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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard plainlist"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="">Rhymefest</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Rhymefest_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rhymefest in 2008"><img alt="Rhymefest in 2008" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Rhymefest_2008.jpg/220px-Rhymefest_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Rhymefest_2008.jpg/330px-Rhymefest_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Rhymefest_2008.jpg/440px-Rhymefest_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1248" data-file-height="1578" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Rhymefest in 2008</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Che Armond Smith<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1977-07-06</span>) </span>July 6, 1977<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 47)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music">Hip hop</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rapper</li><li>songwriter</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1996–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allido_Records" title="Allido Records">Allido</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/J_Records" title="J Records">J</a></li><li>dNBe</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cheworldwide.com">cheworldwide<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Che Armond Smith</b> (born July 6, 1977),<sup id="cite_ref-allmusicbio_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusicbio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> better known by his stage name <b>Rhymefest</b>, is an American rapper and songwriter from <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>. He is best known for his work with fellow Chicago rapper <a href="/wiki/Kanye_West" title="Kanye West">Kanye West</a>, with writing credits on his songs including "<a href="/wiki/Jesus_Walks" title="Jesus Walks">Jesus Walks</a>" (which won <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Rap_Song" title="Grammy Award for Best Rap Song">Best Rap Song</a>) in 2004 and "<a href="/wiki/New_Slaves" title="New Slaves">New Slaves</a>" in 2013. He also co-wrote "<a href="/wiki/Glory_(John_Legend_and_Common_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Glory (John Legend and Common song)">Glory</a>", for <a href="/wiki/Common_(rapper)" title="Common (rapper)">Common</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Legend" title="John Legend">John Legend</a> in 2014, which received a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Original_Song" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song">Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song</a> and an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Song" title="Academy Award for Best Original Song">Academy Award for Best Original Song</a>. </p><p>As a recording artist, he signed to <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ronson" title="Mark Ronson">Mark Ronson</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Allido_Records" title="Allido Records">Allido Records</a>, an imprint of <a href="/wiki/J_Records" title="J Records">J Records</a> in 2006, where he released his debut album <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Collar_(album)" title="Blue Collar (album)">Blue Collar</a></i> in July of that year. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymefest&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born Che Smith in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago, Illinois</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-allmusicbio_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusicbio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rhymefest started off <a href="/wiki/Battle_rap" title="Battle rap">battle rapping</a> at events such as JumpOff and ScribbleJam against acts like <a href="/wiki/Eminem" title="Eminem">Eminem</a> and Chalk. Smith co-wrote "<a href="/wiki/Glory_(John_Legend_and_Common_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Glory (John Legend and Common song)">Glory</a>" alongside <a href="/wiki/John_Legend" title="John Legend">John Legend</a> and <a href="/wiki/Common_(rapper)" title="Common (rapper)">Common</a>, for the 2014 motion picture <i><a href="/wiki/Selma_(film)" title="Selma (film)">Selma</a></i>. The song received the 2014 <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Original_Song" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song">Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song</a> and the 2014 <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Song" title="Academy Award for Best Original Song">Academy Award for Best Original Song</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Che has expanded his gifts beyond the borders of music. The subject of the Showtime and Break Thru Films documentary, "In My Father's House", Rhymefest purchased the childhood home of his estranged father only to find that he'd been homeless for most of Che's life, Rhymefest then embarks on a journey to reconnect and redeem their relationship. Rhymefest's film debut was in <a href="/wiki/Emilio_Estevez" title="Emilio Estevez">Emilio Estevez</a>'s 2018 film <a href="/wiki/The_Public_(film)" title="The Public (film)"><i>The Public</i></a>. He played "Big George", starring alongside Alec Baldwin, Gabrielle Union, Taylor Shilling, Michael K. Williams, Christian Slater, and more.