No explanation has been officially given, but the Canadian star, in the running for two RAP category awards, has been ignored in general categories, from afar the most prominent.
Le Monde with AFP
It seems he sulks. The Canadian Superstar Drake requested the organizers to withdraw its two nominations for the next Grammy Awards, the 64 e ceremony of musical rewards to be held in Los Angeles, January 31, 2022. The Academy From the disc acceded to his request, learned on Monday 6 December, the France-Presse Agency (AFP) with sources close to the protagonists.
Drake may have been selected in the candidates in the running price of the RAP category, his successful Certified Lover Boy album was ignored in the general categories, by far the most prominent, during nominations in November.
No explanation was given by the entourage of Drake on his request for withdrawal of appointments. A source close to the artist indicated that this decision had been made by Drake and his team, and that the organizers of the Grammy Awards had accepted, which a source of the academy of the disk confirmed. Drake’s nominations disappeared from the list on The official website of Grammy Awards
Only four grams in his record
Drake, considered one of the most influential musicians currently, has only four Grammy Awards to his credit. It is also targeted by complaints for a crowd movement that made ten people at a festival in Texas.
The artist has, on multiple occasions, taken the beak in the past with the academy of the disc, which he accuses the snobber. In an interview in 2017, he had accused the Grammys from the category of rappers because he is black.
At the 2019 ceremony, Drake had again reproached the Grammys not to treat black hip-hop artists at their fair value. “It’s a sector that sometimes depends on a small group of people who do not understand what a Métis kid came from Canada may have to say,” he launched by receiving his only price of the evening.
Other black artists, like The Weekend, Frank Ocean and Jay-Z, also laid off the choices of Grammys in recent years, accusing them to leave black musicians aside.