Drake Blasts Grammys: ‘This Show Doesn’t Dictate S—‘

Drake didn't attend the Grammy as he's on his It's All A Blur: Big As The What? Tour  But he still got some feelings he had about the award ceremony off his chest.

"All you incredible artists remember this show isn't the facts it's just the opinion of a group of people who's name are kept a secret (literally you can google in)," he captioned a video of himself giving a speech at a previous Grammy Awards on his Instagram Story Sunday (Feb. 5). "Congrats to anybody winning anything for hip hop but this show doesn't dictate s--- in our world."

Drake's post follows his loss at the Grammys last night. The Toronto rapper was nominated for four Grammys: Best Rap Album (Her Loss with 21 Savage), Best Rap Song ("Rich Flex" with 21 Savage), Best Rap Performance ("Rich Flex" with 21 Savage), and Best Melodic Rap Performance ("Spin Bout U" with 21 Savage).

This was the first year that Drake submitted his music to the award show after years of criticizing it.

"I think we should stop allowing ourselves to be shocked every year by the disconnect between impactful music and these awards and just accept that what once was the highest form of recognition may no longer matter to the artists that exist now and the ones that come after," Drake said in a post on social media back in 2020 when The Weekend's After Hours did not receive any nominations. He later ended up withdrawing his two nominations in 2022.

For hip-hop this year, Killer Mike racked up three Grammys. The rapper won Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for "Scientists and Engineers," the song featuring André 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane, as well as Best Rap Album for Michael. Lil Durk and J. Cole also took home a Grammy for Best Melodic Rap Performance for "All My Life."

Hip-Hop and R&B artists showed out at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards red carpet. From Victoria Monét to Tyla, these artists did not come to play. The award show airs live (8:00-11:30 PM ET/5:00-8:30 PM PT) on CBS and will stream on Paramount+ (live and on-demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the special airs).

SZA leads with nine nominations, making her the most-nominated artist in all categories. She is nominated for Song of the Year and Record of the Year for "Kill Bill" and Album of the Year for SOS. Additionally, she has earned nominations for Best R&B Song ("Snooze"), Best Progressive R&B Album (SOS), Best Traditional R&B Performance ("Love Language"), Best Melodic Rap Performance ("Low"), Best R&B Performance ("Kill Bill"), and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance ("Ghost in the Machine"). So far, the New Jersey native has won for Best Progressive R&B Album and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.

Behind SZA is Victoria Monét, with seven nominations. She's earned nominations for Best New Artist and Record of the Year for "On My Mama," as well as categories such as Best R&B Performance ("How Does It Make You Feel"), Best R&B Album (Jaguar II), Best Traditional R&B Performance ("Hollywood"), Best R&B Song ("On My Mama"). So far, she has won Best R&B Album for Jaguar II.

Trevor Noah is hosting the award show for the fourth time in a row. Noah was also a nominee tonight for Best Comedy Album for Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would.

"It's a combination of remembering all of the preparation, thinking hard about what we're there to do and then remembering how many people have worked hard to make the show what it is," he told Billboard. "So I'm in my head, I'm preparing for every contingency that I cannot prepare for and just trying to be ready for anything that could possibly go wrong in any possible moment."

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