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rhymefest has revealed that he will be releasing an album soon titled <i>Love Lessons Pt. 1</i>. The track "OG Philosophy" featuring <a href="/wiki/Black_Thought#:~:text=Tariq_Luqmaan_Trotter_(born_October,drummer_Questlove_(Ahmir_Thompson)." title="Black Thought">Black Thought</a> and <a href="/wiki/Raheem_DeVaughn" title="Raheem DeVaughn">Raheem DeVaughn</a> arrived in early 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymefest&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006, Smith was invited to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">British House of Commons</a> to discuss hip-hop and policy with <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2010, Smith announced his candidacy for Chicago's <a href="/wiki/Chicago_City_Council" title="Chicago City Council">20th ward alderman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He placed second in the February 22, 2011 election, and was defeated by incumbent <a href="/wiki/Willie_Cochran" title="Willie Cochran">Willie Cochran</a> in the April 5, 2011 runoff election, getting 45.4% of the vote to Cochran's 54.6%.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, he hosted a "Truth & Reconciliation" event series to enhance awareness about gun violence in Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is running for an elected position as a member of the Chicago school board in the <a href="/wiki/2024_Chicago_Board_of_Education_election" title="2024 Chicago Board of Education election">inaugural 2024 election</a> for the post. He is running in the 10th district, which is located on Chicago's south side.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Art_of_Culture_(formerly_Donda's_House)"><span id="Art_of_Culture_.28formerly_Donda.27s_House.29"></span>Art of Culture (formerly Donda's House)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymefest&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Art of Culture (formerly Donda's House)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rhymefest is Executive Director and co-Founder of Art of Culture (formerly Donda's House), Inc.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The organization was originally named after <a href="/wiki/Kanye_West" title="Kanye West">Kanye West</a>'s mother <a href="/wiki/Donda_West" title="Donda West">Donda West</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Artists who were accepted into Donda's House include Hex Hectic.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymefest&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rhymefest is <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a>. He has three children and is married to Heather Michele Smith.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Che_Guevara_namesake">Che Guevara namesake</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymefest&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Che Guevara namesake"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Che Smith, named for the <a href="/wiki/Marxist" class="mw-redirect" title="Marxist">Marxist</a> revolutionary <a href="/wiki/Che_Guevara" title="Che Guevara">Che Guevara</a>, addressed the matter, stating: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"When you have a name, a real name, like Che, it's definitely something, whether you want to or not, something that you have to live up to. How could I be named Che and then do all songs about dancing in the club and who got the fattest ass? That would be an oxymoron to who I am. I think there's something very important in a name. So I think when we name ourselves and name our children, I think we have to think about what the future will look like. I named my son Solomon, and when people look at him they say, "Oh, Solomon, the wise king," and I think he's growing into that role. It's evident even in hip-hop. You see people who are Lil' this and Young that. What do they do? They act just like their name dictates."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymefest&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grammy_Awards">Grammy Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymefest&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Grammy Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1222442308">.mw-parser-output .awards-table td:last-child{text-align:center}</style> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="table-layout: fixed; margin-right: 0;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Nominee / work </th> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/47th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="47th Annual Grammy Awards">2005</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Jesus_Walks" title="Jesus Walks">Jesus Walks</a></i> <small>(as songwriter)</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Song_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Song of the Year">Song of the Year</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Rap_Song" title="Grammy Award for Best Rap Song">Best Rap Song</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/56th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="56th Annual Grammy Awards">2014</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/New_Slaves" title="New Slaves">New Slaves</a>" <small>(as songwriter)</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Rap_Song" title="Grammy Award for Best Rap Song">Best Rap Song</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/58th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="58th Annual Grammy Awards">2016</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Glory_(Common_and_John_Legend_song)" title="Glory (Common and John Legend song)">Glory</a></i> <small>(as songwriter)</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Rap_Song" title="Grammy Award for Best Rap Song">Best Rap Song</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Song_Written_for_Visual_Media" title="Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media">Best Song Written for Visual