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СпутникиРНSpaceXРоскосмосNASADrake and The Weeknd have decided to boycott the Grammys again. The One Dance rapper, 35, and the Blinding Lights, 32, singer both decided they will not let their labels submit their music.
Drake and The Weeknd have decided to boycott the Grammys again.
The 35-year-old One Dance rapper and the 32-year-old Blinding Lights singer have both decided they will not let their labels submit their music to the Recording Academy.
This is the second straight year the two Canadian artists have decided to challenge the 65-year-old organization.
Boycotting: Drake and The Weeknd have decided to boycott the Grammys again
Both of the artists have expressed distaste for the Recording Academy's practices in the past.
Last year, The Weeknd announced he would boycott the Grammys in part due to the voters' snubbing of his critically-acclaimed album After Hours.
'Because of the secret committees, I will no longer allow my label to submit my music to the Grammys,' the Weeknd, born Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, said.
Distaste: Both of the artists have expressed distaste for the Recording Academy's practices in the past (pictured 2014)
Snubbed: Last year, The Weeknd announced he would boycott the Grammys in part due to the voters' snubbing of his critically-acclaimed album After Hours (pictured 2018)
He discussed being snubbed by the Grammys in an interview with Billboard which was published in January 2021.
'I use a sucker punch as an analogy. Because it just kind of hit me out of nowhere. I definitely felt … I felt things. I don't know if it was sadness or anger. I think it was just confusion. I just wanted answers. Like, 'What happened?''
Drake has taken shots at the Recording Academy in the past as well. In 2017, his song Hotline Bling was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Performance and Best Rap Song.
Though he won awards in both categories, the God's Plan rapper wasn't thrilled at the way his work was classified.
Not a rap song: 'Even though Hotline Bling is not a rap song … the only category they can manage to fit me in is a rap category,' he said. 'Maybe because I've rapped in the past or because I'm black, I can't figure out why' (pictured September 2022)
Tons of nominations: Drake has four Grammy wins on 47 nominations while The Weeknd has won four Grammys with just 13 nominations
'Even though Hotline Bling is not a rap song … the only category they can manage to fit me in is a rap category,' he said. 'Maybe because I've rapped in the past or because I'm black, I can't figure out why.'
He continued, 'I love the rap world and I love the rap community, but you're right. I write pop songs for a reason. I wanna be like Michael Jackson. I wanna be like artists that I've looked up to. Those are pop songs, but I never get any credit for that…I won two awards last night, but I don't even want them because it feels weird for some reason.'
Drake has four Grammy wins on 47 nominations while The Weeknd has won four Grammys with just 13 nominations.
The 65th Grammy Awards will take place February 5, 2023, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.