Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance

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Grammy Award category music award

The Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance is a prestigious music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding vocal or instrumental rap performances.

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Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance 6
Best Rap Performance 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Grammy Award category ⓘ
music award ⓘ
administeredBy Recording Academy ⓘ
surface form: Recording Academy rap committee
alsoKnownAs Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance ⓘ
surface form: Best Rap Performance
associatedWith Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance

Grammy Award for Best Rap Album ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Rap Song ⓘ
awardCategoryType genre-specific performance category ⓘ
awardedFor artistic achievement in rap performance ⓘ
overall excellence in rap performance ⓘ
technical proficiency in rap performance ⓘ
categoryChange solo and group rap performance categories merged into one ⓘ
ceremonyLocation various cities in the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
field rap field ⓘ
firstPresentedAt 31st Annual Grammy Awards ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genre hip hop ⓘ
rap ⓘ
hasAwardType performance award ⓘ
hasEligibilityCriteria commercially released recordings ⓘ
meets Recording Academy membership and submission rules ⓘ
release within the Grammy eligibility year ⓘ
hasMedium recorded music ⓘ
hasParentCategory Grammy Awards in the rap field ⓘ
hasPredecessor Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance
inception 1989 ⓘ
industry music industry ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName English ⓘ
notableGenreElement rapping ⓘ
organizer Recording Academy ⓘ
surface form: National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
originalName Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance self-link ⓘ
partOf Grammy Awards ceremony ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Awards
presentedBy Recording Academy ⓘ
presentedFor instrumental rap performance ⓘ
outstanding rap performance ⓘ
vocal rap performance ⓘ
reorganizedIn 2012 ⓘ
selectionProcess voting by members of the Recording Academy ⓘ
status active ⓘ
trophyShape gold-plated gramophone ⓘ
typicalRecipients hip hop groups ⓘ
rap artists ⓘ
rap duos ⓘ

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Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance → alsoKnownAs → Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Best Rap Performance
Stronger → award → Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance
2 Chainz → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance ⓘ
Anderson .Paak → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance ⓘ
Chance the Rapper → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance ⓘ
Chancelor Johnathan Bennett → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance ⓘ
LL Cool J → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance
P. Diddy → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance → hasPredecessor → Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance
Common – Be → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance ⓘ
subject surface form: Be
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance
Mercy → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance ⓘ
Roddy Ricch → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance ⓘ
The Light → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance
Through the Wire → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance
Hit-Boy → notableAward → Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance → originalName → Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance self-link ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Rap Album → relatedAward → Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Rap Song → relatedTo → Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group → replacedBy → Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance ⓘ