As the 61st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony gets underway, the Recording Academy has already handed out a few of the gilded trophies.
In addition to awarding Beyoncé and JAY-Z’s joint album EVERYTHING IS LOVE with the Best Urban Contemporary Album trophy, the Recording Academy has announced Kendrick Lamar, Future, Jay Rock, James Blake and Anderson .Paak have tied in the Best Rap Performance category.
“Congrats Best Rap Performance winner (TIE) – ‘King’s Dead’ @kendricklamar, @jayrock, @1future & @jamesblake AND ‘Bubblin’ @AndersonPaak #GRAMMYs,” the Grammy’s official Twitter account tweeted.
This isn’t the first time two artists have won in the same category — and likely won’t be the last. According to a 2018 article from Parade, there have been 21 ties since 1959.
One of the most recent was in 2016 in the Classic Solo Vocal Album category. However, it’s the first time two Hip Hop artists have tied in a category.
Revisit the Grammy-winning songs below.
Congrats,the both deserve it
This was hands down Jay rocks worst album to date. Follow me home, amazing. 90059,great. This last one was such pop female music, that I can’t even remember the name of the album. Delete.
translation: lets give them all an award before anyone cries racism again
Nah..2 birds with one stone. They’re rewarding the puppets.
Fuck the Grammys
Sadddd. Jay Rocks WORST album to date gets the most popularity? Follow me home was amazing. 90059 was great. This one? Can’t listen to it. It’s pop music. Nelly is harder. Kings dead… It’s too newschool for me. I can’t vibe to the auto tune future junk, and the overly high pitched Kendrick hook. Kendrick in 2011 was being compared to Tupac. Nowadays, Kendrick fits better with Drake, Pusha T, and Meek. Which is sad. Sorry to sound like a hater, but they always get recognized for their worst music to date, and the actual great classics go unnoticed. Kendrick went from the reincarnated Tupac, to the high pitched rapper making songs with pop stars. Schoolboy Q stayed gangster at least… Psyched for his next album. His music has a great shelf life.
You’re just old.
I’m 17 lol. It’s just tastes. I like hip-hop. Not hip-pop. I knew someone would be offended by my opinions… I should know better. It’s 2019, “hip-hop” is for teenage white girls, not men.
You whack B! You need a history check. Artist today can even make a whole album. They around here making EP and they always have features. No skill and just mumble over beats.
Bizzy disses migos…wheres that news
Paak!
wat abt Paak ?
Best Traditional R&B was a tie as well this year
“chiddy chiddy bang murder everything” – that gets a grammy?