Grammy Award For Best Rap Solo Performance - 2000s

2000s

• 2000 – Eminem for "My Name Is"
  • Busta Rhymes – "Gimme Some More"
  • Q-Tip – "Vivrant Thing"
  • 2Pac – "Changes"
  • Will Smith – "Wild Wild West"

• 2001 – Eminem for "The Real Slim Shady"
  • Common – "The Light"
  • DMX – "Party Up (Up in Here)"
  • Mystikal – "Shake Ya @#!*% "
  • Nelly – "Country Grammar"

• 2002 – Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott for "Get Ur Freak On"
  • Afroman – "Because I Got High"
  • DMX – "Who We Be"
  • Jay-Z – "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)"
  • Nelly – "Ride wit Me"

• 2003 The award was broken down into male and female categories:
  • Grammy Award for Best Female Rap Solo Performance – Missy Elliott for "Scream a.k.a. Itchin'"
    • Charli Baltimore – "Diary"
    • Eve – "Satisfaction"
    • Foxy Brown – "Na Na Be Like"
    • Lauryn Hill – "Mystery Of Iniquity"
  • Grammy Award for Best Male Rap Solo Performance – Nelly for "Hot In Herre"
    • Eminem – "Without Me"
    • Jay-Z – Song Cry
    • Ludacris – "Roll Out (My Business)" Lyrics
    • Mystikal – "Bouncin' Back (Bumpin' Me Against the Wall)"

• 2004 The award was broken down into male and female categories:
  • Grammy Award for Best Female Rap Solo Performance – Missy Elliott for "Work It"
    • Da Brat – "Got It Poppin'"
    • Lil' Kim – "Came Back for You"
    • MC Lyte – "Ride Wit Me"
    • Queen Latifah – "Go Head"
  • Grammy Award for Best Male Rap Solo Performance – Eminem for "Lose Yourself"
    • 50 Cent – "In Da Club"
    • Joe Budden – "Pump It Up"
    • Ludacris – "Stand Up" Lyrics
    • Sean Paul – "Get Busy"

• 2005 – Jay-Z for "99 Problems"
  • Eminem – "Just Lose It"
  • Kanye West – "Through the Wire"
  • Lloyd Banks – "On Fire"
  • Twista – "Overnight Celebrity"

• 2006 – Kanye West for "Gold Digger"
  • 50 Cent – "Disco Inferno"
  • Common – "Testify"
  • Eminem – "Mockingbird"
  • T.I. – "U Don't Know Me"
  • Ludacris - "Number One Spot"

• 2007 – T.I. for "What You Know"
  • Busta Rhymes – "Touch It"
  • Missy Elliott – "We Run This"
  • Lupe Fiasco – "Kick, Push"
  • Mos Def – "Undeniable"

• 2008 – Kanye West for "Stronger"
  • Common – "The People"
  • 50 Cent – "I Get Money"
  • Jay-Z – "Show Me What You Got"
  • T.I. – "Big Things Poppin' (Do It)"

• 2009 – Lil Wayne for "A Milli"
  • Jay-Z – "Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)..."
  • Lupe Fiasco – "Paris, Tokyo"
  • Nas – "N.I.G.G.E.R. (The Slave and the Master)"
  • Snoop Dogg – "Sexual Eruption"