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Pop Smoke’s Label Boss Steven Victor Shades GRAMMYs: “Who Is D Smoke?”
Steven Victor Shades D Smoke While Blasting Grammys For Snubbing Pop Smoke’s Album
The Grammys snubbed couple of albums on the Best Rap Album category, expected projectes likes Lil Baby’s My Turn, Pop Smoke’s Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon, and Lil Uzi Vert’s Eternal Atake all failed to get nominated.
The GRAMMYs rather chose to recognize some lesser-celebrated rappers on a grand stage, nominating D Smoke, Royce Da 5’9″, Jay Electronica, and others in the category.
50 Cent has earlier reacted to the snub, being that he executively produced Pop Smoke’s album. “They out of touch this shit ain’t it, get the fuck outta here,” Fif wrote on Instagram in a since-deleted post.
Pop Smoke’s former manager Steven Victor has also reacted to the snub, shading another rapper D Smoke in the process. “I think the Grammys is cap, bro. No disrespect, but who is D Smoke?” said Victor during an interview with GQ Magazine.
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“This is an artist—I’m not saying he started a genre, because he didn’t start drill music—but [Pop] bought drill music to the forefront and made it mainstream. He had a huge impact. Forget about whether he passed away, his impact was felt way before that. He was going to be a superstar.”
Steven continued, “How does he not get nominated for Album of the Year or Rap Album of the Year or Best New Artist? This is his only chance to get nominated for these awards.”
“So to me, the Grammys is cap. I don’t know who’s making these decisions. He should’ve been nominated for ‘Dior’ in more than one category, he should’ve been nominated for Best New Artist, he should’ve been nominated for Album of the Year, and he should’ve been nominated for Rap Album of the Year. He should’ve swept the whole thing. It doesn’t make any sense.”
However, Steven added that Pop’s family is pleased that he got at least one nomination. But, he’s angry because he knows this was the rapper’s only chance to be recognized on such a grand level.
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