Kendrick Lamar’s Official Grammys Submissions For 2026 Revealed

Whereas we have been speaking in regards to the victory lap of Kendrick Lamar for over a 12 months now, it looks as if this period will lastly, for actual this time, come to a detailed. That is as a result of his ultimate choices within the post-Drake battle period – his GNX album and his latest SZA, Playboi Carti, and Clipse collaborations – are actually main his 2026 Grammys marketing campaign.

Kurrco caught the Compton lyricist’s reported submissions for Grammy Award nominations consideration this 12 months on Twitter, and they’re intensive. In spite of everything, if he wins 4 awards this 12 months (elevating his whole to 26), he would surpass Jay-Z as essentially the most awarded hip-hop artist in Recording Academy historical past… So long as Hov would not win any this 12 months.

Particularly, the massive contender right here is GNX itself, whose Left Gunplay collaboration “television off” was submitted for Finest Rap Tune and Finest Rap Efficiency. “luther” with SZA seeks Document of the Yr, Tune of the Yr, Finest Melodic Rap Efficiency, and Finest Music Video nominations. As for the LP as a complete, its submissions are within the Album of the Yr, Finest Rap Album, and Finest Engineered Album, Non-Classical classes.

Then, there are Kendrick Lamar’s different collaborations on this eligibility interval. These embody “30 For 30” with his Grand Nationwide tour colleague for Finest Pop Duo/Group Efficiency, “Chains & Whips” with Clipse for Finest Rap Efficiency, “GOOD CREDIT” with Playboi Carti for Finest Rap Tune and Finest Rap Efficiency, and “BACKD00R” with Carti for Finest Melodic Rap Efficiency.

We are going to see which nominations Kendrick Lamar secures; getting none appears unattainable contemplating his scale and observe file. Not each single submission will make the ultimate record of nominees, however this broad strategy (which loads of different artists are additionally doing or rejecting) ought to make for just a few wins.

His doable nomination in a complete of 11 classes make his probabilities to develop into hip-hop’s most Grammy-est titan fairly stable. Does Ok.Dot deserve this? We’ll depart that debate as much as the followers. It is not like they ever stopped having the Drake dialog or criticizing both artist individually. We are going to see what occurs on February 1 subsequent 12 months.