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The 2023 Grammy Awards Nominations
The 2023 Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 5 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California and will be broadcast live on CBS and Paramount+. Check out the full list of 2023 Grammy nominations below:
Song of the Year
- Adele – Easy on Me
- Beyoncé – Break My Soul
- Bonnie Raitt – Just Like That
- DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy – God Did
- Gayle – ABCDEFU
- Harry Styles – As It Was
- Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5
- Lizzo – About Damn Time
- Steve Lacy – Bad Habit
- Taylor Swift – All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (The Short Film)
Best Music Video
- Adele – Easy on Me
- BTS – Yet to Come
- Doja Cat – Woman
- Harry Styles – As It Was
- Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5
- Taylor Swift – All Too Well: The Short Film
Best Pop Solo Performance
- Adele – Easy on Me
- Bad Bunny – Moscow Mule
- Doja Cat – Woman
- Harry Styles – As It Was
- Lizzo – About Damn Time
- Steve Lacy – Bad Habit
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
- ABBA – Don’t Shut Me Down
- Camila Cabello Featuring Ed Sheeran – Bam Bam
- Coldplay & BTS – My Universe
- Post Malone & Doja Cat – I Like You (A Happier Song)
- Sam Smith & Kim Petras – Unholy
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
- Diana Ross – Thank You
- Kelly Clarkson – When Christmas Comes Around…
- Michael Bublé – Higher
- Norah Jones – I Dream of Christmas (Extended)
- Pentatonix – Evergreen
Best Pop Vocal Album
- ABBA – Voyage
- Adele – 30
- Coldplay – Music of the Spheres
- Harry Styles – Harry’s House
- Lizzo – Special
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
- Beyoncé – Break My Soul
- Bonobo – Rosewood
- David Guetta & Bebe Rexha – I’m Good (Blue)
- Diplo & Miguel – Don’t Forget My Love
- Kaytranada Featuring H.E.R. – Intimidated
- Rüfüs Du Sol – On My Knees
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
- Beyoncé – Renaissance
- Bonobo – Fragments
- Diplo – Diplo
- Odesza – The Last Goodbye
- Rüfüs Du Sol – Surrender
Best Rap Performance
- DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy – God Did
- Doja Cat – Vegas
- Gunna & Future Featuring Young Thug – Pushin P
- Hitkidd & Glorilla – F.N.F. (Let’s Go)
- Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5
Best Melodic Rap Performance
- DJ Khaled Featuring Future & SZA – Beautiful
- Future Featuring Drake & Tems – Wait for U
- Jack Harlow – First Class
- Kendrick Lamar Featuring Blxst & Amanda Reifer – Die Hard
- Latto – Big Energy (Live)
Best Rap Song
- DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy – God Did
- Future Featuring Drake & Tems – Wait for U
- Gunna & Future Featuring Young Thug – Pushin P
- Jack Harlow Featuring Drake – Churchill Downs
- Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5
Best Rap Album
- DJ Khaled – God Did
- Future – I Never Liked You
- Jack Harlow – Come Home the Kids Miss You
- Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
- Pusha T – It’s Almost Dry
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
- Amy Allen
- Laura Veltz
- Nija Charles
- The-Dream
- Tobias Jesso Jr.
