Grammy Award for Best Rap Album
The Grammy Award for Best Rap Album has been awarded since 1996. Grammy Awards of one year are presented for works released between October 1 two years previously and September 30 of the preceding year.
- 2008 - Kanye West for Graduation
- 2007 – Ludacris for Release Therapy
- 2006 – Kanye West for Late Registration
- 2005 – Kanye West for The College Dropout
- 2004 – Outkast for Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
- 2003 – Eminem for The Eminem Show
- 2002 – OutKast for Stankonia
- 2001 – Eminem for The Marshall Mathers LP
- 2000 – Eminem for The Slim Shady LP
- 1999 – Jay-Z for Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life
- 1998 – Puff Daddy & the Family for No Way Out
- 1997 – The Fugees for The Score
- 1996 – Naughty By Nature for Poverty's Paradise