The most coveted and awaited nomination list of music’s biggest night is here! Grammys 2023 will be taking place on February 5th, 2023. But, the season has kicked off with the awaited nomination list. With her new era with ‘Renaissance’, Beyoncé is leading the nominations race. After baring his soul with his fans K-dot aka Kendrick Lamar bagged eight nominations, and Adele with seven nominations.
For Hip-Hop heads, one of the most important categories is that of the Best Rap Album. Like every year, there have been some snubs. But fans are mad about this year’s inclusion. This year, for the Best Rap Album Award, the contenders are Pusha T, DJ Khaled, Future, Kendrick Lamar, and Jack Harlow. Jack is nominated for his second studio album ‘Come Home the Kids Miss You’. But, the people are unhappy about the nomination.
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Why Is Jack Harlow Getting Hate For His Grammys 2023 Nominations?
The Kentucky-born rapper sure had a great run at the music. His singles from his new album ‘Come Home the Kids Miss You’ proved to be smashing hits. The single ‘First Class’ sampled from Fergie’s ‘Glamorous’ topped the Billboard 100 chart. Previously, the rapper had ‘What’s Poppin’ featuring Tory Lanez, Lil Wayne, and Dababy topping the chart. His debut album ‘That’s What They All Say’ charted at the No.5 position.
Before his second studio album, he collaborated with Lil Nas X on ‘Industry Baby’, people listening to mainstream music came to terms with his prowess. The song charted at the No.1 position in October 2021. But, about the Grammys, the rapper had his debut nomination for ‘What’s Poppin’ in the ‘Best Rap Performance’ category. Later, he was nominated with Lil Nas X for their collaboration in the ‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’ category.
This year, he is nominated for three categories ‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’, ‘Best Rap Song’ and ‘Best Rap Album’. People are not happy with the nominations. Apart from Kendrick Lamar and Pusha T, the other nominees honestly did not fit the bill. There are newer crops of rappers that are emerging in the industry. Lil Durk had a good year, JID, Rico Nasty, Key Glock, Lupe Fiasco, and new indie rappers like billy woods, and Conway.
The whole 2013 Grammy situation made people mad. Instead of Kendrick Lamar or Lupe Fiasco, the award went to Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. In a Rolling Stone article, the writer wrote, “Harlow’s Come Home, the Kids Miss You, nominated for Best Rap Album, debuted at number three on Billboard and contained multiple hits. Still, the overall body of work was underwhelming.”
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Twitteratis Are Mad At Jack’s Nomination For The Award
After the nominations, Denzel Curry slammed the Grammys for not giving flowers to some of the deserving artists. He congratulated Pusha T and K-Dot for the nominations, but thrashed DJ Khaled, Future, and Jack Harlow for their nominations. The rapper released his fifth album ‘Melt My Eyez See Your Future’ in 2022.
But For The Rap Album Category I can literally Name you 10 other albums that were actually good congrats to kdot and push but all that other shit come on bruh…
— Denzel Curry (@denzelcurry) November 15, 2022
He challenged the Grammys that he can name 10 better rap albums that the nominated ones, Curry accused the awards for having a bias towards artists with a net worth rather than talent. Other Twitteratis also weighed in with their opininons.
They don’t care about the culture
They only care about building the majors— Denzel Curry (@denzelcurry) November 15, 2022
Smino should be nominated
JID should be nominated
Joey Bada$$ should be nominated
Redveil should be nominated
Freddie Gibbs should be nominated
Kenny Mason should be nominatedBut I guess niggas ain’t mainstream enough right?
— Denzel Curry (@denzelcurry) November 15, 2022
JACK HARLOW??? THE GRAMMYS ARE RIGGED😭 pic.twitter.com/GfdQtwcgNF
— 808s & Youngboy (@RatioedBy808s) November 15, 2022
if jack harlow beats kendrick and future the grammys are straight up racist
— jonny🎄 (@jonnytheunicorn) November 15, 2022
To name a few, JID, Denzel Curry, Lupe Fiasco, Smino, Freddie Gibbs, Drake/21 Savage, Kid Cudi, Vince Staples, Westside Boogie all dropped this year
And the Grammys picked Jack Harlow & DJ Khaled instead
— We Love Rap (@rapisfunn) November 15, 2022
2022 has been one of the best years for hip hop in the last decade and yet the Grammys still manage to give 7 nominations to DJ Khaled and Jack Harlow lmao 😭
— Hip Hop All Day (@HipHopAllDayy) November 15, 2022
You know the Grammys only care about mainstream music when fucking Jack Harlow gets nominated for best Rap Album over dudes like Denzel Curry, Freddie Gibbs and JID smh
— Colin (@IntroSpecktive) November 15, 2022
jack harlow nominated in the grammys rap category is so unserious someone burn down the academy
— greywaren avoider (@gothichroIlo) November 16, 2022
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