New York rapper Nas‘ daughter is big proud. The hip-hop veteran’s mini-me has come forward to celebrate her pops earning his first-ever Grammy award with King’s Disease winning Rap Album of the Year. Nas’ Daughter Reacts To Grammy Win Destiny Jones hit up Instagram to geek out over her pops achievement. She shared the project’s […]
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Alfredo rapper Freddie Gibbs wasn’t broken up about his loss at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, Sunday, and in fact, he still had jokes after it was announced that Nas had won Best Rap Album for King’s Disease.
“Look, I might have lost today,” he admitted in a video that surfaced on social media. “But I’m undefeated in court!”
Other nominees for Best Rap Album included D Smoke (Black Habits), Jay Electronica (A Written Testimony), and Royce 5’9’’ (The Allegory).
Gibbs has survived a handful of court cases, including a sexual assault accusation in Vienna, Austria where he was found not guilty. Video evidence during the trial showed that Gibbs was alone in his room at the time of the alleged assault. Additionally, he had charges dropped in a case regarding possession of marijuana.
Not everyone was as content with Gibbs’ loss as the man himself. Many fans on social media were upset to see that he didn’t take home any awards on Sunday.
Check out some of the reactions below and for the full list of updated Grammy winners and nominees from Sunday, head here.
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While Freddie Gibbs fans had a minor collective meltdown over his album Alfredo being “robbed” at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, the Gary, Indiana rapper’s response was much more affable. Gibbs, who was tabbed by fans as a shoo-in for a Best Rap Album award win thanks to his razor-sharp flows and blunt, darkly humorous observations about his misadventures in the drug game on it, was beaten out by Nas, who won the award for his Hit-Boy-produced 2020 album King’s Disease.
Fred didn’t seem too broken up about it, though. In a video posted to social media by a fan at his private Grammy viewing party, Gibbs shrugged off the loss with his typical irreverent outlook and a cheeky comment, delivered in a flashy, salmon-colored suit. “Look, I might have lost today,” he admitted, addressing the crowd. “But I’m undefeated in court!”
Freddie Gibbs’ reaction to losing Best Rap Album at the Grammys
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— Hot Freestyle (@HotFreestyle) March 14, 2021
He’s referring, of course, to a handful of criminal cases that broke his way, as detailed recently by an in-depth profile on The Ringer by Jeff Weiss. In one case, a judge misreading the amount in case of possession of weed led to the case being dismissed. In the most recent example, Fred was arrested in France after being accused of sexual assault in Vienna, Austria. However, once the details of the case were heard in court, a panel of Austrian judges declared him not guilty, with video evidence confirming that Gibbs was alone in his room at the time the assault was alleged.
Check out Gibbs;’ tongue-in-cheek response to his Grammy loss above.
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Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson (R) said that he wasn’t worried during the Capitol Hill riot on January 6th, but admitted that he would’ve been had the protesters been apart of Black Lives Matter. Johnson spoke about the infamous insurrection attempt on a radio program titled The Joe Pags Show, Thursday.
As for why he felt unthreatened, Johnson explained, “Because I didn’t [feel threatened]. Mainly because I knew, even though those thousands of people that were marching to the Capitol were trying to pressure people like me to vote the way they wanted me to vote, I knew those were people that love this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break a law, and so I wasn’t concerned.”
So what would’ve made Johnson worried? He argued that Black Lives Matter or Antifa would have been the real cause for concern: “Now, had the tables been turned — and Joe, this could get me in trouble — had the tables been turned and President Trump won the election, and those were tens of thousands of Black Lives Matter and Antifa protesters, I might have been a little concerned.”
Johnson was first elected to the Senate in 2010, defeating Democratic incumbent Russ Feingold.
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Nas hasn’t had much success at the Grammy awards. Well, to be honest, he hasn’t had any. The legendary rapper failed to bring home the coveted award each of the 13 times he was nominated. Luckily for him, all of that changed on Sunday at the 2021 Grammys. Nas won in the Best Rap Album category with his 13th album, King’s Disease. The project was boosted by a refreshed sound thanks to Hit-Boy’s production as well as solid contributions from the likes of Big Sean, Lil Durk, Anderson .Paak, and more.
