The MuchMusic Video Awards presented an annual award for Best Rap Video from 1990 to 2018. After 2002, the award was branded as MuchVibe Best Rap Video, for MuchMusic's urban music spinoff channel.
Winners and nominees
edit| Year | Artist | Video | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Maestro Fresh-Wes | "Let Your Backbone Slide" | [1] |
| 1991 | Dream Warriors | "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style" | [2] |
| 1992 | Organized Rhyme | "Check the O.R." | [3] |
| E.T.P. | "Respect Me" | [4] | |
| Maestro Fresh Wes | "Nothing At All" | ||
| 1993 | The Maximum Definitive | "Jungle Man" | [5] |
| 1994 | Devon | "X Marks the Spot" | |
| Rascalz | "Really Livin' | [6] | |
| TBTBT | "One Track Mind" | ||
| B-Kool | "Gotta Get Over" | ||
| Graphidi Logic | "Can I Get a Yo" | ||
| 1995 | k-os | "Musical Essence" | [7] |
| 1996 | Saukrates | "Hate Runs Deep" | [8] |
| 1997 | Rascalz | "Dreaded Fist" | [9] |
| Choclair | "What It Takes" | [10] | |
| Motion | "Use What U Got" | ||
| Scales Empire | "Bright Lights, Big City" | ||
| Thrust | "Rage" | ||
| 1998 | Rascalz feat. Choclair, Kardinal Offishall, Checkmate & Thrust | "Northern Touch" | [11] |
| Ghetto Concept | "Krazy World | [12] | |
| Infinite | "360 Degrees" | ||
| Kardinal Offishall | "On wit da Show" | ||
| Michie Mee | "Covergirl" | ||
| 1999 | Infinite | "Take a Look" | [13] |
| Ghetto Concept | "Precious Metals" | [14] | |
| Maestro | "Stick to Your Vision" | ||
| Redlife feat. Saukrates | "Yagga Yaw Yaw" | ||
| 2Rude feat. Saukrates & Pharoahe Monch | "Innovations" | ||
| 2000 | Choclair | "Let's Ride" | [15] |
| Dream Warriors | "Breathe or Die" | [16] | |
| Kardinal Offishall | "Husslin'" | ||
| Rascalz feat. Barrington Levy & K-os | "Top of the World" | ||
| Saukrates | "Money or Love" | ||
| 2001 | Baby Blue Soundcrew feat. Kardinal Offishall, Sean Paul & Jully Black | "Money Jane" | [17] |
| Baby Blue Soundcrew feat. Choclair and Mr. Mims | "Love 'Em All" | [18] | |
| Kardinal Offishall | "BaKardi Slang" | ||
| Mastermind | "Bump!" | ||
| Swollen Members | "Lady Venom" | ||
| 2002 | Swollen Members feat. Moka Only | "Fuel Injected" | [19] |
| Choclair feat. Jully Black | "Light It Up" | ||
| Ghetto Concept feat. The 7 Bill$ Allstars | "Still Too Much" | ||
| Jelleestone | "Money, Pt. 1" | ||
| K-os | "Heaven Only Knows (Version 1)" | ||
| 2003 | Swollen Members feat. Nelly Furtado | "Breath" | [20] |
| BrassMunk | "Big" | [21] | |
| Dirty Circus (Sweatshop Union) | "The Truth We Speak" | ||
| k-os | "Superstarr" | ||
| Rascalz ft. Notch & Sazon Diamante | "Crazy World" | ||
| 2004 | Jelleestone feat. Elephant Man | "Who Dat" | [22] |
| Choclair | "Skyline" | [23] | |
| k-os | "Heaven Only Knows (Version 2)" | ||
| Tone Mason feat. Brassmunk, G. Stokes, Graph Nobel | "The Throwback" | ||
| Universal Soul | "Way Back in the Day" | ||
