The Grammy nominations rolled in this morning
No rappers were represented in the categories of Album, Song, or Record of the Year. (R&B star and TDE artist SZA did get noms in each and led with nine overall nominations.)
Ice Spice was one of the eight nominees for Best New Artist.
Here are the nominees in the rap categories.
Best Rap Album
Drake & 21 Savage, Her Loss
Metro Boomin, Heroes & Villains
Nas, King's Disease III
Travis Scott, UTOPIA
Killer Mike, Michael
Best Rap Performance
"The Hillbillies," Baby Keem f/Kendrick Lamar
"Love Letter," Black Thought
"Rich Flex," Drake & 21 Savage
"Scientists & Engineers," Killer Mike f/André 3000, Future & Eryn Allan Kane
"Players," Coi Leray
Best Melodic Rap Performance
"Sittin' On Top of the World," Burna Boy f/21 Savage
"Attention," Doja Cat
"Spin Bout U," Drake & 21 Savage
"All My Life," Lil Durk f/J. Cole
"Low," SZA
Best Rap Song
“Attention”" Rogét Chahayed, Amala Zandile Dlamini & Ari Starace, songwriters (Doja Cat)
“Barbie World [From Barbie The Album]": Isis Naija Gaston, Ephrem Louis Lopez Jr. & Onika Maraj, songwriters (Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice f/Aqua)
“Just Wanna Rock”: Mohamad Camara, Symere Woods & Javier Mercado, songwriters (Lil Uzi Vert)
“Rich Flex”: Brytavious Chambers, Isaac "Zac" De Boni, Aubrey Graham, J. Gwin, Anderson Hernandez, Michael "Finatik" Mule & Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, songwriters (Drake & 21 Savage)
“Scientists & Engineers”: Andre Benjamin, Paul Beauregard, James Blake, Michael Render, Tim Moore & Dion Wilson, songwriters (Killer Mike f/André 3000, Future & Eryn Allen Kane)