{"id":147696,"date":"2025-02-02T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T18:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/02\/chris-browns-grammy-nominations-earn-swift-backlash-2\/"},"modified":"2025-02-02T18:06:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T18:06:00","slug":"chris-browns-grammy-nominations-earn-swift-backlash-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/02\/chris-browns-grammy-nominations-earn-swift-backlash-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Brown&#8217;s Grammy Nominations Earn Swift Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chris Brown getting nominated for (more) Grammys is earning major backlash. Well-deserved backlash.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Brown has been accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2021\/06\/chris-brown-under-investigation-for-hitting-yet-another-woman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">numerous wrongdoings<\/a>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/07\/chris-brown-sued-for-50-million-accused-of-beating-up-own-fans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">beating up his own fans<\/a>. He pleaded guilty to assaulting Rihanna in 2009, confirming the criminal charges against him at that time. <\/p>\n<p>Which means that Chris Brown is not an \u201calleged\u201d monster; he\u2019s just a monster. It is known.<\/p>\n<p>And yet \u2026 the industry does <em>not <\/em>seem to care. Neither do whichever people actually keep buying his music.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Brown on January 26, 2020.\" class=\"wp-image-512958 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chris Brown attends the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2020.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Amy Sussman\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gross-chris-brown-has-been-nominated-for-more-grammys\">Gross! Chris Brown has been nominated for more Grammys<\/h2>\n<p>The Grammy Awards are tonight, and many of the nominated names are exactly who you\u2019d expect after a solid year for music.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter are up for Grammys. Beyonce is once again a music industry MVP, even if <em>some <\/em>awards shows have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/09\/beyonce-snubbed-by-country-music-awards-beyhive-vows-revenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">snubbed her<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie XCX. Taylor Swift. Billie Eilish. All music that normal people with taste likely listened to (even if not everyone listens to all of or only this music, of course!)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Brown on August 3, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-512959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_02-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_02-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_02-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Brown on August 3, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-512959 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_02-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_02-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_02-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_02-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chris Brown performs during The 11:11 Tour at T-Mobile Arena on August 03, 2024.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Mindy Small\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But then, the Grammy nominations take a bitter twist.<\/p>\n<p>For Best R&amp;B Performance, Chris Brown has a nomination for \u201cResiduals.\u201d For Best R&amp;B Album, Chris Brown has a nomination for <em>11:11 (Deluxe)<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>The Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance\/Song includes another nomination. Chris Brown was one of the people who worked on \u201cPraise.\u201d And for Best African Music performance, Chris Brown has a Grammy nomination for \u201cSensational.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_tweet_01.png\" alt=\"A dark mode screenshot of a Twitter user eager to leave Chris Brown behind after his Grammys nominations.\" class=\"wp-image-512961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_tweet_01.png 900w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_tweet_01-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_tweet_01-768x428.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_tweet_01.png\" alt=\"A dark mode screenshot of a Twitter user eager to leave Chris Brown behind after his Grammys nominations.\" class=\"wp-image-512961 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_tweet_01.png 900w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_tweet_01-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_tweet_01-768x428.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_tweet_01.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">On Twitter, people were quick to express eagerness for the music industry and society as a whole to leave Chris Brown behind.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: Twitter)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-obviously-chris-brown-getting-grammy-nominations-is-getting-well-deserved-backlash\">Obviously, Chris Brown getting Grammy nominations is getting well-deserved backlash<\/h2>\n<p>Even though Twitter is in its death spiral as a platform, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OnikaGauff\/status\/1854937524407611466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweet<\/a> after <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/vigcup\/status\/1854938018865369455\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweet<\/a> is calling out the Grammy Awards for nominating Chris Brown.<\/p>\n<p>An <em>admitted <\/em>domestic abuser who has been accused of having other victims will very likely get to walk onto the stage at the next Grammys and hold up an award.<\/p>\n<p>Some of his accusers may be in the audience. Alleged victims who\u2019ve never come forward may be there. <em>Future <\/em>potential victims might be there, think that he must be an okay person, and find out the hard way that he is not. Whatever happened to the \u201ccancel culture\u201d that awful dudes are always whining about?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"893\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_tweet_02.png\" alt=\"A dark mode Twitter screenshot of people lamenting Chris Brown's Grammys nominations in 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-512962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_tweet_02.png 893w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_tweet_02-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_tweet_02-768x583.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"893\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_tweet_02.png\" alt=\"A dark mode Twitter screenshot of people lamenting Chris Brown's Grammys nominations in 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-512962 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_tweet_02.png 893w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_tweet_02-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_tweet_02-768x583.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_tweet_02.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">On Twitter, people lamented that the Grammy Awards don\u2019t seem to care about right and wrong \u2014 not more than they care about honoring Chris Brown, anyway.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: Twitter)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The grim reality, of course, is that \u201ccancel culture\u201d as so many people mean it never actually existed. And that\u2019s unfortunate.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, there are absolutely people who spend their free time calling out others on social media. Usually, it\u2019s for clout, and can be for invented reasons \u2014 fandom disagreements and the like. In that sense, sure, \u201ccancel culture\u201d exists. But that\u2019s not what people mean when they say it.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201ccancel culture\u201d towards sexual predators, abusers, and other monsters? If <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/11\/whoopi-goldberg-refuses-to-say-trump-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent political events<\/a> have taught us nothing else, it\u2019s that we don\u2019t live in a good enough or just enough society for most of the evil in our midst to face meaningful consequences.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"921\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_03-1024x921.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Brown on August 3, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-512960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_03-1024x921.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_03-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_03-768x691.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_03-2048x1843.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_03-960x864.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_03-1080x972.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_03-1200x1080.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"921\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_03-1024x921.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Brown on August 3, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-512960 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_03-1024x921.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_03-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_03-768x691.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_03-2048x1843.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_03-960x864.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_03-1080x972.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_03-1200x1080.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1108_chrisbrown_03-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chris Brown performs during The 11:11 Tour at T-Mobile Arena on August 03, 2024.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Mindy Small\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-cancel-culture-isn-t-just-a-myth-it-s-a-grift\">\u2018Cancel culture\u2019 isn\u2019t just a myth; it\u2019s a grift<\/h2>\n<p>In fact, for years now, claims that someone is \u201csilenced\u201d or \u201cdeplatformed\u201d or \u201ccanceled\u201d have been nothing short of farcical.<\/p>\n<p>The running joke is that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2022\/07\/dave-chappelle-first-avenue-show-canceled-after-pushback-from-staff-patrons-performers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">these men<\/a> get their own speaking tours, their own Netflix comedy specials, their own news segments, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2022\/04\/louis-ck-wins-grammy-cancel-culture-for-will-smith-but-not-this\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">their own Grammys<\/a>. All so that they can discuss just how much \u201ccancel culture\u201d has harmed them. There\u2019s an entire industry that has cropped up around grifters coasting on the claim that they\u2019ve been unjustly \u201ccanceled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the case of Chris Brown, he\u2019s up for a Grammy Award. Again. Because people keep buying his music. They keep going to his concerts. And then record companies and members of the academy keep nominating him for awards that he could <em>never <\/em>deserve.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/chris-brown-grammys-nominations-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 4 minutes Chris Brown getting nominated for (more) Grammys is earning major backlash. Well-deserved backlash. Chris Brown has been accused of numerous wrongdoings, including beating up his own fans. He pleaded guilty to assaulting Rihanna in 2009, confirming the criminal charges against him at that time. Which means that Chris Brown is not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":147697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-147696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}