People are still talking about Nick Grant’s rhymes from the Bet Hip-Hop Awards last night. Grant, who’s known as a lyrical-specialist, threw verbal fire at the screen professing “I'm a mixture of good karma and bad advice.” And later he declared “I'm just realer than n****s I admire.”
On the green carpet, Grant spoke about his drive to contribute music to the culture.
“I just learn from the greats,” he offered. “I'm cut from a certain cloth where people would record 10 songs in one night. Passionate, havng the love for it. I feel like if I didn’t make any money off this, I would still this do this. I would work my nine to five and come home and still write raps.”
Many of the MCs who inspire Grant dropped albums this year. The young poet is excited to see so many veterans such as Eminem and Lil Wayne all put out product in the same year. When asked who delivered the best word play this year, he gave us his list.
“My top Five lyricist 2018, myself, Royce Da 5’9. Nas, Jay-Z of course. J. Cole... I’m just going off of everybody who dropped albums. My top five albums of 2018, Nasir, Daytona, the Pusha T album was dope. KOD of course. I was very huge on this August Green album. I thought that was incredible and my album, 'Dreamin’ Out Loud.'"
On the green carpet, Grant spoke about his drive to contribute music to the culture.
“I just learn from the greats,” he offered. “I'm cut from a certain cloth where people would record 10 songs in one night. Passionate, havng the love for it. I feel like if I didn’t make any money off this, I would still this do this. I would work my nine to five and come home and still write raps.”
Many of the MCs who inspire Grant dropped albums this year. The young poet is excited to see so many veterans such as Eminem and Lil Wayne all put out product in the same year. When asked who delivered the best word play this year, he gave us his list.
“My top Five lyricist 2018, myself, Royce Da 5’9. Nas, Jay-Z of course. J. Cole... I’m just going off of everybody who dropped albums. My top five albums of 2018, Nasir, Daytona, the Pusha T album was dope. KOD of course. I was very huge on this August Green album. I thought that was incredible and my album, 'Dreamin’ Out Loud.'"
The Award show included a slew of hot performances, including Lil Duval, Ball Greezy, T.I., Yo Gotti, Gucci Mane, Cardi B, Partison Fontaine and newcomer Flipp Dinero. Lil Wayne was honored with the “I Am Hip-Hop” award.
“This is somebody that taught me how to write raps different ways,” Grant, a South Carolina native, said about Weezy’s influence on a generation of rappers. “Somebody that inspired me infinitely. Everything we see today with all these artist, he a piece of everything. He deserves it.”