Best R&B Performance
- Beyoncé – Virgo’s Groove
- Jazmine Sullivan – Hurt Me So Good
- Lucky Daye – Over
- Mary J. Blige Featuring Anderson .Paak – Here With Me
- Muni Long – Hrs & Hrs
Best Traditional R&B Performance
- Adam Blackstone Featuring Jazmine Sullivan – ’Round Midnight
- Babyface Featuring Ella Mai – Keeps on Fallin’
- Beyoncé – Plastic Off the Sofa
- Mary J. Blige – Good Morning Gorgeous
- Snoh Aalegra – Do 4 Love
Best R&B Song
- Beyoncé – Cuff It
- Jazmine Sullivan – Hurt Me So Good
- Mary J. Blige – Good Morning Gorgeous
- Muni Long – Hrs & Hrs
- PJ Morton – Please Don’t Walk Away
Best Progressive R&B Album
- Cory Henry – Operation Funk
- Moonchild – Starfuit
- Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights
- Tank and the Bangas – Red Balloon
- Terrace Martin – Drones
Best R&B Album
- Chris Brown – Breezy (Deluxe)
- Lucky Daye – Candy Drip
- Mary J. Blige – Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe)
- PJ Morton – Watch the Sun
- Robert Glasper – Black Radio III
Best Latin Pop Album
- Camilo – De Adentro Pa Afuera
- Christina Aguilera – Aguilera
- Fonseca – Viajante
- Rubén Blades & Boca Livre – Pasieros
- Sebastián Yatra – Dharma +
Best Música Urbana Album
- Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti
- Daddy Yankee – Legendaddy
- Farruko – La 167
- Maluma – The Love & Sex Tape
- Rauw Alejandro – Trap Cake, Vol. 2
Best Instrumental Composition
- Danilo Pérez Featuring The Global Messengers – Fronteras (Borders) Suite: Al-Musafir Blues
- Geoffrey Keezer – Refuge
- Miguel Zenón, José Antonio Zayas Cabán, Ryan Smith & Casey Rafn – El País Invisible
- Tasha Warren & Dave Eggar – African Tales
- Tasha Warren & Dave Eggar – Snapshots
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
- Armand Hutton Featuring Terrell Hunt & Just 6 – As Days Go By (An Arrangement of the Family Matters Theme Song)
- Danny Elfman – Main Titles
- Kings Return – How Deep Is Your Love
- Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley & The SWR Big Band Featuring Martin Auer – Scrapple From the Apple
- Remy Le Boeuf – Minnesota, WI
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
- Becca Stevens & Attacca Quartet – 2 + 2 = 5 (Arr. Nathan Schram)
- Cécile McLorin Salvant – Optimistic Voices / No Love Dying
- Christine McVie – Songbird (Orchestral Version)
- Jacob Collier Featuring Lizzy McAlpine & John Mayer – Never Gonna Be Alone
- Louis Cole – Let It Happen
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
- Cimafunk – El Alimento
- Fito Paez – Los Años Salvajes
- Gaby Moreno – Alegoría
- Jorge Drexler – Tinta y Tiempo
- Mon Laferte – 1940 Carmen
- Rosalía – Motomami
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
- Chiquis – Abeja Reina
- Christian Nodal – EP #1 Forajido
- Marco Antonio Solís – Qué Ganas de Verte (Deluxe)
- Natalia Lafourcade – Un Canto por México – El Musical
- Los Tigres del Norte – La Reunión (Deluxe)
Best Tropical Latin Album
- Carlos Vives – Cumbiana II
- Marc Anthony – Pa’lla Voy
- La Santa Cecilia – Quiero Verte Feliz
- Spanish Harlem Orchestra – Imágenes Latinas
- Tito Nieves – Legendario
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
- Various Artists – Elvis
- Various Artists – Encanto
- Various Artists – Stranger Things: Soundtrack From the Netflix Series, Season 4
- Lorne Balfe, Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga & Hans Zimmer – Top Gun: Maverick
- Various Artists – West Side Story
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
- Germaine Franco – Encanto
- Hans Zimmer – No Time to Die
- Jonny Greenwood – The Power of the Dog
- Michael Giacchino: The Batman
- Nicholas Britell – Succession: Season 3
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
- Austin Wintory – Aliens: Fireteam Elite
- Bear McCreary – Call of Duty®: Vanguard
- Christopher Tin – Old World
- Richard Jacques – Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- Stephanie Economou – Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök
Best Song Written for Visual Media
- Beyoncé – Be Alive
- Carolina Gaitán – La Gaita, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto – Cast – We Don’t Talk About Bruno
- Jessy Wilson Featuring Angélique Kidjo – Keep Rising (The Woman King)
- Lady Gaga – Hold My Hand
- Taylor Swift – Carolina
- 4*Town, Jordan Fisher, Finneas O’Connell, Josh Levi, Topher Ngo & Grayson Villanueva – Nobody Like U
Best Comedy Album
- Dave Chappelle – The Closer
- Jim Gaffigan – Comedy Monster
- Louis C.K. – Sorry
- Patton Oswalt – We All Scream
- Randy Rainbow – A Little Brains, a Little Talent
Best Music Film
- Adele – Adele One Night Only
- Billie Eilish – Billie Eilish Live at the O2
- Justin Bieber – Our World
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse – A Band a Brotherhood a Barn
- Rosalía – Motomami (Rosalía TikTok Live Performance)
- Various Artists – Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
Best Alternative Music Performance
- Arctic Monkeys – There’d Better Be a Mirrorball
- Big Thief – Certainty
- Florence and the Machine – King
- Wet Leg – Chaise Lounge
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs Featuring Perfume Genius – Spitting Off the Edge of the World
Best Alternative Music Album
- Arcade Fire – WE
- Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
- Björk – Fossora
- Wet Leg – Wet Leg
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
- Cheryl B. Engelhardt – The Passenger
- Madi Das, Dave Stringer & Bhakti Without Borders – Mantra Americana
- Mystic Mirror – White Sun
- Paul Avgerinos – Joy
- Will Ackerman – Positano Songs
Best Children’s Music Album
- Alphabet Rockers – The Movement
- Divinity Roxx – Ready Set Go!
