Meek Mill is the newest recording artist to criticize the annual award present introduced by The Recording Academy. The 36-year-old rapper shared quite a few tweets concerning the 2024 Grammy Awards on Sunday (February 4).
“I don’t f### with the [Grammys],” Meek Mill wrote. “I [always] have huge Grammy events and have the heaviest enterprise and largest entertainments with us on the night time as a result of we even have actual affect on the tradition!”
Killer Mike took residence three awards on the 2024 Grammy ceremony. His sixth solo studio LP, Michael, received Greatest Rap Album. “Scientists & Engineers” that includes André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane received Greatest Rap Efficiency and Greatest Rap Track. As well as, legislation enforcement officers detained Killer Mike on the present on a reported misdemeanor battery cost.
“Propaganda at an all-time excessive too,” Meek Mill added. “I like Killer Mike, huge inspiration to me! He [needs] extra awards for the issues he does for the tradition! However getting 3 [Grammys] and getting arrested instantly after madness… they award giving timing could be very off to me 🤔!”
The Philadelphia native then tweeted, “To arrest Killer Mike instantly after the [Grammys] propaganda… Lots of people are questioning the choice making and bases of the award selecting within the Gen Z period… their timing to award Black males be completely off!”
Meek Mill Additionally Desires The Winners To Be Celebrated
Moreover, Meek Mill questioned if Rod Wave obtained any Grammy nominations this 12 months. Wave didn’t choose up any recognition from the Recording Academy in 2024. Nevertheless, his chart-topping Nostalgia album got here out after the Grammy’s deadline of August 31, 2023.
Lil Durk and J. Cole’s “All My Life” received Greatest Melodic Rap Efficiency on the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. Meek Mill additionally talked about the Chicago rapper’s first profession Grammy triumph throughout his social media rant.
“Durk deserves each award he will get, misplaced actual household to this recreation and been on the grind since Lil Snupe… L’A Capone… [RondoNumbaNine] days and was making his method like a 12-year course of!” posted Meek in response to Lil Durk’s Greatest Melodic Rap Efficiency victory.
After a critic prompt artists like Meek solely complain concerning the Grammys when the Recording Acadamy honors different acts, the Dream Chasers frontman responded, “I’m completely superb with the method for others, it’s an incredible advertising and marketing software… I’m [a part] of the insurgent society to assist advance our tradition, this one not my choose, by no means been… however let the winners be celebrated all love.”
Meek Mill has two profession Grammy Award nominations. Championships earned a Greatest Rap Album nod on the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2020, dropping to Igor by Tyler, the Creator. Meek’s contribution to H.E.R.’s Again of My Thoughts put his identify within the 2022’s Album Of The Yr class. Jon Batiste’s We Are album received that 12 months.