New York, NY – Put up Malone received’t be in competition for Finest Rap Album on the 2019 Grammy Awards. In accordance with the Related Press, Malone’s Beerbongs & Bentleys LP has been shifted to the pop class by the Grammy’s rap committee.
A supply informed the AP the committee determined the album veered extra into pop territory with its sound and melodies. HipHopDX additionally selected to not overview Beerbongs & Bentleys for comparable causes.
Nominees for the Grammy’s Finest Rap Album class should include “51 % or extra rap music.” Malone didn’t attain this normal within the committee’s thoughts because of album cuts like “Keep.”
Malone was additionally denied entry into the Finest New Artist class. In accordance with the AP’s supply, Grammy voters dominated him out because of the success his 2016 debut Stoney. Malone’s 2015 hit “White Iverson” was additionally introduced up as a justification for not inserting him within the class.
Cardi B suffered an identical destiny too. Voters decided she wasn’t eligible for Finest New Artist since she beforehand earned Finest Rap Music and Finest Rap Efficiency nominations for “Bodak Yellow” for the 2018 Grammy Awards.