Cube wasn't the most commercially successful rapper, but his impact on hip-hop music can't ever be denied. Today Cube is a big Hollywood star, a name that the Grammy committee would surely recognize even if they've never given him an award.
Ice Cube
Amazingly, the “It Was A Good Day” rapper has never been nominated for a single Grammy in his entire career.
FUSE TV - Ice Cube Immediately Left the GRAMMY Awards To Avoid 'Three-Hour Bulls—t' Ice Cube and his son, O'Shea Jackson Jr., were the first GRAMMY Awards presenters on Monday night (Feb. 15), when they handed Best Rap Album to Kendrick Lamar for To Pimp A Butterfly. It was a pretty touching moment!
Rappers Busta Rhymes and Tupac both have at least one nomination but zero wins.
Sinead O'Connor has always been an artist who refuses to beat to the sound of anyone else's drum. The Irish singer is a maverick in the truest sense of the word, and O'Connor proved this in 1991 when she turned down an award from the Grammys.
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In an interview, Eminem said of the award show, “I'm tired of seeing it. For whatever reason, they're always pitching this hint that you might win album of the year, which used to be a big deal.
Tupac. Run D.M.C. is the most important rap group ever and has never won a Grammy, and Tupac is the greatest rapper ever and has never won a Grammy. It's fitting. (He was nominated six times, though.)
however, there were some which, believe it or not, came straight out of real life, as well as Compton. One such story sees Ice Cube destroy a record executive's office with a baseball bat. Remarkably, this is one of the true stories, and Cube has confirmed the fact via numerous interviews.
His longevity in the industry has far surpassed that of most other artists, and Money Inc. indicates he has gone on to amass a net fortune worth $160 million using his talent as an artist.
The only person to compete in the final round (and win) on The Cube was Mo Farah, a British long-distance runner who won gold medals in both the 2012 and 2016 Olympic games. The athlete competed in a 2012 charity special and donated the grand prize of £250,000.
Kanye West holds the records of most wins in the category with seven, as well as most nominations for the award with sixteen. 2007 winner Ludacris. Two-time winner Pharrell Williams. Five-time winner Jay-Z.
Chance The Rapper earned the first three GRAMMYs of his career at the 59th GRAMMY Awards, including Best New Artist. He made his GRAMMY stage debut that same year, performing a medley of "How Great" and "All We Got" alongside GRAMMY winners Kirk Franklin and Tamela Mann.
Coldplay - 7 Grammy Award Wins.
Most Grammys won by a rapper
Jay-Z and Kanye West, each with 24 awards, have won more Grammy Awards than any other rapper. Lauryn Hill is the most awarded female rapper, with eight Grammy Awards.
As of 2023, Eminem holds the record for the most wins in this category, with six. Lauryn Hill was the first female artist to win in this category, when she won in 1997 with the Fugees. Cardi B became the first solo female rapper to win for Invasion of Privacy.
Beyoncé made history at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 5 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. By winning four awards, she surpassed the late classical conductor Sir Georg Solti for the most wins by anyone in Grammy history. Bey has now won 32 Grammys, one more than Solti won over a 35-year span (1963-1998).
Drake has a long history of frustrations with the GRAMMY Awards and the Recording Academy, first skipping the show in 2017 after criticizing the Academy for nominating "Hotline Bling" in rap categories rather than pop.
Drake has long expressed frustrations with the Grammy Awards and the Recording Academy, memorably skipping the show in 2017 and criticizing the academy for nominating “Hotline Bling” in rap categories despite insisting his hit was a pop song.
Last year, Drake earned a pair of Grammy nominations in the rap categories, but he later asked the Recording Academy to rescind them, as he apparently wasn't interested in the recognition.
Jay-Z is undoubtedly one of the most decorated hip hop artists of all time, with a whopping 24 Grammy Awards to his name. He won his first award back in 1999 for Best Rap Album with Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life and has been a constant presence at the ceremony ever since.
She has received numerous awards throughout her career, including 9 Grammy Awards, 5 American Music Awards, and 22 Billboard Music Awards.
She won the award for 2009 for Fearless, again for 2015 for 1989 and, most recently, for 2020 for Folklore. The singer/songwriter made her GRAMMY performance debut at the 51st GRAMMY Awards in 2009, performing "Fifteen" with Miley Cyrus.