Playboi Carti Is Furious About Getting Snubbed At The Grammys

Playboi Carti is reportedly livid that he did not obtain any Grammy nominations for his newest album, Music. According to DJ Akademiks, Carti advised him that he made the challenge with the precise purpose of getting business recognition.

Akademiks started by describing Carti as feeling “disillusioned” by the dearth of nominations. “Carti felt he performed the sport,” he defined. “He mentioned to me immediately, ‘Ak, “I might’ve made an album only for my followers, however they advised me, you must make songs which might be international, you must do that, you must have collabs. I went for the fellows who get nominated, I introduced them in.'”

From there, Ak theorized that the snub may very well be as a consequence of Carti’s “sound,” or that he is “not an outgoing individual,” however concluded, “Who cares? No nominations?”

Carti dropped Music again on March 14 as his third studio album. The challenge debuted at primary on the US Billboard 200 after incomes 298,000 album-equivalent models in its first week. It options appearances from Travis Scott, the Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar, Jhené Aiko, Skepta, Future, Lil Uzi Vert, Ty Dolla Sign, and Young Thug.

Carti wasn’t the one artist upset about getting zero nominations on the ceremony. Lil Wayne additionally voiced the identical grievance on social media. “Congrats to the nominees and winners. Wasnt included. As traditional. I gotta work tougher. As traditional. One time for my slime Bill Beli,” Wayne wrote on X (previously Twitter).

In addition to Carti and Wayne, Nicki Minaj took concern with the Grammys on social media on Sunday evening. While she wasn’t involved about securing any nominations, she took issue with the host, Trevor Noah. He joked about her help of Donald Trump whereas discussing the celebrities in attendance. “Nicki Minaj just isn’t right here,” he mentioned. “She’s nonetheless on the White House with Donald Trump, discussing essential points.” Afterward, she went ballistic on-line, questioning his sexuality and calling out a number of different celebrities in attendance.