- Justin Roberts – Space Cadet
- Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band – Los Fabulosos
- Wendy and DB – Into the Little Blue House
Best Recording Package
- Fann – Telos
- Soporus – Divers
- Spiritualized – Everything Was Beautiful
- Tamsui-Kavalan Chinese Orchestra – Beginningless Beginning
- Underoath – Voyeurist
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
- Black Pumas – Black Pumas (Collector’s Edition Box Set)
- Danny Elfman – Big Mess
- The Grateful Dead – In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81, ’82, ’83
- They Might Be Giants – Book
- Various Artists – Artists Inspired by Music: Interscope Reimagined
Best Album Notes
- Andy Irvine & Paul Brady – Andy Irvine / Paul Brady
- Astor Piazzolla – The American Clavé Recordings
- Doc Watson: Life’s Work: A Retrospective
- Harry Partch – Harry Partch, 1942
- Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
Best Historical Album
- Blondie – Against the Odds: 1974 – 1982
- Doc Watson – Life’s Work: A Retrospective
- Freestyle Fellowship – To Whom It May Concern…
- Glenn Gould – The Goldberg Variations: The Complete Unreleased 1981 Studio Sessions
- Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
- Ambrose Akinmusire – Rounds (Live)
- Gerald Albright – Keep Holding On
- John Beasley – Cherokee/Koko
- Marcus Baylor – Call of the Drum
- Melissa Aldana – Falling
- Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese – Endangered Species
Best Jazz Vocal Album
- The Baylor Project – The Evening : Live at Apparatus
- Carmen Lundy – Fade to Black
- Cécile McLorin Salvant – Ghost Song
- The Manhattan Transfer & The WDR Funkhausorchester – Fifty
- Samara Joy – Linger Awhile
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade – LongGone
- Peter Erskine Trio – Live in Italy
- Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton & Matthew Stevens – New Standards, Vol. 1
- Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese & Esperanza Spalding – Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival
- Yellowjackets – Parallel Motion
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
- John Beasley, Magnus Lindgren & SWR Big Band – Bird Lives
- Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly of Shadows – Architecture of Storms
- Ron Carter & The Jazzaar Festival Big Band Directed by Christian Jacob – Remembering Bob Freedman
- Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Cuber & WDR Big Band Conducted by Michael Abene – Center Stage
- Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson & Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra – Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album
- Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring The Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective – Fandango at the Wall in New York
- Arturo Sandoval – Rhythm & Soul
- Danilo Pérez Featuring The Global Messengers – Crisálida
- Flora Purim – If You Will
- Miguel Zenón – Música de las Américas
Best Reggae Album
- Kabaka Pyramid – The Kalling
- Koffee – Gifted
- Protoje – Third Time’s the Charm
- Sean Paul – Scorcha
- Shaggy – Com Fly Wid Mi
Best Global Music Performance
- Arooj Aftab & Anoushka Shankar – Udhero Na
- Burna Boy – Last Last
- Matt B & Eddy Kenzo – Gimme Love
- Rocky Dawuni Featuring Blvk H3ro – Neva Bow Down
- Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode – Bayethe
Best Global Music Album
- Angélique Kidjo & Ibrahim Maalouf – Queen of Sheba
- Anoushka Shankar, Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley Featuring Manu Delago – Between Us… (Live)
- Berklee Indian Ensemble – Shuruaat
- Burna Boy – Love, Damini
- Masa Takumi – Sakura
Best American Roots Performance
- Aaron Neville & The Dirty Dozen Brass Band – Stompin’ Ground
- Aoife O’Donovan & Allison Russell – Prodigal Daughter
- Bill Anderson Featuring Dolly Parton – Someday It’ll All Make Sense (Bluegrass Version)
- Fantastic Negrito – Oh Betty
- Madison Cunningham – Life According to Raechel
Best Americana Performance
- Asleep at the Wheel Featuring Lyle Lovett – There You Go Again
