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My first single I was nominated for a Grammy with 'Crank That,' and I lost a Grammy to Kanye West, but it was still…

— Soulja Boy

I have done so much for hip-hop and 'til this day, I haven't received any awards or any recognition for it.

— Luther Campbell

At the same time I was being given a Lifetime Achievement Grammy.

— Etta James

The first songs I made brought me to the Grammys. I was a five-times nominated teenager off voice memos and songs that were clearly…

— Khalid

I just don't think many people would have crossed the street to hear me doing a hip hop-influenced album!

— Michael McDonald

There are musicians who wait all their lives for this award while for me it came with my first album. People have started acknowledging…

— Chamillionaire

My Grammy nomination didn't come from hip-hop, didn't come from R&B, didn't come from rock - it came from my success in country music…

— Jimmie Allen

The Grammy snuck up on me. I was on tour. It just hit me. I skipped down the street in Vienna. I kept saying,…

— Estelle

I released my own album, had a hit single, met people like Annie Lennox and Stevie Nicks. I even won an Ivor Novello award.

— Naughty Boy

I respect the Grammys, being a writer. But me being an artist representing hip hop? No.

— Rick Ross

I would like to get nominated for a Grammy, but I don't set out to do that anymore, though, 'cause I never felt like…

— Ginuwine

Going to the Grammys, being nominated for a Grammy, that was a really big deal for me, for us as a band.

— John Petrucci