His song, "The Monster," featuring Rihanna, also took home the trophy for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.
However, we don't know how Eminem feels about his win, since the Best Rap Album category was announced before the show started, so he won't be making any acceptance speeches.Īnd this isn't the only award Eminem won before the Grammys even started.
Though both Eminem and Azalea are nominated for other Grammys, this is the only award that directly pits them against each other, and it seems Eminem came out on top. Eminem beat out Iggy Azalea's The New Classic, Childish Gambino's Because The Internet, Common's Nobody's Smiling, ScHoolboy Q's Oxymoron, and Wiz Khalifa's Blacc Hollywood.Įminem had already been involved in a feud with competitor Azalea after he included lyrics about raping Azalea in his song "Vegas," bringing intensity to this category. A beef with Eminem, a film career, and even some reality show appearances would follow as the high-powered lyrical rap style of albums like 2019s Hotel Diablo morphed into a driving emo-rock sound on collaborations with Travis Barker and on the Barker-produced 2020 album Tickets to My Downfall, which topped the Billboard 200. Needless to say, when Eminem won the Best Rap Album Grammy for The Marshall Mathers LP 2, it was bound to upset the many fans of his competitors who were hoping for a different outcome. While many of the categories at Sunday night's 2015 Grammy Awards could be considered predictable, and to some even boring, there is one that definitely stands out for its mix of multiple strong contenders.