Best Rap Performance
54th Annual Grammy Awards • 2012
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2010 and Aug 30, 2011
Jay-Z & Kanye West won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance with "Otis"
Winners & Nominees 2012
Winner
Nominees
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Otis
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Look At Me Now
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The Show Goes On
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Moment 4 Life
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Black And Yellow
Previous Winners
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|---|---|---|---|
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| 2021 | Megan Pete, Beyoncé Knowles | Savage | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Nipsey Hussle, Rodrick Moore, Hit-Boy | Racks In The Middle | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Anderson .Paak | Bubblin | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future, James Blake | King's Dead | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Kendrick Lamar | HUMBLE. | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Chancelor Bennett, Lil Wayne, Tauheed Epps | No Problem | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Kendrick Lamar | Alright | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Kendrick Lamar | I | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Ben Haggerty, Ryan Lewis | Thrift Shop | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Jay Z, Kanye West | N****s In Paris | All Nominees |
| 2012 | Jay Z, Kanye West | Otis | All Nominees |
