Juno Award for Rap Album/EP of the Year explained

The Juno Award for Rap Album or EP of the Year is an annual Canadian music award, presented by the Juno Awards to honour full-length releases by Canadian hip hop artists. Announced at the Juno Awards of 2021, it was presented for the first time at the Juno Awards of 2022.^[1]

The award is presented alongside a new category for Rap Single of the Year.

Until 2022, albums and individual songs were considered together under the single Rap Recording of the Year category.^[2] The changes were announced to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the creation of the Junos rap category.^[3]

Winners and nominees

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
2022	Haviah Mighty	Stock Exchange	Belly, See You Next Wednesday Nav, Emergency Tsunami NorthSideBenji, The Extravagant Collection Pressa, Gardner Express (Deluxe)	^[4]
2023	TOBi	Shall I Continue?	Boslen, Gonzo Classified, Retrospected (Acoustic) Jazz Cartier, The Fleur Print (Vol. 2) Nav, Demons Protected by Angels	^[5]
2024	TOBi	Panic	bbno$, bag or die Haviah Mighty, Crying Crystals Kaytraminé, Kaytraminé Connor Price, Spin the Globe	^[6]

Notes and References

1. News: Friend. David. June 4, 2021. The Weeknd leads winners at historic pre-telecast Junos with three awards. Toronto Star via The Canadian Press. June 5, 2021.
2. "Kinder, gentler rap, eh? Canadians hip-hop onto centre stage". Ottawa Citizen, March 7, 1999.
3. News: Patel. Ari. June 5, 2021. 2021 Juno Awards celebrates 30 years since creation of rap music category. CBC News. June 5, 2021.
4. Jackson Weaver, "Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber lead 2022 Juno Award nominees". CBC News, March 1, 2022.
5. https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/junos-2023-full-list-of-winners-1.6772299 "Junos 2023: full list of winners"
6. https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2024-full-list-winners-1.7149545 "Junos 2024: full list of winners"