American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Artist

The American Music Award for Favorite Artist – Rap/Hip Hop has been awarded since 1989. Years reflect the year during which the awards were presented, for works released in the previous year (until 2003 onward, when awards were handed out on November of the same year). Nicki Minaj has received the most wins (5) and Drake has received the most nominations (9).

American Music Awards for Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Artist
Eminem and Megan Thee Stallion are the most recent recipients
Country	United States
Presented by	American Music Awards
First award	1989
Currently held by	Eminem Megan Thee Stallion
Most wins	Eminem and Nicki Minaj (5)
Most nominations	Drake (10)
Website	theamas.com

Winners and nominees

1980s

Year	Artist	Ref
1989 (16th)
	DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	[citation needed]
	Run–D.M.C.
	Salt-N-Pepa

1990s

Year	Artist	Ref
1990 (17th)
	MC Hammer	[1]
	Eazy-E
	Tone Lōc
1991 (18th)
	MC Hammer	[2]
	Too Short
	Vanilla Ice
1992 (19th)
	MC Hammer	[citation needed]
	DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
	N.W.A
1993 (20th)
	Sir Mix-a-Lot	[3]
	Kris Kross
	TLC
1994 (21st)
	Dr. Dre	[citation needed]
	Onyx
	Tupac Shakur
1995 (22nd)
	Snoop Dogg	[4]
	Salt-N-Pepa
	Warren G
1996 (23rd)
	Coolio	[5]
	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
	Naughty by Nature
1997 (24th)
	Tupac Shakur	[6]
	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
	Coolio
1998 (25th)
	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	[7]
	Puff Daddy
	Wu-Tang Clan
1999 (26th)
	Master P	[citation needed]
	Beastie Boys
	Puff Daddy

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2000 (27th)
	DMX	[8]
	Jay-Z
	Juvenile
2001 (28th)
	Dr. Dre	[citation needed]
	DMX
	Eminem
2002 (29th)
	Nelly	[citation needed]
	Ja Rule
	Shaggy
2003 (30th)	Favorite Hip Hop/R&B Male Artist	[9]
	Eminem
	Ja Rule
	Nelly
	Favorite Hip Hop/R&B Female Artist
	Mary J. Blige
	Ashanti
	Jennifer Lopez
2003 (31st)	Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Male Artist	[10]
	50 Cent
	Eminem
	Nelly
	Sean Paul
	Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Female Artist
	Missy Elliott
	Eve
	Lil' Kim
2004 (32nd)
	Jay-Z	[11]
	Juvenile
	Lil' Flip
	Kanye West
2005 (33rd)	Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Male Artist	[12]
	Eminem
	50 Cent
	Ludacris
	Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Female Artist
	Missy Elliott
	Lil' Kim
	Trina
2006 (34th)
	Eminem	[13]
	T.I.
	Kanye West
2007 (35th)
	T.I.	[14]
	Fabolous
	Young Jeezy
2008 (36th)
	Kanye West	[15]
	Flo Rida
	Lil Wayne
2009 (37th)
	Jay-Z	[16]
	Eminem
	T.I.

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010 (38th)
	Eminem	[17]
	B.o.B
	Drake
2011 (39th)
	Nicki Minaj	[18]
	Lil Wayne
	Kanye West
2012 (40th)
	Nicki Minaj	[19]
	Drake
	Tyga
2013 (41st)
	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	[20]
	Jay-Z
	Lil Wayne
2014 (42nd)
	Iggy Azalea	[21]
	Drake
	Eminem
2015 (43rd)
	Nicki Minaj	[22]
	Drake
	Fetty Wap
2016 (44th)
	Drake	[23]
	Fetty Wap
	Future
2017 (45th)
	Drake	[24]
	Kendrick Lamar
	Migos
2018 (46th)
	Cardi B	[25]
	Drake
	Post Malone
2019 (47th)
	Cardi B	[26]
	Drake
	Post Malone

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020 (48th)	Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Male Artist	[27]
	Juice WRLD
	DaBaby
	Roddy Ricch
	Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Female Artist
	Nicki Minaj
	Cardi B
	Megan Thee Stallion
2021 (49th)	Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Male Artist	[28]
	Drake
	Lil Baby
	Moneybagg Yo
	Polo G
	Pop Smoke
	Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Female Artist
	Megan Thee Stallion
	Cardi B
	Coi Leray
	Erica Banks
	Saweetie
2022 (50th)	Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Male Artist	[29]
	Kendrick Lamar
	Drake
	Future
	Lil Baby
	Lil Durk
	Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Female Artist
	Nicki Minaj
	Cardi B
	GloRilla
	Latto
	Megan Thee Stallion
2025 (51st)	Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Male Artist	[30]
	Eminem
	Drake
	Future
	Kendrick Lamar
	Tyler, the Creator
	Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Female Artist
	Megan Thee Stallion
	Doechii
	GloRilla
	Latto
	Sexyy Red

Category facts

Multiple wins

5 wins Eminem Nicki Minaj 3 wins Drake MC Hammer

2 wins Dr. Dre Jay-Z Missy Elliott Cardi B Megan Thee Stallion

Multiple nominations

10 nominations Drake 8 nominations Eminem 5 nominations Cardi B Nicki Minaj 4 nominations Jay-Z Megan Thee Stallion Kanye West 3 nominations Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Lil Wayne MC Hammer Nelly T.I.

2 nominations 50 Cent Coolio DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince DMX Dr. Dre Fetty Wap Future GloRilla Ja Rule Juvenile Kendrick Lamar Latto Lil Baby Lil' Kim Missy Elliott Puff Daddy Salt-N-Pepa Tupac Shakur