The win comes 25 years after Nas received his first Grammy nomination in the Best Rap Solo Performance category at the 1996 show for “If I Ruled The World (Imagine That).” His nomination for the Best Rap Album is also the fifth time in Nas’ career that he was in the running for the award. The previous four times came in 2000 with I Am…, 2008 for Hip Hop Is Dead, 2009 for Nas, and 2013 for Life Is Good. Prior to this year, Nas was high on the list of artists with the most Grammy nominations without a win. The names ahead of him include Martina McBride (14), Brian McKnight (17), Snoop Dogg (17), and Morten Lindberg who holds the record with 20 winless nominations.
Nas beat D Smoke’s Black Habits, Jay Electronica’s A Written Testimony, Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist’s Alfredo, and Royce 5’9’’’s The Allegory to take home his first Grammy award.
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The United States set a world record for single-day vaccinations for COVID-19, Saturday, with nearly 3 million coronavirus vaccines being administered in the 24-hour period. White House Chief of Staff Ronald Klein announced the record on Twitter, Saturday night.
“With the 6am cut off, the total would have been 2.98m, more COVID shots than any country has administered on any day in this crisis — a world’s best record,’’ Klein tweeted in response to Bloomberg reporter Drew Armstrong.
Armstrong noted that the originally reported figure, 4.6 million, was a massive increase in vaccinations, but not necessarily accurate or indicative of a new single-day trend, but how the data was delivered from the CDC. He explains: “The boring answer: It’s a one-time methodological bump from a later-than-usual CDC data pull that sucked in more data than usual.”
Regardless, as Klein points out, the corrected figure is still a world record in its own right.
There are now three vaccines available in the U.S., but Dr. Anthony Fauci says there is no favorite and that all are equally good to get. He explained why and joked about microchips in a new episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Friday.
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Houston rapper Megan Thee Stallion knows the importance of March 14. The hip-hop star has lit up social media with a big salute to her “son” and ride or die doggy Foe Thee Frenchie. Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Son’ Turns 2 Stallion went to Instagram to celebrate the special day. Meg unloaded a must-like pic of […]
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Legendary Saints quarterback Drew Brees has announced that he is retiring from the NFL after 20 seasons in the league. The former Super Bowl champion revealed his highly rumored decision with a video on his social media.
“After 20 years as a player in the NFL and 15 years as a Saint, it is time I retire from the game of football,” Brees said in the caption of the post. “Each day, I poured my heart & soul into being your Quarterback. Til the very end, I exhausted myself to give everything I had to the Saints organization, my team, and the great city of New Orleans. We shared some amazing moments together, many of which are emblazoned in our hearts and minds and will forever be a part of us. You have molded me, strengthened me, inspired me, and given me a lifetime of memories. My goal for the last 15 years was striving to give to you everything you had given to me and more.”
Brees was drafted in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the Chargers. He joined the Saints in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2006 and led New Orleans to the Super Bowl three years later. Brees finishes as the NFL’s leader in career passing yards with 80,358.
“I am only retiring from playing football, I am not retiring from New Orleans,” Brees added. “This is not goodbye, rather a new beginning. Now my real life‘s work begins!”
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Taika Waititi is a Grammy winner now! That was a bit unexpected! The filmmaker and actor is not a musician, though he has done some music-adjacent work, such as his involvement with The Flight of the Conchords. But on Sunday, during the run of pre-show awards, he accepted the trophy for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, for his 2019 Holocaust comedy-drama Jojo Rabbit. And he was as surprised to get one as everyone else.
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Waititi gave his acceptance speech very remotely — from a trailer on the set of Thor: Love and Thunder, which started filming in Sydney, Australia earlier this year. It began with some technical glitches, but once everything was cleared up he was quick to go into charming jokey mode.
“I guess they’re just giving Grammys to anyone now! I’ll take it, thank you,” Waititi said. He then tried to talk about Jojo Rabbit, which earned him an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay over a year ago, in a much different time. “What can I say? It was so long ago, I can barely remember anything about making that movie — but it seems like it’s never going to go away, and I’m happy about that.” Then he said he was “going back to work now.”
Waititi was also taken aback online.
Lol wtfffff https://t.co/y8MSNTaUrn
— Taika Waititi (@TaikaWaititi) March 14, 2021
But he was also very grateful.
I am happy today. https://t.co/QdOq9niSjf
— Taika Waititi (@TaikaWaititi) March 14, 2021
The win may be a shock, but it does mean something big: Waititi is one half of the way towards EGOT power. So put him on TV and on Broadway and let’s get this done.
