Billboard Rap Artist of the Year

Entertainment: Music Awards: Billboard

The Billboard Awards were first presented in 1990. Since that time a number of awards are no longer presented, new awards began and other awards morphed into different categories. We attempted to figure out which awards morphed or combined and thus those categories are certainly not official.

This Category is Ranked. Sort by Ranking Based on Votes by clicking on Vote Ranking. Sort by the Collection's Ranking by clicking on List Ranking.

Vote RankingList Ranking  

10

1997

Diddy (Sean Combs)

Vocalist

48.76% (98 of 201 votes)

21

1998

Mase (Betha)

Vocalist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

4

1999

Jay-Z

Vocalist

70.65% (2003 of 2835 votes)

9

2001

Romeo

Vocalist

58.33% (7 of 12 votes)

11

2002

Nelly

Vocalist

43.41% (56 of 129 votes)

1

2003

50 Cent

Vocalist

83.33% (15 of 18 votes)

6

2004

Kanye West

Vocalist

61.07% (4286 of 7018 votes)

2

2005

50 Cent

Vocalist

83.33% (15 of 18 votes)

12

2006

T.I.

Vocalist

38.18% (21 of 55 votes)

7

2011

Eminem

Vocalist

59.88% (409 of 683 votes)

19

2012

Lil' Wayne

Vocalist

27.27% (12 of 44 votes)

17

2013

Nicki Minaj

Vocalist

28.82% (100 of 347 votes)

8

2014

Eminem

Vocalist

59.88% (409 of 683 votes)

18

2015

Iggy Azalea

Vocalist

28.36% (57 of 201 votes)

14

2016

Drake (Musician)

Musician

32.00% (16 of 50 votes)

15

2017

Drake (Musician)

Musician

32.00% (16 of 50 votes)

20

2018

Kendrick Lamar

Musician

8.46% (22 of 260 votes)

13

2019

Drake (Musician)

Musician

32.00% (16 of 50 votes)

5

2020

Post Malone

Vocalist

66.67% (6 of 9 votes)

3

2021

Pop Smoke

Vocalist

83.33% (5 of 6 votes)

16

2022

Drake (Musician)

Musician

32.00% (16 of 50 votes)