December 16, 2024
J-Kwon will not obtain a bodily Grammy if Shaboozey takes residence a win for “A Bar Track (Tipsy).”
J-Kwon had his Grammy nomination for Shaboozey’s “A Bar Track (Tipsy)” reneged after The Recording Academy modified its tune pattern guidelines.
If Shaboozey wins Grammy awards for Track of the 12 months or Finest Nation Track, the unique writers of “Tipsy” will solely obtain certificates, not Grammy trophies, Billboard reviews. On Dec. 12, The Recording Academy handed new guidelines specifying that “writer & songwriter(s) of sampled or interpolated materials” are eligible just for certificates.
“Annually, the Recording Academy makes changes to the nominations checklist as essential after the checklist is first revealed,” the Academy introduced on the Academy’s Grammy Award Replace Middle. “Widespread adjustments are sometimes the results of up to date credit and will embody spelling corrections, title modifications, and the addition of nominees who weren’t included within the unique submission, amongst different revisions.”
Rapper J-Kwon (Jerrell C. Jones) co-wrote the 2004 radio hit “Tipsy” with Joe Kent and Mark Williams, which Shaboozey later interpolated into his breakout nation hit, “A Bar Track (Tipsy).” Whereas Shaboozey will obtain a Grammy if his tune wins, the originators received’t.
Shaboozey’s tune options the traces “One, right here comes the 2 to the three to the 4” and “everyone on the bar gettin’ tipsy,” that are unique lyrics borrowed from J’Kwon’s “Tipsy.” The pair took to the stage collectively on the BET Awards in June, the place Shaboozey launched the rapper as his shock visitor. “BET, make some noise for Mr. Tipsy himself, all the way in which from St. Louis, J-Kwon.”
It might’ve been the primary Grammy for J-Kwon, who admitted to receiving a pleasant payout from the nation remake earlier this yr.
“I received a loopy proportion… Let’s say it like this: we did that collectively, and I’m pleased with him,” he stated in April when the tune entered the Scorching 100 at No. 36.
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