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Joe Budden feels Nicki Minaj deserves 'Grammy flowers', Internet says ‘Nicki got hate’ because of him

Nicki Minaj had slammed the Grammys in November 2020 for awarding the Best New Artist to Bon Iver in 2012 over her

Joe Budden and Nicki Minaj had their differences when he earlier insulted the female emcee on the Clubhouse app which eventually led to a downfall between the two. However, looks like Budden has had a change of heart during his appearance on the recent episode of his podcast as he praised Nicki Minaj for her influence in hip-hop adding that she deserves Grammys’ flowers.

Nicki Minaj, on the other hand, had slammed the Grammys in November 2020 for awarding the Best New Artist to Bon Iver in 2012 over her. The rapper had tweeted, “Never forget the Grammys didn’t give me my best new artist award when I had 7 songs simultaneously charting on billboard & bigger first week than any female rapper in the last decade — went on to inspire a generation. They gave it to the white man Bon Iver. #PinkFriday.”
 
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‘Y’all are not the f**kin’ gatekeepers’

Joe Budden, who is infamous for his controversial on-air personality, praised Nicki in a rare chance of an event. Speaking during his podcast, as reported by Complex, the former rapper said, “Nicki Minaj needs her flowers. Whoever the Grammy board is, whoever’s on there, y’all are not the ones that get to determine that Nicki Minaj and all of her impact and influence don’t get to win an award.” 

He continued, “I’m sorry. I’m done with those days. Y’all are not the f**kin’ gatekeepers, the barriers of entry- y’all are not any of that. And, now we’re at a stage when we have to acknowledge the, not the impersonators, but the people who were inspired by that act. It’s the same thing like when some of these people, I see the Drake influence there; call me d**k rider, whatever, who knows.”

Budden concluded, “But Nicki is in that same boat. I don’t think too many more years need to go by when she’s not awarded for her efforts, that’s how I felt watching Doja Cat and some of the winners there.” Despite scoring 10 Grammy nods in her career so far apart from being the top female rapper on Billboard’s list of the top artists of the 2010s, she is yet to get her hands on the coveted golden trophy. 

'She should have multiple Grammy awards right now’

Nicki Minaj, who enjoys a massive fan following, soon got tremendous support on the Internet over Budden’s recent remarks. One user said, “People like joe budden now realizing how the music industry isn’t giving Nicki Minaj her flowers Bouquet, but fail to realize him and many others are the reason Nicki got hate and gave the okay to put other female rappers before her and discredit her. y’all allowed that shit to go on.”

One added, “Joe Budden is absolutely right...that shit is not right seeing the ppl who Nicki Minaj influenced get rewarded before her...it's f**kin disgusting...they owe Nicki idgaf...give my baby her bouquets of flowers.” Another stated, “At the end of the day Joe Budden said what he said and it was all facts and that’s all that matters!! Give Nicki Minaj Her Due!!! And stop with the bull!! Nicki Deserves her FLOWERS It’s WAY OVER DUE!!!!”

The next one posted, “Joe Budden’s right. I’ve been saying for years that Nicki Minaj deserves her flowers. She should have multiple Grammy awards right now. She has an impeccable body of work that a lot of other artists can only dream of and not rewarding her for something that she earned is absurd.” One asked, “Do y'all Really Believe Joe Budden Respect's Nicki Minaj?”