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Grammy Gaffe: Nicki Minaj’s Premature Victory for ‘Barbie World’ Sparks Outrage

Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice
By: Mike WinslowCategory: News

Despite high hopes, Nicki Minaj’s anticipated first Grammy win for “Barbie World” was a mistaken announcement, leaving fans and the artist in disbelief.

Fans of Nicki Minaj thought the rap star won her first Grammy tonight, but unfortunately, taking home an award still eludes the Queen’s rapper. 

Earlier in the day, The Recording Academy’s official account tweeted that Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice’s song “Barbie World” from the Barbie World the Album won Best Rap Song this year. 

Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice collaborated on the hit single “Barbie World,” which served as the fourth single from “Barbie: The Album.” The track also features Aqua, who sang the original version of the tune.

The song achieved commercial success, peaking at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was featured in the film’s end credits, marking a standout moment for both artists in the year.

Her fans are up in arms because the tweet was premature and utterly wrong because Killer Mike’s album Michael swept the Rap categories, taking home Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap Performance.

Killer Mike’s song “Scientists & Engineers” beat out “Barbie World,” “Just Wanna Rock” by Lil Uzi and “Rich Flex” by 21 Savage and Drake. 

The flub has sparked severe backlash since Nicki’s fans were excited because she has never won a Grammy Award. Apparently, Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice’s “Barbie World” was also erroneously posted as the winner on the Grammys’ official website. 

“idc if you like nicki or not but please put stan stuff aside and just think rationally for a second… so you’re telling me the Grammys website which had all the other right winners somehow made a mistake with barbie world…? which never happened EVER before..?,” one angry Barb wrote on Twitter. 

“mistakenly” updated nicki’s grammy artist profile with a win. mistakenly” announced her as the winner via the official grammy page. mistakenly updated google w/ barbie world being the winner…@RecordingAcad is fraudulent,” another disappointed user raged. 

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