2024 Grammy Award Winners

The Recording Academy celebrated the 12 months’s music throughout their 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 4) on the Crypto.com Enviornment in Los Angeles.

In the course of the pre-show ceremony, Atlanta rapper Killer Mike swept all of the rap classes together with Finest Rap Album (Michael) in addition to each Finest Rap Track and Finest Rap Efficiency with “Scientist & Engineers” that includes Future, Andre 3000, and Eryn Allen Kane.

“Keep running your race,” he mentioned throughout his acceptance speech. “If you think you think you can jump 20 feet, jump 40. It is our responsibility to be grand at everything. The only thing that limits you is you. The only thing that limits your age is not being truthful about your age.”

Following Mike’s win, the 48-year-old rapper, born Michael Render, was arrested on the award present in connection of a bodily altercation on the area. He was booked on a misdemeanor battery cost and was launched.

SZA, who carried out “Snooze” and “Kill Bill” through the televised present, had a victorious evening incomes her first Grammy for Finest R&B Track (“Snooze“). She additionally gained Finest Progressive R&B Album (SOS) and Finest Pop Duo/Group Efficiency (“Ghost In The Machine“) that includes Phoebe Bridgers.

In the meantime, Victoria Monet additionally earned her first Grammy Award through the occasion with three general as effectively. Monet took house the Finest New Artist award. He highly-praised album Jaguar 2 additionally earned her Finest R&B Album and Finest Engineered Album, Non-Classical Album.

Along with SZA’s efficiency, different highlighted performances included Travis Scott’ who a UTOPIA ‘s medley pf “My Eyes,” I Know,” “Fe!n” with Playboi Carti. For Burna Boy’s efficiency, he ran via “On Form,” “City Boys,” and introduced out each 21 Savage and Brandy for “Sittin’ on Top of the World”.

Different large wins all through the night included Lil Durk and J.Cole’s “All My Life” successful Finest Melodic Rap Efficiency, Coco Jones’ “ICU” taking Finest R&B Efficiency, and PJ Morton and Susan Carol’s “Good Morning” incomes Finest Conventional R&B Efficiency. Tyla’s hit “Water” gained Finest African Music Efficiency and Julian Marley & Antaeus’ Colors Of Royal took Finest Reggae Album.

JAY-Z was the recipient of the second Dr. Dre World Affect Award and utilized his acceptance speech to share some grievances with the Grammys. “We want y’all to get it right. At least getting close to right. And obviously it’s subjective,” mentioned JAY along with his daughter Blue Ivy beside him. “Y’all don’t gotta clap at everything. Obviously it’s subjective because, you know, it’s music and it’s opinion-based,” the artist began.”

“But, you know, some things, I don’t want to embarrass this young lady, but she has more Grammys than everyone and never won album of the year,” he continued in reference to spouse Beyonce who was within the viewers. “So even by your own metrics, that doesn’t work. Think about that. The most Grammys, never won album of the year. That doesn’t work,.”

He added, “”You understand, a few of you gonna go house tonight and really feel such as you’ve been robbed. A few of you might get robbed. A few of you don’t belong in a class. No, after I get nervous I inform the reality. The reality is, we grew up desirous to be on the Grammys, and it was our objective. We simply need them to get it proper. That’s what we wish.”

JAY then capped off his speech with the next, “Outside of that, you know, we got to keep showing up and forget the Grammys for a second. Just in life. As my daughter just sits and stares at me nervous as I am. Just in life, you got to keep showing up. Just keep showing up. Forget the Grammys you got to keep showing up until they give you all those accolades you feel you deserve. Until they call you Chairman, until they call you a genius until they call you the greatest of all time. You feel me?”

Photographs: Johnny Nunez