Nas Wins Best Rap Album at 2021 Grammys

Nas Wins Best Rap Album at 2021 Grammys

A career-first win for the Queensbridge veteran
Nas smiling
Nas (Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

Nas has won Best Rap Album at the 2021 Grammys Awards. The rap veteran’s 13th studio album King’s Disease beat out works by D Smoke (Black Habits), Jay Electronica (A Written Testimony), Freddie Gibbs & Alchemist (Alfredo), and Royce 5’9’’ (The Allegory) for the honor.

Nas has been nominated for a Grammy 14 times in total. Tonight’s win for Best Rap Album is the first win of his decades-long career. 

Revisit our 5-10-15-20 interview with the New York City legend from 2013 and follow all of Pitchfork’s coverage of the 2021 Grammy Awards.

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