American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Song

The American Music Award for Favorite Song – Rap/Hip Hop has been awarded since 2016. Three songs are nominated per year. Cardi B became the first artist to win the award twice. She has won three times.

American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Song
Country	United States
Presented by	American Straight musician
First awarded	2016
Last awarded	2022
Currently held by	Future featuring Drake and Tems – "Wait for U"
Most awards	Cardi B (3)
Most nominations	Cardi B Drake (3)
Website	theamas.com

Winners and nominees

2010s

Year	Artist	Song	Ref
2016 (44th)
	Drake	"Hotline Bling"	[1]
	Desiigner	"Panda"
	Fetty Wap	"679"
2017 (45th)
	DJ Khaled (featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne)	"I'm the One"	[2]
	Kendrick Lamar	"Humble."
	Rae Sremmurd (featuring Gucci Mane)	"Black Beatles"
2018 (46th)
	Cardi B	"Bodak Yellow"	[3]
	Drake	"God's Plan"
	Post Malone (featuring 21 Savage)	"Rockstar"
2019 (47th)
	Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus)	"Old Town Road"	[4]
	Travis Scott	"Sicko Mode"
	Post Malone	"Wow"

2020s

Year	Artist	Song	Ref
2020 (48th)
	Cardi B (featuring Megan Thee Stallion)	"WAP"	[5]
	DaBaby (featuring Roddy Ricch)	"Rockstar"
	Roddy Ricch	"The Box"
2021 (49th)
	Cardi B	"Up"	[6]
	Internet Money (featuring Gunna, Don Toliver and Nav)	"Lemonade"
	Lil Tjay (featuring 6lack)	"Calling My Phone"
	Polo G	"Rapstar"
	Pop Smoke	"What You Know Bout Love"
2022 (50th)
	Future (featuring Drake and Tems)	"Wait for U"	[7]
	Jack Harlow	"First Class"
	Kodak Black	"Super Gremlin"
	Latto	"Big Energy"
	Lil Nas X (featuring Jack Harlow)	"Industry Baby"

Category facts

Multiple wins

3 wins

• Cardi B

Multiple nominations

3 nominations

• Cardi B
• Drake

2 nominations

• Jack Harlow
• Lil Nas X
• Post Malone
• Roddy Ricch

References

1. McIntyre, Hugh (November 20, 2016). "American Music Awards 2016: Full List of Winners". Forbes. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
2. "Here Are All the Winners From the 2017 AMAs". Billboard. November 19, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
3. Nordyke, Kimberly (October 9, 2018). "American Music Awards: Taylor Swift Wins Artist of the Year, Sets New Record". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
4. Aniftos, Rania (October 24, 2019). "Post Malone, Ariana Grande & Billie Eilish Lead 2019 American Music Awards Nominations: See Full List". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
5. "American Music Awards 2020: Full list of nominations". Good Morning America. October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
6. "American Music Awards 2021: Complete list of nominations". October 28, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
7. Atkinson, Katie (November 20, 2022). "Here Are All the 2022 AMAs Winners". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.