The Grammys kicked off early today, awarding most hip-hop categories in the pre-Awards telecast streamed on the Grammys website. Before the official show kicks off at 8 p.m. Eastern time, the winners for Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance were announced. Check them out below, and we'll update you as we go (winners are in bold).

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BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
"Started From The Bottom"
Drake
Label: Young Money/Cash Money

"Berzerk"
Eminem
Label: Aftermath/Interscope/Shady Records

"Tom Ford"
Jay Z
Track from: Magna Carta...Holy Grail
Label: Roc Nation

"Swimming Pools (Drank)"
Kendrick Lamar
Track from: Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
Label: TDE/Aftermath/Interscope Records

"Thrift Shop"***
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
Track from: The Heist
Label: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis LLC

BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
"Power Trip"
J. Cole Featuring Miguel
Track from: Born Sinner
Label: Roc Nation/Columbia Records

"Part II (On The Run)"
Jay Z Featuring Beyoncé
Track from: Magna Carta...Holy Grail
Label: Roc Nation

"Holy Grail"***
Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake
Track from: Magna Carta...Holy Grail
Label: Roc Nation

"Now Or Never"
Kendrick Lamar Featuring Mary J. Blige
Track from: Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
Label: TDE/Aftermath/Interscope Records

"Remember You"
Wiz Khalifa Featuring The Weeknd
Track from: O.N.I.F.C.
Label: Rostrum/Atlantic

BEST RAP SONG
"F***in' Problems"
Tauheed Epps, Aubrey Graham, Kendrick Lamar, Rakim Mayers & Noah Shebib, songwriters (ASAP Rocky Featuring Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar)
Track from: Long.Live.ASAP
Label: RCA Records / Polo Grounds Music; Publishers: ASAP Rocky Music Publishing LLC/Sony/ATV Songs LLC/Mavor & Moses LLC/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Inc./Herbilicious Music/Black Fountain Music/Livewrite/EMI Blackwood Music, Inc./Ty Epps Music/Top Dawg Music/Hard Working Black Folks, Inc./WB Music Corp

"Holy Grail"
Shawn Carter, Terius Nash, J. Harmon, Timothy Mosley, Justin Timberlake & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl & Krist Novoselic, songwriters) (Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake)
Track from: Magna Carta...Holy Grail
Label: Roc Nation; Publishers: Carter Boys/Warner Chappell/WB Music Corp./2082 Music Publishing/Tennmann Tunes/Universal Music Z Tunes/VB Rising/ole/Jerome Harmon Publishing/Chrysalis Music/Let The Story Begin Publishing/EMI Virgin Songs Inc./Primary Wave Tunes/The End Of Music/MJ Twelve Music/Warner-Tamerlane PublishingCorp./Murky Slough Music

"New Slaves"
Christopher Breaux, Ben Bronfman, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Louis Johnson, Malik Jones, Sham Joseph, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, Travis Scott, Che Smith, Kanye West & Cydell Young, songwriters (Anna Adamis & Gabor Presser, songwriters) (Kanye West)
Track from: Yeezus
Label: Def Jam

"Started From The Bottom"
W. Coleman, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Bruno Sanfilippo, songwriter) (Drake)
Label: Young Money/Cash Money; Publishers: Sandra Gale/EMI Music Publishing/Mavor & Moses Inc./Kobalt

"Thrift Shop"***
Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz)
Track from: The Heist
Label: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis LLC; Publishers: Macklemore Publishing/Ryan Lewis Publishing

BEST RAP ALBUM
Nothing Was The Same
Drake
Label: Young Money/Cash Money

Magna Carta...Holy Grail
Jay Z
Label: Roc Nation

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
Kendrick Lamar
Label: TDE/Aftermath/Interscope Records

The Heist***
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Label: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis LLC

Yeezus
Kanye West
Label: Def Jam

Non-Rap Categories
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Blessed Unrest
Sara Bareilles
Label: Epic Records

Random Access Memories***
Daft Punk
Label: Columbia Records

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
Kendrick Lamar
Label: TDE/Aftermath/Interscope Records

The Heist
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Label: Macklemore LLC

Red
Taylor Swift
Label: Big Machine Records

BEST NEW ARTIST
James Blake
Kendrick Lamar
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis***
Kacey Musgraves
Ed Sheeran

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
Rob Cavallo
Dr. Luke
Ariel Rechtshaid
Jeff Tweedy
Pharrell Williams***

BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
"Get Lucky"***
Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
Track from: Random Access Memories
Label: Columbia Records

"Just Give Me A Reason"
Pink featuring Nate Ruess
Track from: The Truth About Love
Label: RCA Records

"Stay"
Rihanna Featuring Mikky Ekko
Label: Def Jam Records

"Blurred Lines"
Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell
Track from: Blurred Lines
Label: Star Trak/ Interscope

"Suit & Tie"
Justin Timberlake & Jay Z
Track from: The 20/20 Experience - The Complete Experience
Label: RCA Records

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