The Grammys Tweeted-and-Deleted That Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice Won, Causing Confusion and Conspiracy Theories
The Recording Academy announced a slew of early Grammy Award winners ahead of Sunday night's official show, and they appear to have mistakenly announced Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice's "Barbie World" as the winner of Best Rap Song, before seemingly deleting the tweet and announcing that "Scientists & Engineers" by Killer Mike actually won.
The #GRAMMYs official account mistakenly announced ‘Barbie World’ as the Best Rap Song winner, instead of ‘Scientists & Engineers.’ pic.twitter.com/gFWtwT4QyH
— Pop Base (@PopBase) February 4, 2024
And fans seem...confused to say the least. There are even some people who believe this is part of a wider conspiracy theory of the part of the Recording Academy to snub Nicki specifically (she's been nominated 12 times but has never won).
Why would the Grammys post about Nicki Minaj & ice spice n say they won the Grammys in a tweet & then just deleted it….. pic.twitter.com/kJCbOzhto3
— NATE (@NATERERUN) February 4, 2024
the fact that this only happens to nicki but y'all still want me to believe they not playing in mother's face??? pic.twitter.com/QM54xpdksM
— nathyyy ✰ (@nathyyyminaj) February 4, 2024
But why did they announce Nicki won on the official academy twitter page but the show just said someone else… now I see why Nicki think everyone a opp now….. like this is strange
— NATE (@NATERERUN) February 4, 2024
Oh so now the post is deleted. So thirsty for Nicki Minaj’s attention it’s sad. pic.twitter.com/BDyUqjMleY
— 𝕁𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕕 (@JAWAD_PF2) February 4, 2024
We know Barbie World is the real winner the Scammys switch it up last minute because Nicki didn’t attend!! pic.twitter.com/XRxVFKwvRR
— Gag Data (@GagData) February 4, 2024
but when nicki said the industry is plotting against her yall think she’s crazy. @RecordingAcad yall weird asf pic.twitter.com/UrWBl8n9CE
— 𝗿ø𝗻 (@ronreup) February 4, 2024
It’s giving Nicki won and every tweet was scheduled, but they changed the winner last second 🤣🤣
— Holland Media (@HoIIandMedia) February 4, 2024
Nicki has a complicated history with the Grammys. In 2022, she called out the Recording Academy for moving her hit "Super Freaky Girl" from the rap category to the pop one, saying (via Billboard), “It was done to decrease my chances of winning awards for ‘Super Freaky Girl.’ It was done to remove me from the category that they don’t want COMPETITION in!!!!!!! They are all scared to death of the success of that song & thought it would be super EASY for them (like it’s been for the last few years) but ‘SFG’ is such a global smash, certain members are AFRAID to keep it in the competition.”
Neither Nicki, Ice Spice, or the Recording Academy have spoken out about the mistake at this time, but stay tuned!
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