftermath/Interscope]
Universal Mind Control
Common
[Geffen]
R.O.O.T.S.
Flo Rida
[Poe Boy/Atlantic]
The Ecstatic
Mos Def
[Downtown Records]
The Renaissance
Q-Tip
[Universal Motown]