Lil Wayne Also Has An Issue With The Grammys

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Lil Wayne Also Has An Issue With The Grammys

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Artists taking issue with the Grammys is not a new trend, but the intensity of vitriol toward the Recording Academy has seemed to ramp up significantly this year. The Weeknd, this year’s biggest snub, called the Academy “corrupt,” demanded transparency about his lack of nominations, and said he felt like he’d been uninvited despite the plans that had been in place for a performance during the ceremony. Halsey, Tiffany Haddish, Drake, and Fiona Apple have also shared unfriendly thoughts about the Grammys, and three nominees from the Best Children’s Album category withdrew from consideration in protest of the lack of diversity in the Grammys field. And of course Kanye West filmed himself urinating on one of his Grammys back in September.

Now Lil Wayne has joined the pile-on. “As an artist, when I see da Grammys coming up & I’m not involved nor invited; I wonder. Is it me , my musik, or just another technicality?” Weezy writes on Twitter. “I look around w respect & wonder competitively am I not worthy?! Then I look around & see 5 Grammys looking bak at me & I go to the studio.” For what it’s worth, Wayne’s Funeral album is technically nominated for Best Recording Package and is probably invited, but it’s true that his music is not represented among this year’s curious rap nominations or in any other genre. Also, as Weezy himself points out, he won four Grammys in 2009, when he was at a creative and commercial peak, and he tacked on another win for his Chance The Rapper collab “No Problem” in 2017. He’s been nominated a lot, and even though Funeral was solid, it’s not like anyone was identifying Wayne as a major snub this year.

In other recent Lil Wayne news, he’s facing federal weapons charges and a lawsuit from his former managers, he met with Donald Trump days before the election, and he released his No Ceilings 3 mixtape the old-fashioned way, through Datpiff.

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