G-Eazy beat out some Hip Hop heavyweights at the 43rd People’s Choice Awards, winning the award for Favorite Hip Hop Artist on Wednesday night at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
The When It’s Dark Out rapper from Oakland beat off stiff competition from fellow Cali native Kendrick Lamar, as well as from DJ Khaled, Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa. Drake ended up in the R&B category while other popular rappers like Chance The Rapper, Gucci Mane and J. Cole were nowhere to be seen.
The 27-year-old took to Twitter shortly after receiving the award to thank his fans.
“Love and respect to the fans yall are the reason we’re here in the first place and get to do the shit we do, forever grateful”
G-Eazy also seemed to acknowledge his underdog status in the race for the accolade, writing “Beat the odds do numbers & remain humble.”
It wasn’t a great night for Hip Hop culture at the awards, where Drake’s VIEWS, Beyoncé’s LEMONADE and Rihanna’s ANTI all lost out to country singer Blake Shelton in the Favorite Album category. Rihanna did at least take home the crown for Best R&B Artist, beating out her ex-man Drizzy.
Tyler Perry accepts the Favorite Humanitarian Award.
The fan-selected awards honor the fields of music, movies and TV. Kevin Hart, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and J. Lo all took home awards in acting categories, with other winners including Tyler Perry, Freddie Highmore, Justin Chambers, Blake Shelton, Jim Parsons, Mark Harmon, G-Eazy, Sam Heughan, Caitriona Balfe, Ellen DeGeneres, Jimmy Fallon, Kristin Bell, Matt LeBlanc, Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Lawrence, Johnny Depp, Robert Downey Jr, Margot Robbie, Melissa McCarthy, Tom Hanks, Blake Lively, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Niall Horan, Carrie Underwood, Cameron Dallas and Sarah Jessica Parker.
2017, and our topic will remain “black vs white”
How many white people voted for him? Hmmmmmm
I’m white and can’t stand the guy. How he could beat out some of the other guys is beyond me. The people voting don’t know hip hop.
I’m against racism, but i bet he won just cuz of the white voters. He ain’t even a dope rapper. If it was Logic or Em, that’d be different, but this guy is pure pop.
Let’s be honest black people don’t vote for the people choice awards so stop fucking moaning. It’s the equivalent of the nickelodeon awards
White people.
Wow. This shit is so sad that all I can do is laugh and move the fuck on.
Lol when u a industry plant put in place by drakes tour manager
Too much fucking c00nery!
The name G-Eazy itself just sounds so fucking corny, it’s like he stole that from Eazy-E.
Stupid ignorant fool. Most rappers make plays on one another’s names.
You think he would try to imitate a rapper who couldn’t write, and died of aids? SMH
Okay, G-Eazy fan. Any rapper that does that is corny in my book. Unless they can back it up with great music, which I don’t find G-Eazy’s music all that interesting.
We talking bout the people choice awards they voted for him because of his ethnicity next year if it’s another Angelo Saxon rapper they will vote for him if he make a impact
At least he didn’t apologize for his hard work and success becuz he’s white and beat out Kdot for an award like a pussy. Mc White Guilt in the house, ” I’d like to apologize for putting in work and beating a black guy at hiphop, may all my ancestors and future white people rot in hell for not enslaving themselves to black people like they should, white people are evil and black people can’t be racist, thank you and goodnight”
lmao so true
So unsurprising yet so unimportant.
We know how G-Eazy feels, just like we knew how Macklemore felt. I think both guys are dope…but it IS a black/white thing. America has no more cards hiding up her sleeve. NOTHING surprises me anymore.
They know….hip hop knows….we move on.
McLemore and Ryan Lewis beat Kendrick Lamar for a Grammy so yeah awards gonna pick the white rapper over only black rapper
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White privilege
so which one of yall even knew the peoples choice awards was even happening. now you care cause he won. fuck awards. just appreciate the music.
White people want their country back,. Make America White Again!