The Juno Award for Rap Single of the Year is an annual Canadian music award, presented by the Juno Awards to honour songs by Canadian hip hop artists. Announced at the Juno Awards of 2021, it was presented for the first time at the Juno Awards of 2022.
The award is presented alongside a category for Rap Album or EP of the Year.
Until 2022, albums and individual songs were considered together under the single Rap Recording of the Year category."Kinder, gentler rap, eh? Canadians hip-hop onto centre stage". Ottawa Citizen, March 7, 1999. The changes were announced to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the creation of the Junos rap category.
Winners and nominees Year Winner Single Nominees Ref.2022 Charmaine "BOLD"Anders and FRVRFRIDAY, "What I Like" bbno$ feat. Rich Brian, "edamame" NorthSideBenji and DJ Charlie B, "30,000" Pressa feat. Taliban Glizzy, "Attachments"Jackson Weaver, "Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber lead 2022 Juno Award nominees". CBC News, March 1, 2022.2023 Kaytranada feat. Anderson .Paak "Twin Flame"6ixbuzz and Pengz, "Alejandro Sosa" Dom Vallie, "Been Himma" Freddie Dredd, "Wrath" Nav, "Wrong Decisions" Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.2024 TOBi "Someone I Knew"Belly, "American Nightmare" Haviah Mighty, "Honey Bun" Pressa, "Minimum Wage" Connor Price feat. Bens, "Spinnin'" "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.2025 Jessie Reyez feat. Big Sean "Shut Up"Classified, "People" Haviah Mighty, "Double the Fun" Snotty Nose Rez Kids, "BBE" Souldia feat. Lost, "Hier encore" "Junos 2025: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 30, 2025.2026 Tobi, Saukrates, Jully Black "Who's Driving You?" Freddie Dredd, "Pursuit" Nav feat. Playboi Carti, "Unlimited" Connor Price feat. Big Sean, "Mula" SonReal feat. Snotty Nose Rez Kids, "Dumb" Natalie Harmsen, Melody Lau, Holly Gordon and Kelsey Adams, "Here are all the 2026 Juno nominees". CBC Music, March 28, 2026.
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