Killer Mike has responded to Run The Jewels not receiving a single nod in the 2021 Grammy Awards nominations list.
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The rap duo made up of Killer Mike and El-P missed out in Tuesday’s (November 24) nominations, having released their fourth album ‘RTJ4’ in June this year.
While many expected them to at least get a nomination in the Best Rap Album category, instead that honour went to the likes of Nas, Royce Da 5’9″, Jay Electronica, D Smoke and Freddie Gibbs & Alchemist.
“I wanna congratulate every brother that made this list with their raw rapping ass!” Killer Mike said on Instagram yesterday (November 25). He then added: “Best of luck to these brothers (Real Emcee Shit) but fux whoever ain’t fuck with us (Lames). See ya’ll for #RTJ 5”
In a since deleted tweet, El-P wrote: “(insert impressively classy and gracious but still recognizing of complete snub tweet here).”
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