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Lil Waynehas a personal bone to pick with the Recording Academy.
After learning that he hasn’t been invited to attend the 63rd AnnualGrammy Awards— set to take place on Jan. 31 — the Grammy-winner expressed his disappointment on Twitter, explaining that he feels snubbed.
“As an artist, when I see da [sic] Grammys coming up & I’m not involved nor invited; I wonder, ‘Is it me, my musik [sic], or just another technicality?’ I look around w [sic] respect & wonder competitively, ‘Am I not worthy?!’ Then I look around & see five Grammys looking bak at me & I go to the studio.”
Though the rap star feels slighted, he wasn’t nominated this award cycle despite the January release of his albumFuneral—and traditionally only nominees, performers, presenters and their guests score the coveted invites.
Lil Wayne.Thaddaeus McAdams/Getty
Many fans and critics have dubbed Lil Wayne one of the greatest rappers of all time, having sold approximately 120 million records worldwide throughout his career and roughly 37 million digital tracks within the U.S.
Late last month, the “Life Is Good” star shared his opinion on the Academy after the2021 Grammy nominees were revealed. One issue Drake publicly disagrees with is the lack of recognition forThe Weeknd’s mega-hit album,After Hours, which was eligible for consideration. Responding to the snub,The Weeknd, 30, tweeted, “The Grammys remain corrupt. You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency…”
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TMZ reportedthat the disregard for the “Blinding Lights” hitmaker’s album may have been a result of his decision toheadline next year’s Super Bowl. Harvey Mason Jr., Recording Academy chair and interim president and CEO, previously told PEOPLE in a statement that “in no way” could The Weeknd’s major NFL gig “have affected the nomination process.”
“We understand that The Weeknd is disappointed at not being nominated,” Mason Jr.said in a statement. “I was surprised and can empathize with what he’s feeling. His music this year was excellent, and his contributions to the music community and broader world are worthy of everyone’s admiration.”
Drake, The Weeknd.Karwai Tang/WireImage; GP Images/Getty Images
He continued: “It’s like a relative you keep expecting to fix up but they just can’t change their ways. The other day, I said @theweeknd was a lock [nominee] for either album or song of the year, along with countless other reasonable assumptions, [but] it just never goes that way.” Drake then suggested that now would be “a great time” for someone to “start something new that we can build up over time and pass on to the generations to come.”
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Adding her own thoughts to the discussion, Halseywrote a lengthy statementon her Instagram story, which claimed that earning a Grammy nomination requires “knowing the right people.”
Halsey was last nominated in 2016.
source: people.com
