Drake, who has an antagonistic historical past with the Grammys, took to Instagram proper earlier than Sunday night’s ceremony to make it clear he was not excited about maintaining with the winners.
“All you unimaginable artists bear in mind this present isn’t the info — it’s simply the opinion of a gaggle of individuals whose names are saved a secret,” he wrote on his Instagram Tales. “Actually. You may Google it. Congrats to anyone profitable something for hip hop, however this present doesn’t dictate shit in our world.”
Drake wrote the message over a clip of him giving an acceptance speech on the 2019 ceremony, throughout which he referred to as into query the very want for a Grammys ceremony in any respect.
“We play in an opinion-based sport, not a factual-based sport,” he stated on the time. “It’s not the NBA … This can be a enterprise the place generally it’s as much as a bunch of individuals which may not perceive what a combined race child from Canada has to say … or a brother from Houston proper there, my brother Travis. You’ve already received you probably have people who find themselves singing your songs phrase for phrase, if you’re a hero in your hometown. If there’s individuals who have common jobs who’re popping out within the rain, within the snow, spending their hard-earned cash to purchase tickets to come back to your exhibits, you don’t want this proper right here, I promise you, you already received.”
Drake was nominated for a number of Grammys this 12 months by way of his 2022 album with 21 Savage, “Her Loss.” The undertaking was nominated for greatest rap album, their tune “Wealthy Flex” was nominated for each greatest rap tune and greatest rap efficiency, and the monitor “Spin Bout U” acquired a greatest melodic rap efficiency nod.
