The Brit Award for British Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act is an award given by the
British Phonographic Industry (BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the
United Kingdom.[1] The accolade was presented at the
Brit Awards, an annual celebration of
British and international music.[2] The winners and nominees were determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over one-thousand members comprising
record labels,
publishers,
managers,
agents, media, and previous winners and nominees.[3]
The first winner of the award was
Ms. Dynamite in 2003.
Lemar is the only two-time winner in the category while
Dizzee Rascal holds the record for most nominations without a win, with three. The current holder of the award is
Casisdead, who won the category in 2024.
History
The award was first presented as Best British Urban Act at the
2003 Brit Awards and last presented in
2006.
In 2021, it was announced that the category had been revived and renamed Best British Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act following the removal of gendered categories. This new iteration of the award was first presented at the
42nd Brit Awards and is voted for by the public along with the three other genre categories (
Pop/R&B Act,
Dance Act and
Rock/Alternative Act).[4]