LOS ANGELES, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Canadian rapper Drake withdrew on Monday from the Grammy Awards, eradicating his two nominations for music’s optimum honors, resources shut to the musician stated.

Drake, 35, got two Grammy nominations last thirty day period in the rap industry – finest rap album for “Certified Lover Boy” and most effective rap functionality for his tune “Way 2 Pretty.”

The sources said the request to pull out of thing to consider was manufactured by the rapper and his management but gave no causes for the go. The Recording Academy website was getting up to date on Monday to take out Drake’s nominations from the Grammy checklist, the sources mentioned.

Drake, whose “Qualified Lover Boy” was just one of the leading-advertising albums of 2021, has a contentious romantic relationship with the Grammys.

Past year, he criticized the Grammys for totally shutting out fellow Canadian The Weeknd from its nominations record. In 2019 Drake declined to conduct at the ceremony then criticized the awards display from the stage.

“I wanna permit you know we’re enjoying in an viewpoint-dependent sport not a factual-dependent activity,” he mentioned although accepting the Grammy for his solitary “God’s Approach.”

“This is a company exactly where often it is up to a bunch of folks who might not realize what a mixed race child from Canada has to say or a fly Spanish lady from New York or anybody else,” Drake included.

Grammy nominations are chosen by associates of the Recording Academy and voted on by members. Jazz musician Jon Batiste led nominations this 12 months with 11 nods, followed by Justin Bieber, Doja Cat and H.E.R.

Winners will be declared at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Jan 31.

Reporting by Jill Serjeant Modifying by Cynthia Osterman

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