While speaking with Billboard.com prior to this weekend’s 57th Grammy Awards, Aussie musician Iggy Azalea revealed that she isn’t concerned with what Grammy Award she may receive. She explained that they’re all “equally as good” and added that she “will not complain” if she’s awarded one Grammy over another.
“I don’t care if I get a Grammy for best album artwork. A Grammy is a Grammy, baby,” Iggy said while speaking with Billboard.com. “Nobody says, `Uh, what’s your Grammy for? … No, this Grammy doesn’t count.’ Any Grammy is equally as good. I’ll take any Grammy for anything. Any Grammy you’ve got, send them my way. I will not complain.”
She later expressed her shock at being nominated four times at this year’s awards show.
“I didn’t think they would think of me four times. I’m happy they thought of me any times,” the performer said. “There are so many other award shows that I appreciate winning awards for, but I think it really means something special just to be nominated by the people that you work with and are alongside every day. That’s a different thing. It’s a different level of respect.”
Iggy is nominated for Record Of The Year, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Best New Artist, and Best Rap Album. Among the artists she faces in the Best Rap Album category are Common, Eminem, Childish Gambino, ScHoolboy Q, and Wiz Khalifa.
Following the announcement of the Grammy nominees, a number of artists have come forward to share their thoughts on Iggy Azalea being nominated for Best Rap Album. Earlier this week, DJ Skee revealed that there would “be riots in the streets” if Iggy were to win.
“If she wins there’s going to be riots in the streets. If you thought it was bad when Macklemore beat Kendrick last year,” DJ Skee said while on a panel for AXS TV.
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She deserves it. She had a great year.
Agreed.
People are using skin color to distinguish who’s “authentic” and who’s a joke.
Honestly, the joke to me is Nicki Minaj, who didn’t have a big song to make headlines, just a big ass in her album artwork. That’s the only thing people remember about Nicki Minaj in 2014.
Granted, I do find a lot of white rappers corney, but if you look up Iggy, she’s a real hip hop historian. It’s not a joke to her.
the Troll triplets have reunited & are enjoying discussing important matter on hip hop. Good job, brothers.
My only beef is she doesn’t write. But, how many pop artists write?
She is no MC, but she doesn’t deserve to get overlooked as far as Grammys go.. they don’t target underground. They cater straight to the biggest acts of the year. She is def one of the biggest acts right now.
L.M.A.O bunch of lames or should that be same lame replying to himself Suburbia’s Finest ….
All Because of marketing, not because she is talented. those are 2 completely different things…..
who said she dont write? pretty sure she does
“she” didn’t do shit other than look good. garbage, ghost-written songs pushed by the powers that be because she is the safest hip-hop artist besides macklemore.
if you have to try that hard to convince people………then most likely what you’re trying to represent it isn’t real…….
If this doesnt prove what a joke those awards are, what does?
The Female Elvis!!!
iggy writes her own songs unlike elvis and beyonce
CO-Sign. This fool Blaxck excellence said she wrote her own ebonics and broken language that just “sounds like” T.I.LMAO Yeah, SHe wrote 88 bring the Roof Top back. SURE!
There are plenty of Black artists guys, a lot of shit one’s too, colour doesn’t automatically breed talent. This shouldn’t be a racial thing. When Young Thug wins a Grammy I’m sure black and white will riot in the streets holding hands for a common cause HAHAHA
true,t aint abou race,bt appreciatin real music and thats xcatly wat the grammy’s dnt do sumtyms wen t cums to hip hop.
LMAOO. I’d be on the front lines for that protest!
Young Thug ONLY made it because he was horrible. He will NEVER be acknowledged by the Grammys. R U Kidding? He IS black.
I hope she wins Best Rap Album so all you Bum Niccas (Females Included) can stop making Lame Music!
co-sign
I Hope she wins them all so the rest of the world can wake up and see what’s going on.
This girl has zero MC skills and can’t come up with a concept for a song if you put a gun to her head.
It’s not about who has the skills anymore, it’s all about who “had a great year” and who was on TV the most. I got news flash for you, those are MARKETING DOLLARS at work. Your on TV and Radio bc of Marketing, not because your “hot” or whatever.
imma go ahead and say it. grammy’s show too much luv to white rappers. that macklemore stunt last yr was freakin stupid, now this. no disrespect to iggy and TIP bt nah man, shawty dnt deserve any hip-hop related reward. See what happens when too many people make crap music, start making real music or else this wack-ass trend is going to WIN
so apparently the grammy nominations are run by 14 year old girls
fuck the grammies, it’s a popularity contest not an award for the actual best music.
If the Grammys showed love only to whites we would at least see talent like Yelawolf, MGK, or even Mac miller nominated, no instead we see iggy, probably someone awful like young thug or Rae
Sremmurd, and jay z for an album he did 4 years ago.
No surprise here, white skinned people run the Grammys so it’s only natural that they award a fellow albino.
well she went 0/4 on grammy awards
Best New Artist went to Sam Smith Eminem won Rap Album of the year Christina Aguilera won that and she wasnt nominated for record of the year so no worries people