- Blind Boys of Alabama Featuring Black Violin – The Message
- Bonnie Raitt – Made Up Mind
- Brandi Carlile Featuring Lucius – You and Me on the Rock
- Eric Alexandrakis – Silver Moon [A Tribute to Michael Nesmith]
Best American Roots Song
- Anaïs Mitchell – Bright Star
- Aoife O’Donovan & Allison Russell – Prodigal Daughter
- Bonnie Raitt – Just Like That
- Brandi Carlile Featuring Lucius – You and Me on the Rock
- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – High and Lonesome
- Sheryl Crow – Forever
Best Americana Album
- Bonnie Raitt – Just Like That…
- Brandi Carlile – In These Silent Days
- Dr. John – Things Happen That Way
- Keb’ Mo’ – Good to Be…
- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raise the Roof
Best Bluegrass Album
- The Del McCoury Band – Almost Proud
- The Infamous Stringdusters – Toward the Fray
- Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway – Crooked Tree
- Peter Rowan – Calling You From My Mountain
- Yonder Mountain String Band – Get Yourself Outside
Best Traditional Blues Album
- Buddy Guy – The Blues Don’t Lie
- Charlie Musselwhite – Mississippi Son
- Gov’t Mule – Heavy Load Blues
- John Mayall – The Sun Is Shining Down
- Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder – Get on Board
Best Contemporary Blues Album
- Ben Harper – Bloodline Maintenance
- Edgar Winter – Brother Johnny
- Eric Gales – Crown
- North Mississippi Allstars – Set Sail
- Shemekia Copeland – Done Come Too Far
Best Folk Album
- Aoife O’Donovan – Age of Apathy
- Janis Ian – The Light at the End of the Line
- Judy Collins – Spellbound
- Madison Cunningham – Revealer
- Punch Brothers – Hell on Church Street
Best Regional Roots Music Album
- Halau Hula Keali’i o Nalani – Halau Hula Keali’i o Nalani (Live at the Getty Center)
- Natalie Ai Kamauu – Natalie Noelani
- Nathan & The Zydeco Cha-Chas – Lucky Man
- Ranky Tanky – Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
- Sean Ardoin & Kreole Rock and Soul Featuring The Golden Band From Tigerland – Full Circle
Best Orchestral Performance
- Berlin Philharmonic & John Williams – John Williams: The Berlin Concert
- Los Angeles Philharmonic & Gustavo Dudamel – Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9
- New York Youth Symphony – Works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman
- Various Artists – Sila: The Breath of the World
- Wild Up & Christopher Rountree – Stay on It
Best Opera Recording
- Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Odyssey Opera Chorus – Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
- The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
- The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Eurydice
Best Choral Performance
- The Crossing – Born
- English Baroque Soloists & Monteverdi Choir – J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245
- The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Ailyn Pérez, Michelle DeYoung, Matthew Polenzani & Eric Owens – Verdi’s Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
- Attacca Quartet – Caroline Shaw: Evergreen
- Dover Quartet – Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2 – The Middle Quartets
- Neave Trio – Musical Remembrances
- Publiquartet – What Is American
- Third Coast Percussion – Perspectives
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
- Daniil Trifonov – Bach: The Art of Life
- Hilary Hahn – Abels: Isolation Variation
- Mak Grgić – A Night in Upper Town – The Music of Zoran Krajacic
- Mitsuko Uchida – Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
- Time for Three, The Philadelphia Orchestra & Xian Zhang – Letters for the Future
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
- Il Pomo d’Oro – Eden
- Nicholas Phan, Brooklyn Rider, The Knights & Eric Jacobsen – Stranger – Works for Tenor by Nico Muhly
- Renée Fleming & Yannick Nézet-Séguin – Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene
- Sasha Cooke & Kirill Kuzmin – How Do I Find You
- Will Liverman, Paul Sánchez & J’Nai Bridges – Shawn E. Okpebholo: Lord, How Come Me Here?
Best Classical Compendium
- Christopher Tin, Voces8, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Barnaby Smith – The Lost Birds
- Kitt Wakeley – An Adoption Story
- The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Yannick Nézet-Séguin – A Concert for Ukraine
- Seunghee Lee, JP Jofre & London Symphony Orchestra – Aspire
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
- Andris Nelsons & Gewandhausorchester – Gubaidulina: The Wrath of God
- Carlos Simon, MK Zulu, Marco Pavé & Hub New Music – Simon: Requiem for the Enslaved
- Ian Rosenbaum & Dover Quartet – Akiho: Ligneous Suite
- Jack Quartet – Bermel: Intonations
- Time for Three, The Philadelphia Orchestra & Xian Zhang – Puts: Contact
Best Country Solo Performance
- Kelsea Ballerini – Heartfirst
- Maren Morris – Circles Around This Town
- Miranda Lambert – In His Arms
- Willie Nelson – Live Forever
- Zach Bryan – Something in the Orange
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
- Brothers Osborne – Midnight Rider’s Prayer
- Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde – Never Wanted to Be That Girl
- Ingrid Andress & Sam Hunt – Wishful Drinking
- Luke Combs & Miranda Lambert – Outrunnin’ Your Memory
- Reba McEntire & Dolly Parton – Does He Love You (Revisited)
- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Gonig Where the Lonely Go
Best Country Song
- Cody Johnson – ’Til You Can’t
- Luke Combs – Doin’ This
- Maren Morris – Circles Around This Town
- Miranda Lambert – If I Was a Cowboy
- Taylor Swift – I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)
- Willie Nelson – I’ll Love You Till the Day I Die
Best Country Album
- Ashley McBryde – Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville
- Luke Combs – Growin’ Up
- Maren Morris – Humble Quest
- Miranda Lambert – Palomino
- Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time
Best Rock Performance
- Beck – Old Man
- The Black Keys – Wild Child
- Brandi Carlile – Broken Horses
- Bryan Adams – So Happy It Hurts
- Idles – Crawl!
- Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck – Patient Number 9
- Turnstile – Holiday
Best Metal Performance
- Ghost – Call Me Little Sunshine
- Megadeth – We’ll Be Back
- Muse – Kill or Be Killed
- Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Tony Iommi – Degradation Rules
- Turnstile – Blackout
Best Rock Song
- Brandi Carlile – Broken Horses
- Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck – Patient Number 9
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Black Summer
- Turnstile – Blackout
- The War on Drugs – Harmonia’s Dream
Best Rock Album
- The Black Keys – Dropout Boogie
- Elvis Costello & The Imposters – The Boy Named If
- Idles – Crawler
- Machine Gun Kelly – Mainstream Sellout
- Ozzy Osbourne – Patient Number 9
- Spoon – Lucifer on the Sofa
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Cleotrapa and Ice Spice Fall Out After Tour Struggles on Y2K! Tour
On Monday (Sept. 2), Cleotrapa took to social media to share her experience while touring with Ice Spice on the Y2K! Tour.
In a series of TikTok videos, Cleotrapa detailed the challenges she faced, alleging that Ice Spice’s team cut corners by refusing to cover her meals and hotel expenses. She also claimed that she was forced to use bathrooms as makeshift dressing rooms and faced other grievances.
@cleotrapa Ion wanna hear “i told you so cleo” cause honestly i really thought i had a friend idc. Yall not gonnq create false narratives! Cause imma always clear my name up & yall been knew that since 2018
♬ original sound – Cleotrapa 🧚🏾♀️
As the story quickly gained traction on social media, Ice Spice addressed the situation directly during a session on X (formerly Twitter) Spaces.
“So for you to try to sit here and complain about a chicken salad? You never came to me talking about a chicken salad, what are you really talking about right now. B*tch, you not going to tell the people how we was at an Italian restaurant and you ate so much f*cking food, you f*cking vacuum, that the server was like, ‘Where did the food go?'” she said.
Cleotrapa swiftly responded on X, tweeting, “Imagine being called big by someone who was just big themselves. I’m going to bed, bro. Is Ozempic making y’all gassed and fatphobic now? BET.”
Ice Spice believes that Cleotrapa’s behavior was a sign of desperation.
“Crashing out is sad you guys,” she said. “The scary part of fame honestly is the moment that somebody feels like they can no longer use your platform or like they’re not getting exactly what they want out of a situation the way that they want it .That’s when they decide to crash out every single time. I’m noticing a pattern.”
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8 Zipp, Heffna Don and More Charged in Federal Sweep
Dominique Carpenter-Grad, known as 8 Zipp, and Trea Lankford, known as Heffna Don, are among ten individuals charged with drug conspiracy, linked to the alleged street gang H Block.
On Thursday, August 28, Boston-based rappers 8 Zipp and Heffna Don, along with 17 others, were arrested according to documents unsealed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.
Dominique Carpenter-Grady, known as 8 Zipp, and Trea Lankford, known as Heffna Don, are among ten individuals charged with drug conspiracy, linked to the alleged street gang H Block (Appendix A). Separately, nine members and associates of the Mission Hill Gang, including rapper Big Body Benz, born Tyrone Brimage, and (Appendix B) face charges related to financial fraud.
The arrests result from extensive, multi-year investigations into gang violence in Boston, which follow the February 2024 takedown of over 40 Heath Street Gang members and associates. That investigation led to the indictment of Boston-based rappers Trottie Y Gizzle, Trottie Moula, Ricky Mazarati, BDE Keko and others, with charges ranging from racketeering conspiracy to drug trafficking, firearms offenses, wire fraud, and various forms of financial fraud, including COVID-related schemes.
Six H Block members were arrested on Aug. 29, 2024, in connection with drug dealing in Boston and surrounding areas. During the arrests, additional drugs and four firearms were seized. Four other H Block members are already in state custody. Additionally, three H Block associates are charged with conspiring to smuggle illegal drugs into a Massachusetts prison, where there has been a significant increase in the smuggling of synthetic cannabinoids, also known as “K2,” and other dangerous substances.
Seperately, charges were filed against members and associates of the Mission Hill street gang for their roles in a mail theft and financial fraud scheme known as “card cracking.” According to court documents, this scheme involves the theft and laundering of money through bank accounts set up under various names controlled by the primary offenders. Six members and associates were arrested on Thursday, Aug. 29, and charged with financial crimes, while three others, already in custody, were also implicated.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts notes, “The charge of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance (cocaine) provides for a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, not less than three years of supervised release, up to life, and a fine of up to $1 million. The charges of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances (cocaine, cocaine base, fentanyl, PCP, and controlled substance analogues, i.e. K2) provides for a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, not less than three years of supervised release, up to life, and a fine of up to $1 million. The charges of theft of government property provides for a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, up to three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000. The charge of conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud provides for a sentence of up to 30 years in prison, five years of supervised release and a fine of up to $1 million. The charge of conspiracy to steal or possess stolen mail provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case.”
APPENDIX A
- Trea Lankford, a/k/a “Heff,” a/k/a “Hefna Don,” a/k/a “Montana,” a/k/a “Tre Cain,” 33, of Boston;
- Dennis Wilson, a/k/a “Deuce,” a/k/a “Deep Jhonenson,” 36 of Boston;
- Avery Lewis, a/k/a “Wave,” 32 of Dorchester;
- Mark Linnehan,25, of West Roxbury;
- Eric Celestino,30, of Boston;
- Timothy Hearns, a/k/a “King Kill,” a/k/a “Tool Man,” a/k/a “Tooly,” 34;
- Dominique Carpenter-Grady, a/k/a “8-Zipp” a/k/a “Eighty,” a/k/a “Cindy Surin,” 35;
- Robert Heckstall, a/k/a “Ribbs,” a/k/a “Buck,” a/k/a “Buck Corleone,” 41, of Roxbury;
- Jason Bly, 44, of Quincy; and
- Jerry Gray, 28, of Dorchester.
APPENDIX B
- Imanol Rios-Franco, 24, of Brookline;
- Jairo Cabral-Santos, 22, of Boston;
- Brandon Baez, 22, of Framingham;
- Jiovanny Matos, 25, of Boston;
- Josman Romero Delgado, 22, of Boston;
- Jonathan Martinez, 25, of Roslindale;
- Anthony Worthen, 28, of Roslindale;
- Tyrone Brimage, 28, of Boston; and
- Glenroy Miller, 28, of Boston.
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