| 2005 | k-os | "Man I Used to Be" | [24] |
| Choclair feat. Saukrates, Ro Dolla & Solitair | "Tell 'Em" | ||
| Masia One | "Split Second Time" | ||
| Massari feat. Loon | "Smile for Me" | ||
| Rochester aka Juice feat. Kolor Brown | "A New Day" | ||
| 2006 | Classified | "No Mistakes" | |
| Alias Donmillion | "Dirty Dot" | ||
| JDiggz | "Puush It Up" | ||
| Sweatshop Union | "Try" | ||
| Jelleestone feat. Nelly Furtado | "Friendamine" | ||
| 2007 | Belly feat. Ginuwine | "Pressure" | |
| Classified | "Find Out" | ||
| JDiggz | "Make It Hot" | ||
| k-os | "ELEctrik HeaT: the seekwiLL" | ||
| Point Blank | "Born and Raised in the Ghetto" | ||
| 2008 | Belly feat. Mario Winans | "Ridin'" | |
| Classified ft. Maestro & DJ IV | "Hard to Be Hip-Hop" | [25] | |
| JB ft. The Game | "Fire in Ya Eyes" | ||
| JDiggz ft. Voyce | "Just Wanna Party" | ||
| Tru-Paz | "Hotel Hell" | ||
| 2009 | Classified | "Anybody Listening" | |
| Famous | "Ain't No Use" | [26] | |
| JB feat. Ghetto Flex | "Move Your Body" | ||
| k-os | "4, 3, 2, 1" | ||
| Shad | "The Old Prince Still Lives at Home" | ||
| 2010 | Drake feat. Trey Songz and Lil' Wayne | "Successful" | |
| Belly feat. Snoop Dogg | "Hot Girl" | ||
| Classified | "Oh Canada" | ||
| k-os feat. Saukrates | "I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman" | ||
| Kardinal Offishall feat. Riley | "We Gon Go" | ||
| 2011 | Classified | "That Ain't Classy" | |
| Belly feat. Kobe | "Back Against the Wall" | ||
| K'naan | "Take a Minute" | ||
| P. Reign | "Call My Name" | ||
| Shad | "Rose Garden" | ||
| 2012 | Drake feat. Lil' Wayne and Tyga | "The Motto" | |
| A-Game | "Cool Boyz" | ||
| Classified feat. Kayo & Jim Cuddy | "The Hangover" | ||
| Harvey Stripes feat. Lloyd | "Come On" | ||
| K'naan ft. Nelly Furtado | "Is Anybody Out There" | ||
| 2013 | Drake | "Started From the Bottom" | |
| Classified ft. David Myles | "Inner Ninja" | ||
| k-os | "Nyce 2 Know Ya" | ||
| Madchild ft. Matt Brevner and Dutch Robinson | "Jitters" | ||
| SonReal & Rich Kidd | "Hometown" | ||
| 2014 | Drake | "Worst Behavior" | |
| Classified ft. B.o.B | "Higher" | ||
| D-Sisive | "Friend of Mine" | ||
| P. Reign ft. A$AP Rocky | "We Them" | ||
| SonReal | "Everywhere We Go" | ||
| 2015 | P Reign feat. Drake & Future | "DnF" | |
| Tory Lanez | "Henny in Hand" | ||
| Naturally Born Strangers | "No One Knows My Struggle" | ||
| John River | "Hope City II" | ||
| SonReal | "Preach" | ||
| 2016 | Drake | "Hotline Bling" | [27] |
| Belly feat. The Weeknd | "Might Not" | ||
| Jazz Cartier | "The Valley/Dead or Alive" | ||
| John River | "Get Down" | ||
| SonReal | "Whoa Nilly" | ||
| 2017 | Tasha the Amazon | "Picasso Leaning" | [28] |
| Jazz Cartier | "Red Alert / 100 Roses" | ||
| Sean Leon | "81" | ||
| TassNata (featuring Rich Kidd & Tona) | "Let's Go" | ||
| Derek Wise | "Disconnected" |
References
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