Grammys has kicked out Nicki Minaj’s “Super Freaky Girl” from the rap category.
Nicki Minaj has recently released “Super Freaky Girl“, which went on to become one of her greatest records. The Queen of Barbz was a high contender for Grammy for the best rap song, but the single has now been removed from the rap category to pop.
Grammys are now being criticised on social media, and Minaj also shares some words, while mentioning Latto’s “Big Energy”. “I have no prob being moved out the RAP category as long as we r ALL being treated FAIRLY,” Minaj tweeted. “If SFG (‘Super Freaky Girl’) has 2B moved out RAP then so does Big Energy! ANY1 who says diff is simply a Nicki hater or a troll.”
I have no prob being moved out the RAP category as long as we r ALL being treated FAIRLY. If SFG has 2B moved out RAP then so does Big Energy! ANY1 who says diff is simply a Nicki hater or a troll. I’d actually LUV 2 c a more street record win- male OR female! IJS rightIsRight 🫡
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) October 13, 2022
She then addressed the whole thing in IG live. “If you can’t tell by now that there is a concerted effort to give newer artists things that they really don’t deserve over people who have been deserving for many years, then you’re not paying attention,” she said. “And by the way, this is not to say any song is bad or any female rapper is bad. I always say this: Any rapper, female or male, that wins a Grammy, you should be f**king proud of yourself. But why is the goalpost only ever moved when it’s Nicki? Well, I’ll tell you why. They don’t want the people that they have in the industry to go up against me.”
“If ‘Super Freaky Girl’ is pop, then so is ‘Big Energy’. If you move ‘Super Freaky Girl’ out of rap and put it in pop, do the same with ‘Big Energy.’ Right? Same producers on both songs, by the way, if you want to talk about it. So let’s keep sh*t fair.”
She continued and stated that she was removed from rap category because then want any competition. “Now what do you think is gonna happen when they start voting on these pop categories? And it’s a bunch of people, white or wherever they’re from, or older, and they have to decide between Nicki Minaj and Harry Styles, or Nicki Minaj and Adele? That’s purposely designed so Nicki is not in the (rap) category that we don’t want any competition in. Put her in there (in pop) so she has more competition and less of a chance to win.”
Nicki Minaj has been nominated for ten Grammys in her career but has yet to win one. She has only been nominated for a pop category once, in 2015, for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance with “Bang Bang,” partnering with Ariana Grande and Jessie J. Pink Friday and The Pinkprint both received Best Rap Album nominations.
With over three million plays, “Super Freaky Girl” became the largest debut for a solo female rap track in Spotify history. It also became the quickest solo female rap song on Spotify to reach 100 million streams.
Check out the whole thing below.
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