Media</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymefest&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Albums">Albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymefest&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2006: <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Collar_(album)" title="Blue Collar (album)">Blue Collar</a></i></li> <li>2010: <i><a href="/wiki/El_Che_(album)" title="El Che (album)">El Che</a></i></li> <li>2024: <i>James & Nikki: A Conversation</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles">Singles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymefest&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Singles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1996: "This Is How We Chill (Pts. 1 & 2)"</li> <li>2005: "Dirty Dirty" (Featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard)</li> <li>2006: "<a href="/wiki/Brand_New_(Rhymefest_song)" title="Brand New (Rhymefest song)">Brand New</a>" (featuring <a href="/wiki/Kanye_West" title="Kanye West">Kanye West</a>) #38 Ireland, #32 UK</li> <li>2006: "Dynomite (Going Postal)"</li> <li>2006: "Fever"</li> <li>2006: "Wanted"</li> <li>2007: "Angry Black Man on the Elevator" (featuring <a href="/wiki/Lil_Jon" title="Lil Jon">Lil Jon</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2009: "Chicago"</li> <li>2024: "Creator" (featuring Brittney Carter and Rell Suma)</li> <li>2024: "Pop" (featuring EP Da Hellcat)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mixtapes">Mixtapes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymefest&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Mixtapes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2004: <i>Brand New</i></li> <li>2005: <i>A Star Is Born, Vol. 1</i></li> <li>2006: <i>Plugg City: City on My Back</i></li> <li>2008: <i>Mark Ronson Presents: Man in the Mirror</i></li> <li>2009: <i>El Che: The Manual Mixtape</i></li> <li>2010: 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Leone">Diamonds from Sierra Leone</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Devo_Harris" title="Devo Harris">Devon Harris</a> & <a href="/wiki/Kanye_West" title="Kanye West">Kanye West</a> (songwriters) (2005)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Money_Maker" title="Money Maker">Money Maker</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Ludacris" title="Ludacris">Ludacris</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pharrell_Williams" title="Pharrell Williams">Pharrell Williams</a> (songwriters) (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Good_Life_(Kanye_West_song)" title="Good Life (Kanye West song)">Good Life</a> – <a href="/wiki/Aldrin_Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Aldrin Davis">Aldrin Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/T-Pain" title="T-Pain">Faheem Najm</a> & <a href="/wiki/Kanye_West" title="Kanye West">Kanye West</a> (songwriters) (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lollipop_(Lil_Wayne_song)" title="Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)">Lollipop</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lil_Wayne" title="Lil Wayne">Dwayne Carter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Static_Major" title="Static Major">Stephen Garrett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deezle" title="Deezle">Darius Harrison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Jonsin" title="Jim Jonsin">Jim Jonsin</a> & Rex Zamor (songwriters) (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Run_This_Town" title="Run This Town">Run This Town</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Shawn Carter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rihanna" title="Rihanna">Robyn Fenty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Makeba_Riddick" title="Makeba Riddick">Makeba Riddick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanye_West" title="Kanye West">Kanye West</a> & <a href="/wiki/No_I.D." title="No I.D.">Ernest Wilson</a> (songwriters) (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Empire_State_of_Mind" title="Empire State of Mind">Empire State of Mind</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Shawn Carter</a>, <a href="/wiki/7669_(group)" title="7669 (group)">Angela Hunte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a>, Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic & <a href="/wiki/Al_Shux" title="Al Shux">Alexander Shuckburgh</a> (songwriters) (2010)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_of_the_Lights" title="All of the Lights">All of the Lights</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bhasker" title="Jeff Bhasker">Jeff Bhasker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fergie_(singer)" title="Fergie (singer)">Stacy Ferguson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malik_Yusef" title="Malik Yusef">Malik Jones</a>, Warren Trotter & <a href="/wiki/Kanye_West" title="Kanye West">Kanye West</a> (songwriters) (2011)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Niggas_in_Paris" title="Niggas in Paris">Niggas in Paris</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Shawn Carter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Dean_(producer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Dean (producer)">Mike Dean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Hollis" class="mw-redirect" title="Chauncey Hollis">Chauncey Hollis</a> & <a href="/wiki/Kanye_West" title="Kanye West">Kanye West</a> (songwriters) (2012)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Thrift_Shop" title="Thrift Shop">Thrift Shop</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Macklemore" title="Macklemore">Ben Haggerty</a> & <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Lewis" title="Ryan Lewis">Ryan Lewis</a> (songwriters) (2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_(Kendrick_Lamar_song)" title="I (Kendrick