| Year |
Song |
Artist |
Nominees |
| 1992 |
"The Phuncky Feel One"[1] |
Cypress Hill |
|
| 1993 |
"We Getz Busy"[2] |
Illegal |
Digable Planets - "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)"
Positive K - "I Got a Man"
Lords of the Underground - "Chief Rocka" |
| 1997 |
"I'll Be Missing You"[3] |
Sean Combs featuring Faith Evans and 112 |
Sean Combs featuring Mase - "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down"[3]
MC Lyte - "Cold Rock a Party"
Foxy Brown featuring Jay Z - "I'll Be" |
| 1998 |
"Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)"[4] |
Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz |
Wyclef Jean - "Gone till November"[4]
Mase - "What You Want"
Sean Combs & The Family - "Been Around the World" |
| 1999 |
"Who Dat"[5] |
JT Money featuring Solé[5] |
Busta Rhymes featuring Janet Jackson - "What's It Gonna Be?!"
Silkk the Shocker - "Somebody Like Me"
Mo Thugs featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - "Ghetto Cowboy" |
| 2001 |
"Bow Wow (That's My Name)"[6] |
Bow Wow featuring Snoop Dogg[6] |
City High - "What Would You"[6]
Lil Romeo - "My Baby"
Outkast - "Ms. Jackson" |
| 2002 |
"Hot in Herre"[7] |
Nelly |
Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland - "Dilemma"[7]
Fat Joe featuring Ashanti - "What's Luv?"
Ja Rule featuring Ashanti - "Always on Time" |
| 2005 |
"Lovers and Friends"[8] |
Lil Jon and The East Side Boyz featuring Usher and Ludacris |
The Game featuring 50 Cent - "How We Do"[8]
50 Cent featuring Olivia - "Candy Shop"
Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell Williams - "Drop It Like It's Hot" |
| 2011 |
"Love the Way You Lie"[9] |
Eminem featuring Rihanna |
B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams - "Airplanes"[9]
B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars - "Nothin' on You"
Far East Movement featuring The Cataracs and Dev - "Like a G6"
Nelly - "Just a Dream" |
| 2012 |
"Party Rock Anthem"[10] |
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock |
LMFAO - "Sexy and I Know It"[10]
Nicki Minaj - "Super Bass"
Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack, and Nayer - "Give Me Everything"
Flo Rida - "Good Feeling" |
| 2013 |
"Thrift Shop"[11] |
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz |
Flo Rida - "Whistle"[11]
Flo Rida featuring Sia - "Wild Ones"
Psy - "Gangnam Style"
Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T, and 2 Chainz - "Mercy" |
| 2014 |
"Can't Hold Us"[12] |
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton |
Pitbull featuring Kesha - "Timber"[12]
Eminem featuring Rihanna - "The Monster"
Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake - "Holy Grail"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - "Thrift Shop" |
| 2015 |
"Fancy"[13] |
Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX |
Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora - "Black Widow"[13]
Big Sean featuring E-40 - "I Don't Fuck with You"
Nicki Minaj - "Anaconda"
Bobby Shmurda - "Hot Nigga" |
| 2016 |
"See You Again" |
Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth |
Drake - "Hotline Bling"
Fetty Wap - "Trap Queen"
Fetty Wap featuring Remy Boyz - "679"
Silentó - "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" |
| 2017 |
"Panda" |
Desiigner |
Drake - “Fake Love”
DRAM featuring Lil Yachty - "Broccoli"
Migos featuring Lil Uzi Vert - “Bad and Boujee”
Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane - "Black Beatles" |
| 2018 |
"Rockstar" |
Post Malone featuring 21 Savage |
Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)"
DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne - "I'm the One"
French Montana featuring Swae Lee - "Unforgettable"
Kendrick Lamar - "Humble." |
| 2019 |
“I Like It”[14] |
Cardi B with Bad Bunny and J Balvin |
Drake - "In My Feelings"
Juice WRLD - "Lucid Dreams"
Post Malone - "Better Now"
Travis Scott - "Sicko Mode" |
| 2020 |
"Old Town Road" |
Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus |
Lil Tecca - "Ransom"
Lizzo - "Truth Hurts"
Post Malone and Swae Lee - "Sunflower"
Post Malone - "Wow" |
| 2021 |
"Rockstar" |
DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch |
24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior - "Mood"
Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion - "WAP"
Jack Harlow featuring DaBaby, Tory Lanez and Lil Wayne - "Whats Poppin"
Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage" |
| 2022 |
"Industry Baby" |
Lil Nas X featuring Jack Harlow |
Drake featuring 21 Savage and Project Pat - "Knife Talk"
Drake featuring Future and Young Thug - "Way 2 Sexy"
Masked Wolf - "Astronaut in the Ocean"
Polo G - "Rapstar" |
| 2023 |
"Rich Flex" |
Drake and 21 Savage |
Gunna - "Fukumean"
Coi Leray - "Players"
Lil Durk featuring J. Cole - "All My Life"
Toosii - "Favorite Song" |
| 2024 |
"Not Like Us" |
Kendrick Lamar |
Doja Cat - "Agora Hills"
Doja Cat - "Paint the Town Red"
Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar - "Like That"
Jack Harlow - "Lovin on Me" |