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By Christine Rendón for Dailymail.com
15:50 February 5, 2024, updated 16:01 February 5, 2024
The Recording Academy mistakenly tweeted that Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice were the winners of the Grammy for Best Rap Song, even though the award actually went to Killer Mike.
The organization mistakenly posted on X that the duo, who were competing for the award for their song Barbie World, had won the trophy, before deleting the tweet with the correct winner.
‘Congratulations to the winners of Best Rap Song: “Best World (from Barbie’s album)” @nickiminaj and @icespicee_ featuring Aqua,” the Recording Academy originally tweeted.
That tweet was later deleted and one was posted announcing Killer Mike as the winner. ‘Congratulations to the winner of Best Rap Song – “SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS” @killermike ft. Andre 3000, @1future and @ErynAllenKane,’ the account posted.
The mishap didn’t go unnoticed by fans, with one tweeting: ‘Why would the Grammys post about Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice n saying they won the Grammys in a tweet and then just delete it…?’
The duo also competed for Best Song Written for Visual Media for Barbie World, but failed to win.
Ice Spice was also nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best New Artist, but lost in both.
Minaj has been nominated for a total of 12 Grammy Awards during her career. She has yet to win one.
Recently, Ice Spice announced that he will be releasing his debut album this year, a project he titled Y2K.
During an appearance at Today’s programIce Spice revealed the name of his album and gushed about the ‘crazy’ but secret collaboration that will appear on the project.
“Yes, there will be an album this year,” said the singer, who was recently sued for copyright infringement. ‘I’m so excited. It’s called Y2K,” he explained, adding, “It’s almost finished.”
Ice Spice, born Isis Naija Gaston, revealed that she decided to name her album Y2K because she was born in 2000.
“That’s why I decided to call it that,” he explained.
He also revealed that he had recently landed a “crazy” collaboration, but refrained from sharing anything else: “I have a crazy collaboration that just happened like two days ago,” he said.
The album will follow Ice Spice’s debut EP Like..?, which was released in January 2023 and featured the tracks In Ha Mood and Princess Diana.
Ice Spice enjoyed a wildly successful last year that included a collaboration with pop superstar Taylor Swift.
It gained more than 48 million Spotify listeners in 2023 and its monthly listeners number almost 25 million.
Ice Spice broke down in tears after being named Best New Artist at last year’s VMAs.
She told the crowd: ‘Thank you so much! Thanks MTV! OMG this is great! I just want to thank my munchkins. I love you guys so much.’
The rapper then thanked her manager and music producer.
‘I want to thank my label for always supporting me. And, of course, God. Without God none of this would be possible. Thanks guys, I love you so much!’ she concluded.