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The
Barbz
are
BIG
mad
after
the
Recording
Academy
made
a
huge
blunder
while
announcing
the
Grammy
winner
of
Best
Rap
Song.
During
the
Grammy
pre-show
on
Feb.
4,
Killer
Mike
was
crowned
the
winner
of
the
category
for
his
track
“Scientists
and
Engineers”
featuring
Future,
Andre
3000,
and
Eryn
Allen
Kane.
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Stories
However,
on
X,
formerly
known
as
Twitter,
the
Recording
Academy
mistakenly
named
Ice
Spice
and
Nicki
Minaj
the
winners
causing
confusion
and
allegations
of
“sabotage.”
Source:
Theo
Wargo/Lester
Cohen
/
Getty
Images
for
MTV,
Getty
Images
for
The
Recording
Academy
The
post
—
which
has
since
been
deleted
—
deemed
Nicki
and
Spice
the
champions
for
their
hit
single
“Barbie
World,”
which
was
created
for
the
Barbie
Movie
soundtrack.
Shortly
after
Killer
Mike
was
announced
as
the
actual
winner,
the
major
oversight
was
scrubbed
from
the
Recording
Academy’s
X
account,
but
fans
of
the
famous
femcees
were
quick
to
capture
a
screenshot
of
the
huge
error.
The
Barbz,
Nicki’s
dedicated
fanbase,
were
pissed
off
by
the
major
oversight.
Netizens
claimed
that
the
mistake
was
made
“on
purpose”
to
spite
the
“Anaconda”
rhymer,
who
has
previously
called
out
the
Recording
Academy
for
not
awarding
her
a
Grammy.
Fans
were
certain
that
Nicki
and
Ice
Spice
were
the
real
winners
of
the
category
and
some
questioned
if
the
Grammys
were
“paid”
to
change
the
decision
last
minute.
Nicki
earned
two
nominations
during
the
2024
Grammys
for
her
work
on
Barbie
World.
The
Queen
rapper
has
snagged
12
nominations
in
total
from
the
Recording
Academy,
but,
oddly,
she
has
never
won
an
award.
It
is
a
little
strange
considering
her
impact
on
hip-hop
over
the
last
decade
and
the
Barbz
think
Sunday’s
“mixup”
was
a
slight
to
make
the
rapper
think
she
finally
won,
only
to
snatch
it
away.
In
2010,
Minaj
soared
to
fame
after
she
released
her
debut
album
Pink
Friday,
just
shy
of
her
28th
birthday.
The
album
spawned
classics
like
“Moment
4
Life”
and
“Super
Bass,”
which
reached
number
three
on
the
U.S.
Billboard
Hot
100
chart
and
was
certified
diamond
by
the
RIAA.
Minaj’s
2012
follow-up
album,
Pink
Friday:
Roman
Reloaded,
struck
success
with
the
album’s
lead
single
“Starships,”
which
peaked
across
the
top
five
in
15
countries.
The
album’s
second
single,
“Anaconda,”
debuted
at
number
two
on
the
Hot
100
chart.
Thanks
to
the
song’s
bootylicious
music
video,
Minaj
became
the
first
solo
female
rapper
to
reach
one
billion
views
on
YouTube
Nicki
Minaj
Has
Had
A
Bone
To
Pick
With
The
Recording
Academy
Over
Her
Grammy
Snubs
In
2022,
the
mother
of
one
slammed
the
Recording
Academy
for
moving
her
song
“Super
Freaky
Girl”
out
of
the
Grammys
Rap
division
to
the
Pop
category.
“I
have
no
prob
being
moved
out
the
RAP
category
as
long
as
we
r
ALL
being
treated
FAIRLY,”
Minaj
penned
on
X
in
October
2022. “If
SFG
(‘Super
Freaky
Girl’)
has
2B
moved
out
RAP
then
so
does
Big
Energy!”
she
added,
referring
to
Latto’s
hit
song.
Minaj,
42,
explained
her
position
further
in
a
lengthy
Instagram
Live
video,
according
to
Variety.
“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,”
the
rap
veteran
said
in
a
since-deleted
video.
“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
fucking
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.”
Source:
MEGA/GC
Images
/
Getty
The
star
claimed
that
the
decision
was
made
to
weaken
her
chances
of
winning
an
award.
“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?”
Nicki
added.
“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.”
Ice
Spice
is
still
waiting
on
her
trophy,
too.
At
the
2024
Grammys,
the
“Think
U
The
Sh*t”
rapper
was
nominated
for
four
Grammys,
including
one
for
Best
New
Artist.
She
lost
in
that
category
to
Victoria
Monét.
Yikes!
What
do
you
think
about
this
messy
mistake?
Were
The
Barbz
right
for
calling
out
the
Recording
Academy?