Mit 11 Nominierungen und 5 Awards die er letztendlich gewann war Kendrick Lamar definitiv der Abräumer der diesjährigen Grammy Verleihung 2016.

Dies sind die Gewinner aus den Blackmusic Genres:

Beste Rap-Performance
Kendrick Lamar, “Alright”

Beste Rap/Sung-Kollaboration
Kendrick Lamar feat. Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat, “These Walls”

Bester Rap-Song
Kendrick Lamar, “Alright”

Bestes Rap-Album
Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp A Butterfly

Best R&B Album
Black Messiah, D'Angelo and the Vanguard

Best R&B Song
"Really Love," D'Angelo and Kendra Foster

Best R&B-Performance
The Weeknd, “Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)”

Best Traditional R&B Performance
"Little Ghetto Boy" Lalah Hathaway

Best Urban Contemporary Album
"Beauty Behind the Madness" the Weeknd

Best Reggae Album
“Strictly Roots” Morgan Heritage