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Nicki Minaj slams Grammy Awards as she fumes over not winning in 2012 for Best New Artist

Nicki Minaj slams Grammy Awards. (Courtesy)

Nicki Minaj is not happy with the Grammy Awards. The rapper, 37, had some things to say as she fumed over losing out to singer Bon Iver in 2012 for Best New Artist. Nicki slammed the Recording Academy for giving the gong to a "white man" as she listed reasons for why she was worthy of winning that year.

Taking to Twitter, Nicki - who recently welcomed her first child - penned: "Never forget the Grammys didn’t give me my best new artist award when I had 7 songs simultaneously charting on billboard & bigger first week than any female rapper in the last decade- went on to inspire a generation.

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