The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Hip Hop has been awarded since 1998. Originally entitled Best Rap, the award was renamed to its current title in 1999. Eminem has won this award nine times, followed by Nicki Minaj with eight times.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
| Year | Artist | Ref |
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| 2000 | ||
| Eminem | [4] | |
| Dr. Dre | ||
| Cypress Hill | ||
| Wyclef Jean | ||
| Busta Rhymes | ||
| 2001 | ||
| Eminem | [5] | |
| D12 | ||
| Missy Elliott ‡ | ||
| Outkast † | ||
| P. Diddy | ||
| 2002 | ||
| Eminem | [6] | |
| Nelly | ||
| P. Diddy | ||
| Busta Rhymes | ||
| Ja Rule ‡ | ||
| 2003 | ||
| Eminem | [7] | |
| 50 Cent | ||
| Missy Elliott † | ||
| Jay Z ‡ | ||
| Nelly ‡ | ||
| 2004 | ||
| D12 | [8] | |
| Beastie Boys | ||
| Jay Z | ||
| Nelly ‡ | ||
| Kanye West ‡ | ||
| 2005 | ||
| Snoop Dogg ‡ | [9] | |
| 50 Cent | ||
| Akon | ||
| Missy Elliott † | ||
| Kanye West ‡ | ||
| 2006 | ||
| Kanye West ‡ | [10] | |
| Missy Elliott | ||
| Sean Paul | ||
| Diddy | ||
| Busta Rhymes |
| Year | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||
| Eminem † | [11] | |
| Snoop Dogg | ||
| T.I. | ||
| Lil Wayne | ||
| Kanye West ‡ | ||
| 2011 | ||
| Eminem | [12] | |
| Lil Wayne ‡ | ||
| Jay Z and Kanye West | ||
| Pitbull | ||
| Snoop Dogg | ||
| 2012 | ||
| Nicki Minaj ‡ | [13] | |
| Drake † | ||
| Jay Z and Kanye West ‡ | ||
| Nas | ||
| Rick Ross | ||
| 2013 | ||
| Eminem | [14] | |
| Drake ‡ | ||
| Jay Z | ||
| Macklemore and Ryan Lewis † | ||
| Kanye West | ||
| 2014 | ||
| Nicki Minaj | [15] | |
| Drake † | ||
| Eminem ‡ | ||
| Iggy Azalea | ||
| Kanye West ‡ | ||
| 2015 | ||
| Nicki Minaj † | [16] | |
| Drake | ||
| Kendrick Lamar ‡ | ||
| Kanye West | ||
| Wiz Khalifa ‡ | ||
| 2016 | ||
| Drake † | [17] | |
| Future | ||
| G-Eazy | ||
| Kanye West | ||
| Wiz Khalifa | ||
| 2017 | ||
| Eminem | [18] | |
| Drake | ||
| Future | ||
| Kendrick Lamar † | ||
| Post Malone | ||
| 2018 | ||
| Nicki Minaj † | [19] | |
| Drake ‡ | ||
| Eminem | ||
| Migos ‡ | ||
| Travis Scott | ||
| 2019 | ||
| Nicki Minaj | [20] | |
| 21 Savage ‡ | ||
| Cardi B † | ||
| J. Cole | ||
| Travis Scott ‡ |
| Year | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Cardi B | [21] | |
| DaBaby ‡ | ||
| Drake ‡ | ||
| Eminem ‡ | ||
| Megan Thee Stallion † | ||
| Roddy Ricch ‡ | ||
| Travis Scott ‡ | ||
| 2021 | ||
| Nicki Minaj | [22] | |
| Cardi B ‡ | ||
| DJ Khaled | ||
| Drake ‡ | ||
| Kanye West | ||
| Megan Thee Stallion ‡ | ||
| 2022 | ||
| Nicki Minaj † | [23] | |
| Drake ‡ | ||
| Future ‡ | ||
| Jack Harlow | ||
| Kendrick Lamar ‡ | ||
| Lil Baby † | ||
| Megan Thee Stallion | ||
| 2023 | ||
| Nicki Minaj † | [24] | |
| Cardi B ‡ | ||
| Central Cee | ||
| Lil Wayne ‡ | ||
| Lil Uzi Vert ‡ | ||
| Metro Boomin ‡ | ||
| Travis Scott |
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