Remy Ma sets the record straight and clarifies her recent comments regarding Doja Cat's status as a rapper.
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00:00 You said Doja Cat's not a rapper.
00:01 What?
00:03 No, but you had said that.
00:04 And I don't want to--
00:05 I mean, you said what you said.
00:06 I said what I said.
00:07 You say what you said.
00:08 You ain't be on backtrack.
00:11 But when I said it, I thought it was--
00:12 I thought I was, like, giving a compliment.
00:13 Like, I didn't say it like--
00:15 Because she was, like, a pop star?
00:16 No, I just felt like that she was more than a rapper,
00:18 because she sings and she dances.
00:21 Like, I feel like certain people, like, they
00:24 fall into other categories.
00:26 And everybody was so offended.
00:28 And then once everybody got offended and started talking
00:30 [MUTED] I'm like, nah, I don't give a [MUTED]
00:31 I don't care.
00:32 Like, I don't even think about it.
00:34 Like, I was asked the question.
00:35 I was going to drink, champs.
00:36 And that's what they said.
00:37 So that's what happened.
00:38 But it was really meant as a compliment.
00:41 But a lot of times what happens, especially when it
00:44 comes to us females, the fan bases and the people that--
00:47 they say things and they, like, twist things around and make
00:51 it a thing, a thing.
00:53 And--
00:54 Rappers seem to be, like, the most territorial
00:57 over their genre, though.
00:58 Because I feel like even, like, when the whole Grammy thing
01:02 with Lotto and them went down on social media, it was like,
01:04 do you really care where you're classified?
01:06 Or is that more about making sure people know
01:09 where your category is?
01:10 Or what-- like, I feel like it's--
01:11 I don't know.
01:12 You have to bring the people that was involved in that
01:15 and ask them.
01:16 OK, why are hip hop--
01:19 I don't know.
01:20 I don't think they ain't got nothing.
01:21 No, no.
01:22 My Grammy-- the first Grammy I was nominated for
01:24 were Lean Back in the rap category.
01:26 We lost to the Black Eyed Peas.
01:28 That's crazy.
01:29 OK, so that's the issue.
01:30 And the second time when we were in the rap category,
01:35 we were nominated twice for All The Way Up.
01:37 And it went to, I think, Chance the Rapper for the,
01:40 you don't want a problem with me.
01:42 So is the rap that gets acknowledged as raps
01:44 with, like, the tunes, the pop tunes or the crossover appeal?
01:48 Well, it seems like it's changing.
01:50 Because, you know, Cardi has a Grammy.
01:53 Meg has a Grammy.
01:54 You know, Nas finally got his Grammy.
01:56 So I feel like somebody over there--
01:58 but what people don't understand the way--
01:59 it's a voting system.
02:00 It's not really what it seems to mean,
02:04 the way it was explained to me.
02:05 Because once you get nominated, you're part of the committee.
02:07 You can vote.
02:08 But a lot of times, what it seems like,
02:11 whoever is signed to the label with the most people that
02:14 are on the board, that's who usually wins.