At the 66th Annual Grammy Award in Los Angeles on Sunday (Feb. 4) night Killer Mike racked up three Grammy Awards. Mike’s wins were for best rap performance for “Scientists & Engineers,” which also took home best rap song. The single features Andre 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane.
He won best rap album for “Michael.” When he swooped up his third award, the Atlanta rapper shouted out, “Sweep! Atlanta, it’s a sweep!” Unfortunately this part of the awards ceremony was not televised. The 48-year-old rapper accepted his Grammy award wins telling the audience “You cannot tell me you get too old. You cannot tell me it’s too late.”
“For all the people out there that think you get too old to rap, bulls—. I don’t give a damn if you’re 78 rapping about how many gals you got in the nursing home, make sure we keep Hip-Hop alive,” he explained during the Grammys pre-show held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
There was a little mix up on X (Twitter), the Recording Academy accidentally posted on Sunday that Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice’s “Barbie World” won best rap song, but the win actually went to Killer Mike’s “Scientists & Engineers,” which features Andre 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane.
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Right after Killer Mike accepted his third Grammy win LAPD walked up on the elated artist in his "celebratory moment" slapping handcuffs on Mike for a misdemeanor charge. The specific charge was unknown last night, but it was said to have nothing to do with the Grammy Awards.
A video clip from the venue of Killer Mike being escorted in police handcuffs was posted to Twitter; I've copped the footage from TMZ on YouTube below.
Basically it's a minor situation that was blasted to the max. Mike supposedly pushed a security