The rap nominations for the 58th Grammy Awards already have timelines going from zero to 100 rather quickly. With Kendrick Lamar — last year’s unsung hero — bagging 11 nods this go-round, Drake, Fetty Wap, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West and J. Cole also join the ranks with several shout outs from the Academy for best rap album of the year, best rap performance and best rap/ sung collaboration.
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Here was how timelines responded to the nominees.
2016 Grammy Awards: Photos of the Nominees
Kendrick diehards couldn’t keep their emojis under control over the news.
@kendricklamar has 11 Grammy nominations ——
— JOVOnny Raim (@JonnyMars_) December 7, 2015
@kendricklamar congrats 11 #GRAMMYNOMS wow ——————————————–
— Powley MaAgbor (@PowleyMaAgbor) December 7, 2015
Kendrick Lamar got 11 Grammy nominations ————
— Oakley (@GeorgeOakley) December 7, 2015
The Future Hive was up in arms about their leader not getting recognition.
I have a dream that one day Future will win that Grammy he deserves pic.twitter.com/kziV8NaovZ
— Where is ANTi (@LadyOnTheMuna) December 2, 2015
March Madness not nominated for a Grammy? pic.twitter.com/aJsWsrbqss
— E.M.B Chino (@Pachino__) December 7, 2015
Future got cheated again, definitely deserved a couple Grammy nominations
— Washed (@dang_deuce) December 7, 2015
Then there was chatter about Drake getting nominated for his Meek Mill diss record “Back To Back.”
If Drake wins a Grammy for the Meek Mill diss —— pic.twitter.com/nOEhTOY4Ig
— Funny Tweets (@FunnyThingsUK) December 7, 2015
Drake the — for having a diss track get a grammy nomination. He won already
— NapGod aka A$AP Naps (@GregSmallz) December 7, 2015
Meek Mill dissed Drake….and ended up getting him nommed for a Grammy….Thank your haters today.
— Fran Fine (@MAKINGGROCERlES) December 7, 2015
Grammy Nominations 2016: See the Full List of Nominees
Some were thinking out loud in tweets.
Travis Scott deserves a grammy for putting young thug and justin beiber on a song together
— Cole (@_coIe) December 5, 2015
How ill would it be if Paul McCartney gets a rap Grammy for “All Day”?
— Brandon Edler (@MrBrando3) December 7, 2015
Loyal Stans also came to their favorite artists’ defense.
ladies and gentlemen, fetty wap is officially a Grammy nominated artist and there’s nothing you can do about it #WAP
— Keith Ferrara (@KeithFerrara) December 7, 2015
All I know J.Cole better win a Grammy or we rioting
— Zeb_Lover (@iSayYou_HeDead) December 7, 2015
The GRAMMY-NOMINATED album ‘The Pinkprint’. Yeah, that sounds nice @NICKIMINAJ.
— Travis † (@HowTypicalOfMe) December 7, 2015
Other Twitter civilians also tweeted their disappointment with the Grammy nomination lineup, as well.
No Grammy Nom. Ok. That two years of Fuck Shit. Now we gonna Make RTJ even Meaner & Better than Even I expected. #RTJBestRapAlbumSucka
— Killer Mike (@KillerMike) December 7, 2015
#GRAMMYNOMS The fact that Fetty is being considered for rap Grammy’s makes my skin crawl.
— Chris (@LookOberHere) December 7, 2015
I’m really surprised Drake’s mixtape is apparently Grammy worthy… I feel like theres way better rap albums that dropped this year
— bet. (@dartheazy) December 7, 2015
Even if Kdot wins all 11 grammy’s, it still won’t make up for when Macklemore robbed him, Jay Z, Yeezy, and Drake for RAP album of the year.
— wildflower (@DoingDopeThings) December 7, 2015