Lamar song)">i</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Duckworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rahki" title="Rahki">Columbus Smith</a> & <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Isley" title="Ronald Isley">Ronald Isley</a> (songwriters) (2014)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Alright_(Kendrick_Lamar_song)" title="Alright (Kendrick Lamar song)">Alright</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Duckworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kawan_Prather" title="Kawan Prather">Kawan Prather</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Spears" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Spears">Mark Spears</a> & <a href="/wiki/Pharrell_Williams" title="Pharrell Williams">Pharrell 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White Did It">Anthony White</a> (songwriters) (2020)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jail_(song)" title="Jail (song)">Jail</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Dem_Jointz" title="Dem Jointz">Dwayne Abernathy, Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Shawn Carter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ojivolta" title="Ojivolta">Raul Cubina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Dean_(record_producer)" title="Mike Dean (record producer)">Michael Dean</a>, <a href="/wiki/88-Keys" title="88-Keys">Charles M. Njapa</a>, Sean Solymar, <a href="/wiki/Kanye_West" title="Kanye West">Kanye West</a> & <a href="/wiki/Ojivolta" title="Ojivolta">Mark Williams</a> (songwriters) (2021)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Heart_Part_5" title="The Heart Part 5">The Heart Part 5</a>" – Jake Kosich, Johnny Kosich, <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Duckworth</a> & Matt Schaeffer (songwriters) (2022)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Scientists_%26_Engineers" title="Scientists & Engineers">Scientists & Engineers</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_3000" title="André 3000">Andre Benjamin</a>, <a href="/wiki/DJ_Paul" title="DJ Paul">Paul Beauregard</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Blake_(musician)" title="James Blake (musician)">James Blake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Killer_Mike" title="Killer Mike">Michael Render</a>, Tim Moore & <a href="/wiki/No_I.D." title="No I.D.">Dion Wilson</a> (songwriters) (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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href="/wiki/Somewhere_Out_There_(An_American_Tail_song)" title="Somewhere Out There (An American Tail song)">Somewhere Out There</a>" – <a href="/wiki/James_Horner" title="James Horner">James Horner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barry_Mann" title="Barry Mann">Barry Mann</a> & <a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Weil" title="Cynthia Weil">Cynthia Weil</a> (songwriters) (1987)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Two_Hearts_(Phil_Collins_song)" title="Two Hearts (Phil Collins song)">Two Hearts</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Collins" title="Phil Collins">Phil Collins</a> & <a href="/wiki/Lamont_Dozier" title="Lamont Dozier">Lamont Dozier</a> (songwriters) (1988)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let_the_River_Run" title="Let the River Run">Let the River Run</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Carly_Simon" title="Carly Simon">Carly Simon</a> (songwriter) (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Under_the_Sea" title="Under the Sea">Under the Sea</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alan_Menken" title="Alan Menken">Alan Menken</a> & <a href="/wiki/Howard_Ashman" title="Howard Ashman">Howard Ashman</a> (songwriters) (1990)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/(Everything_I_Do)_I_Do_It_for_You" title="(Everything I Do) I Do It for You">(Everything I Do) I Do It for You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Robert_John_%22Mutt%22_Lange" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert John "Mutt" Lange">Robert John "Mutt" Lange</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Kamen" title="Michael Kamen">Michael Kamen</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Adams" title="Bryan Adams">Bryan Adams</a> (songwriters) (1991)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(Disney_song)" title="Beauty and the Beast (Disney song)">Beauty and the Beast</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alan_Menken" title="Alan Menken">Alan Menken</a> & <a href="/wiki/Howard_Ashman" title="Howard Ashman">Howard Ashman</a> (songwriters) (1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Whole_New_World" title="A Whole New World">A Whole New World</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alan_Menken" title="Alan Menken">Alan Menken</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tim_Rice" title="Tim Rice">Tim Rice</a> (songwriters) (1993)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Streets_of_Philadelphia" title="Streets of Philadelphia">Streets of Philadelphia</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a> (songwriter) (1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Colors_of_the_Wind" title="Colors of the Wind">Colors of the Wind</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alan_Menken" title="Alan Menken">Alan Menken</a> & <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Schwartz" title="Stephen Schwartz">Stephen Schwartz</a> (songwriters) (1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Because_You_Loved_Me" title="Because You Loved Me">Because You Loved Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Diane_Warren" title="Diane Warren">Diane Warren</a> (songwriter) (1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_I_Can_Fly" title="I