Evanescence and 50 Cent competed with their debut albums: ‘Fallen’ and ‘Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, respectively
The slap of Will Smith in Chris Rock at the Oscar and the interruption of the speech of Taylor Swift per Kanye West at the VMAs demonstrate how hectic awards shows can be. At the Grammy 2004it was no different: 50 Cent was irritated by the victory of Evanescence in the New Artist category.
Amy Lee recalled when the rapper took the stage during his acceptance speech. O Evanescence competed only with Fallen (2003) — which completed two decades this year — in the bag, while 50 Cent had debuted with Get Rich Or Die Tryin (2003).
“He hates me,” said the leader of the Evanescence in an interview with Daily Beast (via NME). “To be honest, we thought he was going to win too. It was a crazy night. People are like, ‘What was it like winning a Grammy?’, and I’m like, ‘Stressful!'” he continued. “It’s amazing now, to have a Grammy, but it was surreal… I just remember thinking, ‘I don’t even know if anyone here knows who we are.'”
Despite the inconvenient attitude of 50 Cent, Lee mused: “He didn’t do anything, he didn’t take the microphone, it wasn’t that bad. He just kind of made an appearance.” For the artist, however, twenty years seem not to have been enough for him to overcome the loss. Even so, Amy he guarantees that he doesn’t want to “start a fight with him”.
Even when he gave a speech when he received a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, 50 Cent He made a point of resurrecting the past. “You make the biggest debut hip-hop album, but you don’t get the Best New Artist award,” she said. He even belittled the band: “The New Artist award, they gave that shit to the Evanescence. Can anyone find the f*ck Evanescence? I haven’t seen them since that night. Since that night they gave them the prize.”
Source: Rollingstone
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