Best Rap Album

The Grammy Award for Best Rap Album recognizes artistic excellence in albums of rap music. The Grammy is awarded to the artist, producer, and engineer/mixer of greater than 50 percent playing time on the album.

54th Annual Grammy Awards • 2012

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2010 and Aug 30, 2011

Kanye West won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album with "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy"

Winners & Nominees 2012

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Nominees

Previous Winners

Year Winner Work
2026 Kendrick Lamar GNX All Nominees
2025 Doechii Alligator Bites Never Heal All Nominees
2024 Killer Mike MICHAEL All Nominees
2023 Kendrick Lamar Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers All Nominees
2022 Tyler, The Creator Call Me If You Get Lost All Nominees
2021 Nas King’s Disease All Nominees
2020 Tyler, The Creator Igor All Nominees
2019 Cardi B Invasion Of Privacy All Nominees
2018 Kendrick Lamar DAMN. All Nominees
2017 Chancelor Bennett Coloring Book All Nominees
2016 Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly All Nominees
2015 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP2 All Nominees
2014 Ben Haggerty, Ryan Lewis The Heist All Nominees
2013 Drake Take Care All Nominees
2012 Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy All Nominees
2011 Eminem Recovery All Nominees
2010 Eminem Relapse All Nominees
2009 Lil Wayne Tha Carter III All Nominees
2008 Kanye West Graduation All Nominees
2007 Ludacris Release Therapy All Nominees
2006 Kanye West Late Registration All Nominees
2005 Kanye West The College Dropout All Nominees
2004 OutKast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below All Nominees
2003 Eminem The Eminem Show All Nominees
2002 OutKast Stankonia All Nominees
2001 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP All Nominees
2000 Eminem The Slim Shady LP All Nominees
1999 Jay Z Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life All Nominees
1998 Puff Daddy & The Family No Way Out All Nominees
1997 Fugees The Score All Nominees
1996 Naughty By Nature Poverty's Paradise All Nominees
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