Grammy Award for Best Rap Song

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The Grammy Award for Best Rap Song was first awarded in 2004. It is a songwriting award given to all who wrote the lyrics and music of the song. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year. If the song contains a sample of another song, the songwriter(s) of the sampled song are not nominated/awarded.

[edit] 2000s

• Grammy Awards of 2009
  • Darius Harrison, Dwayne Carter, Jr., Stephen Garrett, James Schaffer and Rex Zamor for "Lollipop" performed by Lil Wayne & Static Major
• Grammy Awards of 2008
  • DJ Toomp, Mike Dean, Faheem Najm, Kanye West, James Ingram & Quincy Jones for "Good Life" performed by Kanye West & T-Pain
• Grammy Awards of 2007
  • Pharrell Williams and Ludacris for "Money Maker" performed by Ludacris & Pharrell
• Grammy Awards of 2006
  • DeVon Harris and Jashandeep for "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" performed by Kanye West
• Grammy Awards of 2005
  • Miri Ben-Ari, Che Smith (Rhymefest) and Kanye West for "Jesus Walks" performed by Kanye West
• Grammy Awards of 2004
  • Jeff Bass, Eminem and Luis Resto for "Lose Yourself" performed by Eminem