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Cardi B Reveals Why She Didn’t Submit “WAP” For Grammy Consideration, And It’s A Boss Move · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. There has been a
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Speaker 1: lot of controversies surrounding this year's Grammy nominations, with many
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Speaker 1: critics and some artists themselves feeling many of twenties most
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Speaker 1: to claim and successful projects and performers were snubbed. Cardi
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Speaker 1: B Is among the superstars not receiving any nods. That's
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Speaker 1: due in part to her not even submitting her biggest
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Speaker 1: hit of the year, WAP, for consideration. She fired up
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Speaker 1: on Instagram story to explain why she held it back.
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Speaker 1: She says, in part, I'm never pressed for a Grammy.
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Speaker 1: If I was, I would have submitted WAP. In fact,
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Speaker 1: I don't even want to be considered for any award
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Speaker 1: shows until I put out my album because it means
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Speaker 1: so much to me and I've worked on it for
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Speaker 1: two years. Some of its songs are so emotional to
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Speaker 1: me because I did them during quarantine. Cardis what partner
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Speaker 1: Megan thee s Downing did submit for the Grammys and
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Speaker 1: is competing for Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance as
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Speaker 1: well and one big one Album of the Year. Cardis
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Speaker 1: album expected next year that's Direct from Hollywood