The nominations for the 59th Grammy Awards were announced today (December 6) to much fanfare with Beyoncé leading the pack with nine nods, followed by Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West with eight chances to win awards. Chance The Rapper already made headlines for helping change the rules that allow for streaming-only projects — a.k.a. mixtapes — to be acknowledged by the Academy, and makes news again by getting seven nominations.
Of course, some of the artists nominated shared their joy at having some respek put on their name, including Chano.
While Drake was quiet on his recognition, Norm‘s here to represent for Canada.
Congratulations To Chance The Rapper!
Twitter erupted for Chance The Rapper breaking barriers as an independent artist. The memes, praise and positivity were rolling in.
Not Everyone Was Happy … Snub Season?
Questlove wasn’t feeling the nominations and maybe has lost faith in the system, saying he didn’t even turn in his ballot. This echoes the sentiments of many others, including Kanye West and Rapsody who have publicly questioned the Grammys’ ability to understand Hip Hop.
Frank Ocean wasn’t nominated for any awards since his team didn’t submit his Blonde album for consideration. Twitter had mixed feelings as many believed his project was worthy, but supported his decision.
Kanye had threatened to boycott the Grammys if they didn’t break the rules and nominate Ocean anyways. Taxstone had a joke about that.
Ok Frank Ocean is gay, that doesn’t mean we his album was incredible it’s not discrimination it’s called moving on
Blonde was fire tho
Chance the rapper is pure garbage, nothing but his dad and the mayor’s marketing.
I’m a lifelong Hip-Hop head, born and raised in NY. I listen to rap every day. I’ve NEVER HEARD ONE SONG from Chance the Rapper. There is some hidden hand FORCING us to believe that this guy is super famous, and he’s not. I don’t have one friend who listens to this dude. Yet, he’s the most covered rapper in the game aside from maybe Drake and Kayne West. This dude is at the White House every week. Performing on Late Night shows every night. Doing SNL. Seriously, what’s going on here? Is he in the church of Scientology or something? Is it some kind of hidden push coming from Obama? What IS it? Because it’s blatant and constant.
If you are a hip hop head as you say you are and i am, then when someones name keeps popping up then you listen then make a decision. That boy can rap and paint a pic with his words. Hes the definition of hip hop, a true poet. That being said he aint in my top 5, but listen to dude. He cold.
cali cvsh on soundcloud is cold… i should know because i am him
its just business bro, when EM was hot labels ran to white rappers. when 50 was the guy they ran to sign gangster rappers,
when groups where cool they signed groups ETC. now it’s cool to be unsigned so why not sign rappers, put marketing dollars behind them and claim NO LABEL??? the fans will respect him and the award shows will introduce the possibilities. all while APPLE BECOMES THE BIGGEST RECORD LABEL along with SPOTIFY and TIDAL. the game changes and everyone pays the big companies for music monthly. now all the labels as we know them have to play the game in order to make money. PPV concerts will be the next wave.
like YOOOO are you gonna order that mayweather fight? except is gon be you u gonna order that jay z concert?
Do you own something called a radio? They kinda play songs…some of them are by Chance the Rapper or featured him…
Totally cosign. I still don’t get the Kit Kat commercial. Still don’t see the hype. And don’t nobody say the kids listen to him because my 18 and 8 year old ain’t fucking with him.
These people still praying to these false GOLDEN statues for recognition. SMH
Who watches the grammys? 50 had a gold record this year no nomination smh
Desiigner??!! And D.R.A.M??!! Ok maybe D.R.A.M I can understand why they picked, but Desiigner?? No offence but his song barely qualifies as a rap song. more like a watered down instrumental. it was just a banger. But well congrats to him and all the new dudes. Nice to see young dudes rising.
still don’t see or understand the Chance hype…I just don’t get it, I think I only heard one song from him “No Problems” or whatever the name of that song is. It’s not a bad song, not necessarily a great song either. Props to the Grammy Association lowering their standards to permit streams…Remember, this the same Association or Academy who did not want to accept Hip-Hop as a viable form of music a few years ago.. Seems like there were a lot of other projects that didn’t get any shine this year as well.. Better Luck next year I guess… Stay Strong out there mi amigos!