Who won the first Grammy for hip hop?

The first award for Best Rap Performance was presented to DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (the vocal duo consisting of DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith) for "Parents Just Don't Understand".
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Who won GRAMMYs in the hip-hop?

Tyler, The Creator is now a two-time Grammy champ. On Sunday night, the rapper took home his second award for Best Rap Album, this time earning the trophy for his 2021 effort Call Me If You Get Lost. He previously took home the same award for IGOR in 2020. “Thanks wow yeah,” Tyler tweeted after the win.
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When was the first Grammy awarded for hip-hop?

But first, his rap career with DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince was already monumental. The Grammys finally made a category for rap in 1989, and they were the first to win it, but they didn't even attend the ceremony.
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Who was the first black rapper to win a Grammy?

The rapper/DJ duo of Smith and Jazzy Jeff was the first rap group to win a Grammy for best rap performance for the hit single “Parents Just Don't Understand.” The best rap performance category was first presented at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards in 1989.
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Who won the second rap Grammy?

Tyler, the Creator is on a winning streak. During the pre-Grammy ceremony for tonight's 64th Annual Grammy Awards, the rapper won his second Grammy ever for his sixth album CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST.
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Who was the first rapper to go platinum?

Run-D.M.C.'s 'Raising Hell' Was the First Rap Album to be Certified Platinum.
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Who is the first rapper?

Coke La Rock is known for being the first rapper to ever spit rhymes after teaming up with DJ Kool Herc in 1973 and both are recognized as the original founding fathers of Hip Hop. Rap music was originally underground.
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Who were the first rappers to get a Grammy?

The first award for Best Rap Performance was presented to DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (the vocal duo consisting of DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith) for "Parents Just Don't Understand".
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Who is the first rapper to win an Oscar?

Common Becomes First Rapper To Win GRAMMY, Emmy And Oscar.
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Was Will Smith the second person to win a Grammy for hip-hop?

“Parents Just Don't Understand” was the first hip-hop song to win a Grammy and DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (Will Smith) were the first rappers to win a Grammy. LL Cool J, Salt-N-Pepa, Kool Moe Dee and J. J.
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Which was the first hip-hop album to win the album of the year award at the Grammys?

1999: Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill won album of the year in 1999 for her debut solo album, "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill." She became the first-ever hip-hop artist to win the prestigious award.
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Who won rap GRAMMY 1989?

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince — First Rap Artists To Win A Grammy. Ten years after “Rapper's Delight” hit the airwaves, the Grammys finally decided to throw a bone to Hip Hop at the 31st Grammy Awards in 1989. The award was Best Rap Performance, a category that would take many forms over the years.
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Do Lil Baby have a Grammy?

Lil Baby's Best Melodic Rap Performance victory at the 2022 ceremony is his first Grammy win following eight nominations.
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Has a rapper ever won album of the year?

The Album of the Year award—which is given to the body of work or collection of songs that are deemed the most impressive by the Recording Academy—has only been won by two Hip-Hop artists: Lauryn Hill for her 1998 album, Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, and Outkast for their 2003 double-album, Speakerboxx/The Love Below.
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Who was the first hip-hop group to win an Oscar?

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Three 6 Mafia became the first hip hop group to win an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and the first hip hop artists to perform at the ceremony.
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Who wrote the only Oscar winning song in hip-hop?

Who wrote the only Oscar-winning song in hip hop and performed that song live at the most recent Oscars? Eminem (Marshall Mathers III) wrote the main single to his movie, 8 Mile, titled "Lose Yourself".
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Who was the first rapper to have an iPhone?

Speaking during an interview for podcast 'Million Dollaz Worth Of Game' Soulja Boy said the iPhone was gifted to him during a music video shoot in 2007, making him the first rapper to own the iPhone.
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What was the first rap group to receive a GRAMMY in 2004?

Grammys: OutKast (Speakerboxxx/The Love Below) made history in 2004 - GoldDerby.
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Who started hip-hop?

One of the most influential hip hop pioneers was DJ Kool Herc, a Jamaican immigrant regarded as the founding father of hip hop. Kool Herc made history in 1973 when he and his sister hosted the “Back to School Jam” in the recreation room of their Bronx apartment building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue.
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Who is the king of rap?

Eminem has been crowned the King of Hip-Hop by Rolling Stone. The magazine took a look at solo rappers who released albums from 2009 to the present, taking into account album sales, rankings on the R&B/hip-hop and rap charts, YouTube video views, social media, concerts grosses, awards and critics' opinions.
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Who started hip-hop rap?

DJ Kool Herc is widely credited with kicking off the genre. His back-to-school parties in the 1970s were the incubator of his burgeoning idea, where he used his two record turntables to create loops, playing the same beat over again, and extending the instrumental portion of a song.
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What rapper went diamond?

The Recording Industry Association of America crowned Eminem a Diamond King on Tuesday (March 8) when it announced that Marshall Mathers had reached yet another gilded career high when he became the number-one awarded musician for singles in the RIAA's Gold & Platinum certifications program thanks to 73.5 million new ...
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Who is the first white rapper?

1989: Queens duo MC Serch and Pete Nice debut as 3rd Bass, the first white rap act for whom whiteness is not at least in part an uproarious crossover gimmick.
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