- Best Rap Performance
- "King's Dead" – Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock,Future & James Black
- "Bubblin" – Anderson Paak
- "Be Careful" – Cardi B
- "Nice For What" – Drake
- "Sicko Mode" –Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk & Swae Lee
Best Rap/Sung Performance
- "This is America" – Childish Gambino
- "Like I Do" – Christina Aguilera featuring Goldlink
- "Pretty Little Fears" –6lack featuring J. Cole
- "All the Stars" – Kendrick Lamar & SZA
- "Rockstar" – Post Malone featuring 21 Savage
- Best Rap Song
- "God's Plan"
- Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)
- "King's Dead"
- Kendrick Duckworth, Samuel Gloade, James Litherland, Johnny McKinzie, Axel Morgan, Mark Spears, Travis Walton, Nayvadius Wilburn & Michael Williams II, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake)
- "Lucky You"
- R. Fraser, G. Lucas, M. Mathers, M. Samuels & J. Sweet, songwriters (Eminem featuring Joyner Lucas)
- "Sicko Mode"
- Khalif Brown, Rogét Chahayed, BryTavious Chambers, Mike Dean, Mirsad Dervic, Kevin Gomringer, Tim Gomringer, Aubrey Graham, John Edward Hawkins, Chauncey Hollis, Jacques Webster, Ozan Yildirim & Cydel Young, songwriters (Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk & Swae Lee)
- "Win"
- K. Duckworth, A. Hernandez, J. McKinzie, M. Samuels & C. Thompson, songwriters (Jay Rock)
- Best Rap Album
- Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B
- Daytona – Pusha T
- Astroworld – Travis Scott
- Victory Lap – Nipsey Hussle
- Swimming – Mac Miller