Latin Grammy Award for Best Rap/Hip Hop Song

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Latin Grammy Award for Best Rap Song
Awarded forquality vocal or instrumental rap music singles or tracks
CountryUnited States
Presented by The Latin Recording Academy
Currently held by Bad Bunny and Eladio Carrión for "Coco Channel" (2022)
Website latingrammy.com

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Rap/Hip Hop Song is an award presented annually by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences at the Latin Grammy Awards. [1]

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The description of the category at the 2020 Latin Grammy Awards states that it "includes the genres of Trap and Dancehall Songs" and states that "a song must contain at least 51% of the lyrics in Spanish or Portuguese and must be a new song." [2] The award is to the songwriter(s), with instrumental recordings, sampling and cover songs not eligible for the category.

The category was first awarded at the 21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2020, with Residente behind the inaugural winner for writing his song "Antes Que El Mundo Se Acabe".

Recipients

YearSongwriter(s)WorkPerforming artist(s) [II] NomineesRef.
2020 Residente "Antes Que El Mundo Se Acabe" Residente
[3]
2021 Bad Bunny & Marco Daniel Borrero"Booker T"Bad Bunny
 [4]
2022 Bad Bunny "De Museo"Bad Bunny
  • "Amor" – Akapellah, songwriter (Akapellah)
  • "Dance Crip" – Santiago Ruiz, Brian Taylor & Trueno, songwriters (Trueno)
  • "El Gran Robo, Pt. 2" – Phanlon Anton Alexander, Geovanny Andrades Andino, Lito MC Cassidy & Daddy Yankee, songwriters (Daddy Yankee & Lito MC Cassidy)
  • "Freestyle 15" – Farina, songwriter (Farina)
 [5]
2023 Bad Bunny & Eladio Carrión "Coco Channel"Eladio Carrion ft. Bad Bunny
  • Mauro De Tommaso & J Noa, songwriters – "Autodidacta" (J Noa)
  • Santiago Alvarado, Milo J, Nicki Nicole & Santiago Ruiz, songwriters – "Dispara ***" (Nicki Nicole featuring Milo J)
  • Martin Chris E, Feid & Esteban Higuita Estrada, songwriters – "Le Pido a Dios" (Feid featuring Dj Premier)
  • Akapellah, songwriter – "Pá Ganá" (Akapellah)
  • Vico C, songwriter – "Pregúntale a Tu Papá Por Mi" (Vico C)
 [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sobre La Academia Latina de la Grabación". Latin Grammy Awards (in Spanish). United States: Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Category Guide". Latin Grammy Awards. Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  3. ↑ Huston, Marysabel. "Latin Grammy: J Balvin lidera la lista de nominaciones con 13, le sigue Bad Bunny con 9". CNN (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  4. ↑ "22nd Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards® FINAL NOMINATIONS" (PDF). Latin Recording Academy . September 28, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  5. ↑ Cobo, Leila (2022-11-17). "Latin Grammys 2022: Jorge Drexler & Bad Bunny Lead Early Winners (Updating)". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  6. ↑ Ratner-Arias, Sigal (19 September 2023). "Edgar Barrera Tops 2023 Latin Grammys Nominees: Complete List". Billboard . Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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