What did Doechii win a Grammy for?

Doechii, born Jaylah Hickmon in Tampa in 1998, is a rapper and singer signed to Top Dawg Entertainment. Her mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal won the Grammy for Best Rap Album in 2025, making her the third woman ever to win the category.

Born Jaylah Hickmon in Tampa, Florida, in 1998. Built an audience online, signed to Top Dawg Entertainment in 2022, and arrived as a fully formed performer.

THIRD EVER

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Grammy for Best Rap Album, 2025, Alligator Bites Never Heal

Third woman ever to win Best Rap Album

Signed to Top Dawg Entertainment in 2022

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The only name in this room so far.

§ QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK

What did Doechii win a Grammy for?: Best Rap Album in 2025, for her mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal.
Who else has won Best Rap Album as a woman?: Lauryn Hill, as part of the Fugees, and Cardi B. Doechii was the third.
Where is Doechii from?: Tampa, Florida.

§ WHERE NEXT

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Alligator Bites Never Heal, a mixtape, won the Grammy for Best Rap Album in 2025. She was only the third woman to win the category, after Lauryn Hill with the Fugees and Cardi B.

RANGE AS A STATEMENT

She raps, sings, dances and acts on the same record, and she does not apologise for any of it. The label that gave the world SZA and Kendrick Lamar found its next one in Florida.