| GRAMMYS | Best Rap Performance and Best Instrumental Composition, for two |
| ESPYS | Best Championship Performance and Best Team |
| SONATA | An instrumental composition for piano or for any other instrument with or without piano accompaniment (6) |
| ANDERSONPAAK | LA hip-hop artist who won a 2019 Grammy for Best Rap Performance for Bubblin: 2 wds. |
| OTIS | Song by Jay-Z and Kanye West that won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance in 2012 |
| BUSTAMOVE | 1990 Grammy Award-winning song for Best Rap Performance |
| STARTED | Let's Get It ___ 2004 song by the Black Eyed Peas that won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group |
| BYA | Best Rap Performance ___ Duo or Group (former Grammy category): 2 wds. |
| SONATAS | Instrumental compositions for piano alone or for any other instrument with or without piano accompaniment (7) |
| FAMILYTIES | 2021 Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar hit that won a Grammy for Rap Performance: 2 wds. |
| APPROVAL | Consent for parking during rap performance at cricket ground |
| NIPSEYHUSSLE | Late LA hip-hop artist nominated for a 2019 Grammy for Best Rap Album for Victory Lap: 2 wds. |
| DOECHII | Artist who said, "This category was introduced in 1989 and two women have won - *three* women have won!" during her acceptance speech for Best Rap Album |
| NAS | Winner of the 2021 Grammy for Best Rap Album for "King's Disease" |
| NOCTURNE | Heard rap performance, a musical piece |
| CONCIERGE | Sting takes old transport for third performance and revival, for example, of The Caretaker (9) |
| LAMP | Opens Lennon and McCartney's performance and is a source of illumination (4) |
| CACTI | A hundred and one took in performance, and they're prickly (5) |
| ONIONS | Green ____, 1962 instrumental composition by Booker T. and the M.G.'s (6) |
| KINGSLEY | Gershon musician noted for his 1969 instrumental composition 'Popcorn' (8) |
