Kendrick Lamar 2026 Grammy for Best Rap Album, 9 Nominations for Rapper, Could be a Big Night for Him
Kendrick Lamar won the Grammy Award at the 2026 Grammy Awards. He is nominated for 8 other Grammy Awards tonight, in what could be a big night for him. He beat out, Let God Sort Em Out, by Clipse, Pusha T & Malice, “Glorious,” by GloRilla, “God Does Like Ugly,” by JID, and, Chormakpoia by Tyler, The Creator.
Kendrick Lamar is the most nominated artist at these Grammy Awards, with 9 total nominations. It could be a big night for him, as the Grammy Awards tend to be sticky. If he won for Best Rap Album, he could win other awards. How many awards do you think he will win?
Kendrick Lamar Wins 2026 Grammy for Best Rap Album
“GNX” by Lamar won the 2026 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. This is the sixth studio album by the American rapper and megastar which was released on November 22, 2024, through PGLang and Interscope Records. It also has some notable guest appearances, including SZA, Dody6, Lefty Gunplay, Wallie the Sensei, Siete7x, Roddy Ricch, AzChike, Hitta J3, YoungThreat, and Peysoh.
Kendrick Lamar showed off his talent by producing the album “GNX” along with Sounwave and Jack Antonoff; other producers include Mustard, Sean Momberger, and Kamasi Washington. However, he was the primary producer of the album.
There are several good songs on the album like “Reincarnated” which features Deyra Barrera, who Lamar discovered while she performed at a Los Angeles Dodgers World Series game that he attended in 2024. It also features songs like “Squabble Up,” “Wacced Out Murals,” and ” Luther” in which the lyrics are about imagining a better future for one’s loved ones, and it features a prominent sample of Marvin Gaye’s 1967 song “If This World Were Mine” sung by the titular Luther Vandross.
On “Man at the Garden.” Lamar details the trials and tribulations of his career as he keeps saying he “deserves it all.” “Hey Now” refers to his feud with Drake. Built off the instrumental of “Made Niggaz” by Tupac Shakur, “Reincarnated” sees Lamar present himself in the perspectives of noted musicians John Lee Hooker and Billie Holiday.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everyone is still talking about Lamar’s win for Best Rap Album at the 2026 Grammy Awards. The megastar has been nominated nine times, and this win could signal a big night for him.
The win went viral because Lamar might be the biggest music star in the world, and this win provides some validation of that fact. Plus, there are his nine nominations.
Parting Shots
It will be interesting to see if Kendrick Lamar will win more awards this evening. Given that this award is for Best Rap Album, he could win more. This Album could be the font of a lot of awards.There are songs from the Album nominated.
