After being nominated for two Grammy Awards, Drake appears to be saying thanks, but no thanks.
for rap album, and his single “Way 2 Sexy,” featuring Future and Young Thug, was up for rap performance. However, the album and its songs were not nominated in any of the marquee categories, such as record, album or song of the year.‘Colbert’ bandleader Jon Batiste leads the field with 11 nominations; Tony Bennett, Olivia Rodrigo, Doja Cat, Justin Bieber and H.E.R. will vie for top prizes.
Voting in the categories for rap album and rap performance will proceed with only four nominees, rather than giving the vacated nomination to the sixth-most-voted-for artist,The withdrawal is the latest twist in the artist’s contentious history with the venerable institution — though Drake probably wouldn’t characterize the Recording Academy that way.declined to submit his 2017 “More Life” album for the Grammy Awards.
“We play an opinion-based sport, not a factual-based sport,” he said at the time. “You already won if you have people singing your songs word for word, if they’re singing in your hometown. You’re already winning, you don’t need this right here.”‘It’s a long road to get to a transformative change like this,’ Recording Academy Chief Executive Harvey Mason Jr. told The Times.
Last year, the 35-year-old superstar showed his support for fellow artist the Weeknd, whose “After Hours” album Drake expected to be a lock for either album or song of the year.
At the time, criticism had mounted around “secret” voting committees, which were believed to have reinforced institutional racism by discounting hip-hop and R&B artists in the more prestigious awards categories. Even when the Recording Academy
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