I thought “Zay” was short for Zacari lmao.

But the point still stands that it’s questionable you’re saying upcoming TDE artists get interviews with Grammys works against the idea of them having direct relationships with them

Obviously Hov made the call

"I thought “Zay” was short for Zacari lmao."

You don't believe this.

Sorry I got woke for a second

The 17 Busch lights I had for lunch still have me feeling funny

oh yea we gotta stop the convo here

That’s exactly who I thought he was talking about at first?… I was like “idk who tf Zay is, but Zacari is most similar to that”.

If I knew he was talking about Isaiah at first I would’ve just doubled down on what I said completely lmao. Why tf would him asking that make me suddenly switch up?

Isaiah Rashad most DEF not known enough to be calling him “Zay” on a nickname basis and everyone just automatically knows who you’re referring to

Yall see that new track from that new guy on TDE? the chick is pretty nice too

we can acknowledge that someone is making good music but also acknowledge they don’t deserve musician of the year

The award is less questionable when you realize it is an industry award and all about connections.

Who are some women who you feel should have gotten it instead

On a forum like this he is tbh. Washed forum of blog era rap fans

Sabrina, Charli, and Chappell absolutely have had a bigger past year on every scale

Meg and Glo

charli xcx, sabrina carpenter, tyla, glorilla, and chappel roan have way more claim to a “woman of the year” award in music even if i barely listen to half of the people i named

Doechii makes better music, all that matters.

Maybe Chappell roan or Charli

Sabrina Carpenter feels a little too vapid to get an award like this

I guess if we are basing it strictly off of success sure

Even if y’all wanna suddenly hide behind the “quality” nonsense BRAT was by far more acclaimed than Doechii’s mixtape and was literally the most acclaimed album of 2024 entirely

Niggas itt so numbers pilled they woulda argued for Vanilla Ice to be man of the year

Charli and Chappell both would have been good picks tbh

But I don't feel like doechii is a bad pick either

She had a big year and it was a breakout year which makes it feel more impactful

Idk why she gets so much hate

She had the biggest breakout moment of 2024 tho.

Espresso kinda an all time Pop classic and her album was culturally huge

Quality music is nonsense now? I’ve seen it all

more critically acclaimed, more sales, bigger cultural moment like charli outside of the drake kendrick beef charli defined the year musically

same i wouldnt have been mad at either of them winning