Grammy Award for Best Rap Album
Grammy Awards · 157 nominations across 31 ceremonies · 31 wins
68th Grammys · 2026
- Winner GNX · Kendrick Lamar
- Nominee Chromakopia · Tyler Okonma
- Nominee Let God Sort Em Out · Clipse
- Nominee Glorious · GloRilla
- Nominee God Does Like Ugly · JID
67th Grammys · 2025
- Winner Alligator Bites Never Heal · Doechii
- Nominee Might Delete Later · J. Cole
- Nominee When The Sun Shines Again · Common, Pete Rock
- Nominee The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) · Eminem
- Nominee We Don't Trust You · Future, Metro Boomin
66th Grammys · 2024
- Winner Michael · Killer Mike
- Nominee Her Loss · Drake, 21 Savage
- Nominee UTOPIA · Travis Scott
- Nominee Heroes & Villains · Metro Boomin
- Nominee King's Disease III · Nas
65th Grammys · 2023
- Winner Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers · Kendrick Lamar
- Nominee It's Almost Dry · Pusha T
- Nominee I Never Liked You · Future
- Nominee Come Home the Kids Miss You · Jack Harlow
- Nominee God Did · DJ Khaled
64th Grammys · 2022
- Winner Call Me If You Get Lost · Tyler Okonma
- Nominee Donda · Kanye West
- Nominee The Off-Season · J. Cole
- Nominee King's Disease II · Nas
63rd Grammys · 2021
- Winner King's Disease · Nas
- Nominee Black Habits · D Smoke
- Nominee A Written Testimony · Jay Electronica
- Nominee Alfredo · Freddie Gibbs, The Alchemist
- Nominee The Allegory · Royce da 5'9"
62nd Grammys · 2020
- Winner IGOR · Tyler Okonma
- Nominee I Am > I Was · 21 Savage
- Nominee The Lost Boy · Cordae Dunston
- Nominee Championships · Meek Mill
- Nominee Revenge of the Dreamers III · Dreamville
61st Grammys · 2019
- Winner Invasion of Privacy · Cardi B
- Nominee Astroworld · Travis Scott
- Nominee Victory Lap · Nipsey Hussle
- Nominee Daytona · Pusha T
- Nominee Swimming · Mac Miller
60th Grammys · 2018
- Winner Damn · Kendrick Lamar
- Nominee Flower Boy · Tyler Okonma
- Nominee 4:44 · Jay-Z
- Nominee Laila's Wisdom · Marlanna Evans
- Nominee Culture · Migos
59th Grammys · 2017
- Winner Coloring Book · Chance the Rapper
- Nominee and the Anonymous Nobody... · De La Soul
- Nominee Major Key · DJ Khaled
- Nominee The Life of Pablo · Kanye West
- Nominee Blank Face LP · ScHoolboy Q
- Nominee Views · Drake
58th Grammys · 2016
- Winner To Pimp a Butterfly · Kendrick Lamar
- Nominee Compton · Dr. Dre
- Nominee If You're Reading This It's Too Late · Drake
- Nominee 2014 Forest Hills Drive · J. Cole
- Nominee The Pinkprint · Nicki Minaj
57th Grammys · 2015
- Winner The Marshall Mathers LP 2 · Eminem
- Nominee Oxymoron · ScHoolboy Q
- Nominee The New Classic · Iggy Azalea
- Nominee Because the Internet · Donald Glover
- Nominee Blacc Hollywood · Wiz Khalifa
- Nominee Nobody's Smiling · Common
56th Grammys · 2014
- Winner The Heist · Macklemore, Ryan Lewis
- Nominee Magna Carta... Holy Grail · Jay-Z
- Nominee Nothing Was the Same · Drake
- Nominee Yeezus · Kanye West
- Nominee Good Kid, M.A.A.D City · Kendrick Lamar
55th Grammys · 2013
- Winner Take Care · Drake
- Nominee Life Is Good · Nas
- Nominee Based on a T.R.U. Story · 2 Chainz
- Nominee Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album. Pt. 1 · Lupe Fiasco
- Nominee Undun · The Grand Wizzards
- Nominee God Forgives, I Don't · Rick Ross
54th Grammys · 2012
- Winner My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
- Nominee Watch the Throne · Jay-Z, Kanye West
- Nominee Tha Carter IV · Lil Wayne
- Nominee Pink Friday · Nicki Minaj
- Nominee Lasers · Lupe Fiasco
53rd Grammys · 2011
- Winner Recovery · Eminem
- Nominee Thank Me Later · Drake
- Nominee How I Got Over · The Grand Wizzards
- Nominee The Blueprint 3 · Jay-Z
- Nominee The Adventures Of Bobby Ray · B.o.B
52nd Grammys · 2010
- Winner Relapse · Eminem
- Nominee Universal Mind Control · Common
- Nominee R.O.O.T.S. · Flo Rida
- Nominee The Ecstatic · Mos Def
- Nominee The Renaissance · Q-Tip
51st Grammys · 2009
- Winner Tha Carter III · Lil Wayne
- Nominee American Gangster · Jay-Z
- Nominee The Cool · Lupe Fiasco
- Nominee Nas · Nas
- Nominee Paper Trail · T.I.
