Remy Ma sets the record straight and clarifies her recent comments regarding Doja Cat's status as a rapper.
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00:00You said Doja Cat's not a rapper.
00:01For what?
00:03No, but you had said that.
00:04And I don't want to regurgitate.
00:05I mean, you said what you said.
00:06I said what I said.
00:07You say what you said.
00:08You ain't be on backtrack.
00:11But when I said it, I thought it was, I thought
00:12I was, like, giving a compliment.
00:13Like, I didn't say it like,
00:15Because she was, like, a pop star?
00:16No, I just felt like that she was more than a rapper,
00:18because she sings, and she dances.
00:21Like, I feel like certain people, like, they
00:24fall into other categories.
00:26And everybody was so offended.
00:28And then once everybody got offended and started talking,
00:30I'm like, nah, I don't give a shit.
00:31I don't care.
00:32Like, I don't even think about it.
00:34Like, I was asked the question.
00:35I was one of the drink champs.
00:36And that's what they said.
00:37So that's what happened.
00:38But it was really meant as a compliment.
00:41But a lot of times what happens, especially
00:44when it comes to us females, the fan bases and the people
00:47that they say things, and they, like, twist things around
00:50and make it a thing, a thing.
00:53And rappers seem to be, like, the most territorial
00:57over their genre, though.
00:58Because I feel like even, like, when the whole Grammy
01:02thing with Lotto and them went down on social media,
01:04it was like, do you really care where you're classified?
01:06Or is that more about making sure people know
01:09where your category is?
01:10Or what, like, I feel like it's-
01:11I don't know.
01:12You have to bring the people that
01:13was involved in that and ask them.
01:16OK.
01:17Why are hip hop, well, I don't think they ain't gonna come.
01:21I don't know.
01:22My Grammy, the first Grammy I was nominated for
01:24were Lean Back in the rap category.
01:26We lost to the Black Eyed Peas.
01:28That's crazy.
01:29OK, so that's the issue.
01:30And the second time when we were in the rap category,
01:35we were nominated twice, but all the way up.
01:37And it went to, I think, Chance the Rapper for the,
01:40you don't want a problem with me.
01:42So is the rap that gets acknowledged as raps
01:44with, like, the tunes, the pop tunes or the crossover appeal?
01:48Well, it seems like it's changing.
01:50Because, you know, Cardi has a Grammy.
01:53Meg has a Grammy.
01:54You know, Nas finally got his Grammy.
01:56So I feel like somebody over there.
01:58But what people don't understand the way,
01:59it's a voting system.
02:00It's not really what it seems to me,
02:03the way it was explained to me.
02:05Because once you get nominated, you're part of the committee.
02:07You can vote.
02:08But a lot of times, what it seems like,
02:11whoever is signed to the label with the most people that
02:14are on the board, that's who usually wins.