Believe I Can Fly">I Believe I Can Fly</a>" – <a href="/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly">R. Kelly</a> (songwriter) (1997)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Heart_Will_Go_On" title="My Heart Will Go On">My Heart Will Go On</a>" – <a href="/wiki/James_Horner" title="James Horner">James Horner</a> & <a href="/wiki/Will_Jennings" title="Will Jennings">Will Jennings</a> (songwriters) (1998)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Stranger" title="Beautiful Stranger">Beautiful Stranger</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Madonna" title="Madonna">Madonna</a> & <a href="/wiki/William_Orbit" title="William Orbit">William Orbit</a> (songwriters) (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/When_She_Loved_Me" title="When She Loved Me">When She Loved Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Randy_Newman" title="Randy Newman">Randy Newman</a> (songwriter) (2000)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Boss_of_Me" title="Boss of Me">Boss of Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/John_Flansburgh" title="John Flansburgh">John Flansburgh</a> & <a href="/wiki/John_Linnell" title="John Linnell">John Linnell</a> (songwriters) (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_I_Didn%27t_Have_You_(Disney_song)" title="If I Didn't Have You (Disney song)">If I Didn't Have You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Randy_Newman" title="Randy Newman">Randy Newman</a> (songwriter) (2002)</li> <li>"A Mighty Wind" – <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Guest" title="Christopher Guest">Christopher Guest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Levy" title="Eugene Levy">Eugene Levy</a> & <a href="/wiki/Michael_McKean" title="Michael McKean">Michael McKean</a> (songwriters) (2003)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Into_the_West_(song)" title="Into the West (song)">Into the West</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Annie_Lennox" title="Annie Lennox">Annie Lennox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howard_Shore" title="Howard Shore">Howard Shore</a> & <a href="/wiki/Fran_Walsh" title="Fran Walsh">Fran Walsh</a> (songwriters) (2004)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Believe_(Josh_Groban_song)" title="Believe (Josh Groban song)">Believe</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Glen_Ballard" title="Glen Ballard">Glen Ballard</a> & <a href="/wiki/Alan_Silvestri" title="Alan Silvestri">Alan Silvestri</a> (songwriters) (2005)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Our_Town_(James_Taylor_song)" title="Our Town (James Taylor song)">Our Town</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Randy_Newman" title="Randy Newman">Randy Newman</a> (songwriter) (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_You_I_Do" title="Love You I Do">Love You I Do</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Siedah_Garrett" title="Siedah Garrett">Siedah Garrett</a> & <a href="/wiki/Henry_Krieger" title="Henry Krieger">Henry Krieger</a> (songwriters) (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Down_to_Earth_(Peter_Gabriel_song)" title="Down to Earth (Peter Gabriel song)">Down to Earth</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Gabriel" title="Peter Gabriel">Peter Gabriel</a> & <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Newman" title="Thomas Newman">Thomas Newman</a> (songwriters) (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jai_Ho_(song)" title="Jai Ho (song)">Jai Ho</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a>, <a href="/wiki/A._R._Rahman" title="A. 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Rahman</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tanvi_Shah" title="Tanvi Shah">Tanvi Shah</a> (songwriters) (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Weary_Kind" title="The Weary Kind">The Weary Kind</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Bingham" title="Ryan Bingham">Ryan Bingham</a> & <a href="/wiki/T_Bone_Burnett" title="T Bone Burnett">T Bone Burnett</a> (songwriters) (2010)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_See_the_Light" title="I See the Light">I See the Light</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alan_Menken" title="Alan Menken">Alan Menken</a> & <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Slater" title="Glenn Slater">Glenn Slater</a> (songwriters) (2011)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Safe_%26_Sound_(Taylor_Swift_song)" title="Safe & Sound (Taylor Swift song)">Safe & Sound</a>" – <a href="/wiki/T_Bone_Burnett" title="T Bone Burnett">T Bone Burnett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joy_Williams_(singer)" title="Joy Williams (singer)">Joy Williams</a> & <a href="/wiki/John_Paul_White" title="John Paul White">John Paul White</a> (songwriters) (2012)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Skyfall_(song)" title="Skyfall (song)">Skyfall</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele Atkins</a> & <a href="/wiki/Paul_Epworth" title="Paul Epworth">Paul Epworth</a> (songwriters) (2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let_It_Go" title="Let It Go">Let It Go</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kristen_Anderson-Lopez" title="Kristen Anderson-Lopez">Kristen Anderson-Lopez</a> & <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lopez" title="Robert Lopez">Robert Lopez</a> (songwriters) (2014)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Glory_(Common_and_John_Legend_song)" title="Glory (Common and John Legend song)">Glory</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Common_(rapper)" title="Common (rapper)">Common</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Che Smith</a> & <a 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