Winners for XXL Awards 2026

Artist of the Year

• Tyler, The Creator
• Kendrick Lamar
• Drake
• Clipse WINNER
• Cardi B
• Playboi Carti
• YoungBoy Never Broke Again

Album of the Year

• Clipse, Let God Sort Em Out WINNER
• Cardi B, Am I the Drama?
• Playboi Carti, Music
• J.I.D, God Does Like Ugly
• Drake and PartyNextDoor, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U
• Tyler, The Creator, Don’t Tap The Glass
• Freddie Gibbs, Alfredo 2

Song of the Year

• Drake and PartyNextDoor, “Nokia”
• Metro Boomin, “Take Me Thru Dere” featuring Quavo, YKNiece, Breskii, DJ Spinz
• YoungBoy Never Broke Again, “Shot Callin”
• Clipse, “Chains & Whips” featuring Kendrick Lamar WINNER
• Gunna, “wgft” featuring Burna Boy
• Playboi Carti, “Rather Lie” with The Weeknd
• G Herbo, “Went Legit”

Male Rapper of the Year

• Tyler, The Creator
• Drake
• Kendrick Lamar WINNER
• Pusha T
• Malice
• YoungBoy Never Broke Again
• Playboi Carti

Female Rapper of the Year

• Cardi B
• Monaleo
• GloRilla
• Doechii WINNER
• Latto
• Megan Thee Stallion
• Ice Spice

Lyricist of the Year

• Malice
• Joey Bada$$
• J.I.D WINNER
• Drake
• Freddie Gibbs
• Chance The Rapper
• Wale

Producer of the Year

• Metro Boomin WINNER
• Sounwave
• The Alchemist
• Pharrell Williams
• Cardo Got Wings
• Turbo
• F1lthy

Performer of the Year

• Kendrick Lamar
• Drake
• Travis Scott
• Tyler, The Creator WINNER
• Doechii
• YoungBoy Never Broke Again
• Playboi Carti

Video of the Year

• Kendrick Lamar and SZA, “Luther” WINNER
• Drake, “Nokia”
• Clipse, “So Be It”
• Doechii, “Denial Is a River”
• Tyler, The Creator, “Darling, I”
• Travis Scott, “4×4″
• Destroy Lonely, “Screwed Up”

Verse of the Year

• J. Cole on “Clouds” (Verse 2)
• Malice on Clipse’s “F.I.C.O.” featuring Stove God Cooks
• Kendrick Lamar on Clipse’s “Chains & Whips”
• Pusha T on Clipse’s “So Be It” WINNER
• Samara Cyn on “Vitamins & Minerals” (Verse 1)
• J.I.D on “Community” featuring Clipse
• Meek Mill on Fridayy’s “Proud of Me”

Social Media Master of the Year

• 50 Cent WINNER
• Boosie BadAzz
• Cardi B
• Plies
• Dax
• Soulja Boy
• Vic Mensa

Rapper-Hosted Podcast of the Year

• The Joe Budden Podcast
• Million Dollaz Worth of Game (Gillie Da Kid and Wallo267)
• Joe and Jada (Fat Joe and Jadakiss) WINNER
• It Is What It Is (Cam’ron and Ma$e)
• Let’s Rap About It (Jim Jones, Fabolous, Maino, Dave East)
• Drink Champs (N.O.R.E.)
• Best Rapper in L.A. (Murs)

Viral Song of the Year

• Metro Boomin, “Take Me Thru Dere” featuring Quavo, YKNiece, Breskii, DJ Spinz WINNER
• Skrilla, “Doot Doot (6 7)”
• Pluto and YKNiece, “Whim Whammie”
• Rob49, “WTHelly”
• Doechii, “Anxiety”
• YoungBoy Never Broke Again, “Shot Callin”
• Gelo, “Tweaker”

Hip-Hop’s Humanitarian of the Year

• Gunna WINNER
• Chance The Rapper
• The Game
• Megan Thee Stallion
• 50 Cent
• Trae Tha Truth
• YoungBoy Never Broke Again

• YoungBoy Never Broke Again WINNER
• Playboi Carti
• Nicki Minaj
• Tyler, The Creator
• Travis Scott
• Drake
• Megan Thee Stallion
• GloRilla
• Kendrick Lamar
• Cardi B
• 50 Cent
• Gunna
• G Herbo
• J.I.D
• Joey Bada$$
• Pooh Shiesty
• Westside Gunn
• Eminem
• Yeat
• Malice