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.
Check out some of the replies below:
idc if you like nicki or not but please put stan stuff asideand 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..? pic.twitter.com/1xjAQSMqYT
— welp. (@YSLONIKA) February 4, 2024
N*cki after refreshing the Grammy account, seeing Barbie world won tweet deleted, and realizing her lifelong dream of being a Grammy winner was still…a dream.
— SALKING VON(TEA)SE (@SalKingRichard) February 4, 2024
Barbie 🌎 ended by Killer Mike in her own G@g city.
Grammy time indeed! pic.twitter.com/KssFhQ3ZhW
The Barbie World situation right now is going to gain us some sympathy points from the general public. God works in mysterious ways pic.twitter.com/GT4uW05B5c
— b (@croatianbarbs) February 4, 2024
and this is not SUSPICIOS? changed from Barbie World to Scienctists % something… #NickiMinaj #GRAMMYs #Grammy #Scammys pic.twitter.com/lpiOzn4xzm
— nickiana’s city🎀 (@TRULY0NIKA) February 4, 2024
Lmfaooo that check cleared!! I believe Barbie World was supposed to win but they probably changed it at the last minute because of what happened last week… that’s so fuckd up! Jay z you will be dealt with!!! Wow. pic.twitter.com/Yx17ldj2hu
— EriTron_Jo😬 (@erion_jordan) February 4, 2024
The Grammys Producers after putting Barbie World as the winner knowing it was a lie #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/yFcZt6lDsJ
— Yoræ (@YoriTadashi) February 4, 2024
the GRAMMYs even put barbie world as the winner on their website… 😭😭 yeah okay. pic.twitter.com/gluYPJv0Pf
— welp. (@YSLONIKA) February 4, 2024