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The Recording Academy released the list of 2022 GRAMMYs Awards nominees. Among 86 people, the list includes many Hip-Hop artists. Below are the people within the industry nominated for this year’s awards.

The List Of 2022 Hip-Hop GRAMMYs Nominees

Best Rap Performance

Baby Keem, Kendrick Lamar – Family Ties

Cardi B – Up

J. Cole, 21 Savage & Morray – My Life

Drake, Future, Young Thug – Way Too Sexy

Megan Thee Stallion – Thot Shit

Best Melodic Rap Performance

J. Cole, Lil Baby – Pride Is the Devil

Doja Cat – Need to Know

Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – Industry Baby

Tyler, the Creator Featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Ty Dolla $ign – WusYaName

Kanye West, The Weekend, Lil Baby – Hurricane

Best Rap Song

DMX, Jay-Z, Nas – Bath Salts

Saweetie, Doja Cat – best Friend

Baby Keem, Kendrick Lamar – Family Ties

Kanye West, Jay-Z – Jail

J. Cole, 21 Savage & Morray – My Life

Best Rap Album

J. Cole – The Off-Season

Drake – Certified Lover Boy

Nas – King’s Disease II

Tyler, the Creator – Call Me If You Get Lost

Kanye West – Donda

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Mac Miller – Swimming In Circles

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Hit-Boy

Best Music Video

Lil Nas X – Montero (Call Me by Your Name)

Changes In The Recording Academy

The Academy announced this year’s nominations after some changes took place. They announced the end of secret voting for Big Four categories’ nominees and established new nominations like Música Urbana Album and Global Music Performance. The organization expanded their voting pull, adding such artists as J25, who is the first Indigenous woman to judge the GRAMMYs.

R.Kelly: Still A GRAMMY Nominee?

Recently, the Academy also faced controversy. It ended up with the institution letting R.Kelly keep his GRAMMY wins. The CEO of the Recording Academy stated:

“Right now, I think it’s something that is going to take a little bit more consideration before we can really dictate or decide. My initial feeling is we’re probably not a business that we want to be in of taking people’s awards back after they’ve been given.”

Written by Nikita Serdiuk

Wisconsin Public Radio reported J25 to hold a judge seat at the upcoming 64th Grammy Awards. J25 is the first Indigenous woman ever to judge Grammys.

“It definitely gives me a chance to be a part of the change in the future of music, and also it gives me a chance to introduce a new sound in music,” J25 commented. “With me being an Indigenous artist, it gives me a voice for the Native American culture as well.”

Categories J25 will be judging include hip-hop, pop, jazz, rock, reggaeton, and gospel. Artist’s hopes are to build relationships with other artists and push for more diversity and representation in all genres of Music.

“I believe that (Indigenous music) will have a strong influence in music because it’s something different,” J25 said. “A lot of the artists are very unique, very dedicated to what they do. So, it’s only a matter of time before Indigenous Music as a whole will be like a household name.”

J25 mainly writes songs about political and social justice issues. However, she also often references Native American culture in her Music. J25 main inspirations are influencers within Indigenous communities, like Ada Deer of the Menominee Nation and Bill Anoatubby, governor of the Chickasaw Nation.

Grammys Accusations

In the recent past, The Recording Academy had gone through accusations of racial bias. This summer, Academy posted an infographic chart showing that the 2021 Academy Class is 48 percent female, 32 percent Black, 13 percent Latinx, and 4 percent Asian or Pacific Islander.

John Kerry, mixer and engineer, got recently nominated with a Grammy. One accomplishment of his was bringing his parents to the GRAMMYS. He said, “Music wasn’t necessarily something they saw me doing. They envisioned me being a doctor, civil engineer. When I was able to take them to the GRAMMY’s, it was that reassurance that he’ll be good.” You can read more about it here.

Written by Nikita Serdiuk | IG: @nikitasrdk | Twitter: @nktserdiuk