The Recording Academy of the United States removed Drake’s name from the list of candidates without giving further explanation.
Rapper Drake gave up his Grammy Award nominations in the category of best rap performance for the song. Way 2 Sexy, and best rap album, for Certified Lover Boy.
On Monday, The Recording Academy of the United States removed Drake’s name from the list of candidates without giving further explanation. and yesterday, Tuesday, he confirmed to the media that he had agreed to the withdrawal after receiving an explicit request from Drake’s team.
Your space will not be occupied by any other artist, as the voting process for the January 31 ceremony has begun.
Drake, one of the best-selling singers in the United States, has always been very critical of the Grammys, which he came to question live during the 2019 gala, when he won the award for best rap song.
“I want you to know that this is a competition based on opinion and not fact,” said the Canadian.
“It is a business that depends on a group of people who may not understand what a mixed race boy from Canada, a Spanish girl from New York or anyone else has to say,” he added before his speech was interrupted.
Last year, the singer The Weeknd encouraged his peers to boycott the awards and decided not to run again after the Academy failed to award him any nominations for After Hours, an album that made it onto several lists of the best albums of the year.
The same thing happened a few months ago in the Latin version of the Grammy, known as Latin Grammy, when the Colombian J Balvin, who was nominated, incited to carry out a boycott against the institution that decides the nominees.
Instead, others artists as Resident supported the criteria of the awards and they considered that the singer’s anger was due to a tantrum for not achieving more recognitions.
Resident to J Balvin, on the boycott of the Latin Grammy: ‘You have the talent of not having talent’
The 64th Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on January 31.
As a great favorite, Jon Batiste stands out, in a list dominated by pop stars such as Justin Bieber, Doja Cat and HER, with eight nominations each, and Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo, with seven each. (I)
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