50th Grammys · 2008
- Winner Graduation · Kanye West
- Nominee T.I. vs. T.I.P. · T.I.
- Nominee Hip Hop Is Dead · Nas
- Nominee Kingdom Come · Jay-Z
- Nominee Southside · Common
49th Grammys · 2007
- Winner Release Therapy · Chris "Ludacris" Bridges
- Nominee Game Theory · The Grand Wizzards
- Nominee King · T.I.
- Nominee Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor · Lupe Fiasco
- Nominee In My Mind · Pharrell Williams
48th Grammys · 2006
- Winner Late Registration · Kanye West
- Nominee Be · Common
- Nominee The Massacre · 50 Cent
- Nominee The Cookbook · Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
- Nominee Encore · Eminem
47th Grammys · 2005
- Winner The College Dropout · Kanye West
- Nominee The Black Album · Jay-Z
- Nominee Suit · Nelly
- Nominee The Definition · LL Cool J
- Nominee To the 5 Boroughs · Beastie Boys
46th Grammys · 2004
- Winner Speakerboxxx/The Love Below · Outkast
- Nominee Get Rich Or Die Tryin' · 50 Cent
- Nominee Under Construction · Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
- Nominee The Blueprint²: The Gift & The Curse · Jay-Z
- Nominee Phrenology · The Grand Wizzards
45th Grammys · 2003
- Winner The Eminem Show · Eminem
- Nominee Tarantula · Mystikal
- Nominee Word of Mouf · Chris "Ludacris" Bridges
- Nominee Nellyville · Nelly
- Nominee Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry · Petey Pablo
44th Grammys · 2002
- Winner Stankonia · Outkast
- Nominee The Blueprint · Jay-Z
- Nominee Pain Is Love · Ja Rule
- Nominee Scorpion · Eve
- Nominee Back for the First Time · Chris "Ludacris" Bridges
43rd Grammys · 2001
- Winner The Marshall Mathers LP · Eminem
- Nominee Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter · Jay-Z
- Nominee Dr. Dre – 2001 · Dr. Dre
- Nominee ... And Then There Was X · DMX
- Nominee Country Grammar · Nelly
42nd Grammys · 2000
- Winner The Slim Shady LP · Eminem, Jeff Bass, Marky Bass
- Nominee Things Fall Apart · The Grand Wizzards
- Nominee E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front · Busta Rhymes
- Nominee I Am · Nas
- Nominee Da Real World · Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Timbaland, Jimmy Douglass
41st Grammys · 1999
- Winner Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life · Jay-Z
- Nominee Capital Punishment · Big Punisher
- Nominee Harlem World · Mase
- Nominee The Love Movement · A Tribe Called Quest
- Nominee Life In 1472 - The Original Soundtrack · Jermaine Dupri
40th Grammys · 1998
- Winner No Way Out · Sean Combs, Stevie J.
- Nominee Wu-Tang Forever · Wu-Tang Clan
- Nominee Life After Death · The Notorious B.I.G.
- Nominee Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival · Wyclef Jean
- Nominee Supa Dupa Fly · Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
39th Grammys · 1997
- Winner The Score · Fugees
- Nominee Beats, Rhymes and Life · A Tribe Called Quest
- Nominee Gangsta's Paradise · Coolio
- Nominee All Eyez On Me · 2Pac
- Nominee Mr. Smith · LL Cool J
38th Grammys · 1996
- Winner Poverty's Paradise · Naughty by Nature
- Nominee E. 1999 Eternal · Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, D.J. U-Neek
- Nominee I Wish · Skee-Lo
- Nominee Me Against the World · 2Pac
- Nominee Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version · Ol' Dirty Bastard, RZA