It's not going to be a big year for rap at the Grammys.
Kanye West is the only traditional rapper to get a nomination in the categories of album, song, or record of the year -- and his album nod for Donda is a long shot. (Lil Nas X and Doja Cat do have some big three nominations if you want to consider them rappers.)
Baby Keem, The Kid LAROI, and Saweetie are among the ten nominations for Best New Artists.
Here are the noms in the rap categories.
Best rap performance
- Family Ties
Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar
- Up
Cardi B
- M Y . L I F E
J. Cole Featuring 21 Savage & Morray
- Way 2 Sexy
Drake Featuring Future & Young Thug
- Thot S***
Megan Thee Stallion
Best Melodic Rap Performance
- P R I D E . I S . T H E . D E V I L
J. Cole Featuring Lil Baby
- Need To Know
Doja Cat
- Industry Baby
Lil Nas X Featuring Jack Harlow
- Wusyaname
Tyler, The Creator Featuring Youngboy Never Broke Again & Ty Dolla $ign
- Hurricane
Kanye West Featuring The Weeknd & Lil Baby
Best Rap Song
- Bath Salts
Shawn Carter, Kasseem Dean, Michael Forno, Nasir Jones & Earl Simmons, songwriters (DMX Featuring Jay-Z & Nas)
- Best Friend
Amala Zandelie Dlamini, Lukasz Gottwald, Randall Avery Hammers, Diamonté Harper, Asia Smith, Theron Thomas & Rocco Valdes, songwriters (Saweetie Featuring Doja Cat)
- Family Ties
Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Hykeem Carter, Tobias Dekker, Colin Franken, Jasper Harris, Kendrick Lamar, Ronald Latour & Dominik Patrzek, songwriters (Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar)
- Jail
Dwayne Abernathy, Jr., Shawn Carter, Raul Cubina, Michael Dean, Charles M. Njapa, Sean Solymar, Brian Hugh Warner, Kanye West & Mark Williams, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Jay-Z)
- M Y . L I F E
Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph & Jermaine Cole, songwriters (J. Cole Featuring 21 Savage & Morray)
Best Rap Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new rap recordings.
- The Off-Season
J. Cole
- Certified Lover Boy
Drake
- King's Disease II
Nas
- Call Me If You Get Lost
Tyler, The Creator
- Donda
Kanye West