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Could Beyoncé Tie Rihanna as the Most-Nominated Woman in Best Melodic Rap Performance at the Grammys?

Billboard breaks down the conteders for best melodic rap performance at the 2025 Grammys.

Thanks to the combined star power of the names attached and the cultural pull of Cowboy Carter and “A Bar Song,” “Spaghettii” could be Beyoncé’s first victory in this category in more than 20 years. Those songs include: Anycia and Latto’s “Back Outside”; Big Sean, Thundercat and Eryn Allen Kane ‘s “Black Void”; Childish Gambino, Amaarae and Flo Milli’s “Talk My Shit”; Cordae and Anderson .Paak ‘s “Summer Drop”; Doja Cat ‘s “Acknowledge Me”; Erick the Architect and Lalah Hathaway ‘s “Liberate”; Gunna ‘s “Bittersweet”; Rapsody and Erykah Badu ‘s “3:AM”; ScHoolboy Q and Jozzy ‘s “Lost Times”; SiR& .Paak’s “Poetry In Motion”; Tems and J. Cole ‘s “Free Fall” and Bryson Tiller ‘s “Ciao!” Keep an especially close eye on “Free Fall” — Tems (2023, “Wait For U”) and Cole (2024, “All My Life”) are the last two winners in this category — as well as “Black Void,” which features Eryn Allen Kane who won best rap song and performance last year for “Scientists and Engineers” alongside Killer Mike, Future and André 3000.

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