Grammys 2026: Kendrick Lamar beats Jay Z to become most awarded rapper

Rapper Kendrick Lamar has won the Best Rap Album Grammy Award 2026 The singer paid tribute to the hip hop in his acceptance speech at the prestigious award ceremonyAt the 68th Grammy Awards Kendrick Lamar bagged the Best Rap Album for his performance in GNXDuring his acceptance speech the rapper paid tribute to Hip Hop saying that the art skill of Hip Hop is everpresentIt is hiphop as usual man Im not good at talking about myself but I express it through the music Its an honor to be here Hiphop is going to always be right here We are going to be in these suits looking good having our folks with us We are going to be having the culture with us So I appreciate yall God is to glory Love yall said Kendrick Lamar in his acceptance speech as quoted by VarietyWith this Kendrick Lamar now holds the title of the most awarded rapper at the Grammys reported The Hollywood ReporterThe Luther rapper shattered the record previously set by JayZ at the 2026 Grammy Awards The Empire State of Mind rapper has 25 Lamar now has 26 Grammys under his belt but the night is still young as per the outletDuring the nontelevised Grammys premiere ceremony Lamar won three awards including rap performance for Chains amp Whips which he was a featured artist on melodic rap performance for Luther with SZA and rap song tv off During the main 2026 Grammys telecast his first win came in the rap album category tied to his 2024 record GNX reported The Hollywood ReporterThe 2026 Grammys hosted by Noah in his final year as emcee is currently broadcasting from Los Angeles Cryptocom ArenaBruno Mars the 16time Grammy Award winner has been confirmed as one of the performers for the 2026 Grammy AwardsThe show will feature performances from other major names including Rose Lady Gaga and Sabrina Carpenter as well as an In Memoriam tribute to influential musicians such as Ozzy Osbourne and Roberta FlackMars who is also nominated for three awards this year has secured nods for Record of the Year Song of the Year and Best Pop DuoGroup Performance for his collaboration with the Blackpink memberAt the 2026 Grammy Awards Kendrick Lamar leads with nine nominations Other Album of the Year nominees include Bad Bunny Justin Bieber Lady Gaga Tyler the Creator and moreThe Grammys 2026 are being broadcast live on CBS and are also streaming on ParamountThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever