The grammy nominations are in, and hip-hop fans are a little baffled about the snub of rapper J.Cole for the coveted Album of The Year nomination .While the Fayetteville native scored three Grammy nominations Monday,
including Best Rap Album for “2014 Forest Hills Drive” – named for the street where he grew up also nominated in the Best R&B Performance category for being featured in “Planes” by Jeremih, and in the Best Rap Performance category for “Apparently.”

Many of J.Cole’s fans were enraged to find out that J. Cole’s most current album 2014 Forrest Hill Drive is the first album to go platinum in 25 years without any guest appearances, no features, no one but him was not nominated for Album of The Year.

The snub has some fans done with the Grammy’s all together and some asking what else could the rapper possibly due to be recognized for his efforts. While hip hop artist are getting more recognition this year more than ever,West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar currently leads all nominations with 11 (the most by a rapper in a single year topping Eminem’s 8 in 2011), fans are calling the bluff of the Grammy nominations.

Fans took to twitter to voice their frustrations on the nominations or lack there of…

The 2016 Grammy Awards ceremony will be held on Monday, February 15, 2016 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony will recognize the best recordings, compositions and artists of the eligibility year, which will run from October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015. It will be broadcast live by the CBS network. 

This edition of the Grammy Awards presentation will mark the first time the ceremony will be held on a Monday, after several years when the awards were presented on Sundays. The move is said to be temporary, as this edition will fall in an American holiday weekend (February 15 will be President’s Day), and the Grammy organization opted for a ceremony to be held at the end, rather than in the middle of, this long holiday weekend. In addition, the move also avoids the ceremony facing stiff ratings competition from AMC’s hit horror series The Walking Dead.