The nominations are out for the 2021 GRAMMY Awards and the usual controversies are abound.

As usual some songs and albums were expected to be called out, but weren't and several albums expected to get snubbed didn't.

The category for Best Rap Performance has Pop Smoke's "Dior", Big Sean's "Deep Reverence" with Nipsey Hussle, DaBaby's "BOP", Jack Harlow's "WHATS POPPIN", Lil Baby's "The Bigger Picture", and Megan Thee Stallion's "Savage" with Beyoncé.

For Best Melodic Rap Performance, it's Travis Scott with "HIGHEST IN THE ROOM", Drake and Lil Durk with "Laugh Now Cry Later", DaBaby and Roddy Ricch with "ROCKSTAR", Anderson .Paak with "Lockdown", and Roddy Ricch with "The Box".

The Best Rap Song category has Roddy Ricch for "The Box", Lil Baby for "The Bigger Picture", Drake and Lil Durk for "Laugh Now Cry Later", DaBaby and Roddy Ricch for "ROCKSTAR", and Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé for "Savage".

Finally, Best Rap Album is Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist are nominated for Alfredo, so is D Smoke for Black Habits, Jay Electronica for A Written Testimony, Nas for King's Disease, and Royce Da 5'9" for The Allegory.

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