This year's nominations for Best Rap Song will likely celebrate the two most exciting things in all of mainstream rap: women in rap and rap beef. It's going to be a fun race - even if one powerhouse diss track should win in a landslide.

Kendrick Lamar’s blistering diss track “Not Like Us” might contend for song of the year and record of the year at the Grammys, making for a potentially busy early February 2025 for the Compton-born L.A. stalwart. Weeks the Drake-inspired “Not Like Us,” a character assassination you can really dance to, sat atop the Billboard Hot 100.

One of the best things that resulted from the beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar is the latter’s global hit, “Not Like Us.” The track continues to be the gift that keeps on giving, as it has now spent a historic 21 weeks at No.