André 3000 will not be present at the Grammy Awards ceremony

André 3000 He will not participate in the award ceremony of the Grammy Awards tonight in Los Angeles (Read here the complete list of nominations), despite having more than one nomination with its solo debut album “New Blue Sun “. The disc is in fact in the running in three categories: ‘Album of the year’, ‘Best Alternative Jazz album’ It is best instrumental composition ‘for “I SWEAR, I REALLY WANTED TO MAKE A ‘RAP’ ALBUM But This is Literally The Way the Wind Blew Me This Time”.

The 49 -year -old
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This is his name for extensive, he communicated his absence to the Crypto.com Arena of the Californian city with a message via Instagram: “Unfortunately I will not be able to participate in the Grammy, but some of the musicians, friends and supporters of ‘New Blue Sun’ will be Present. Our album was conceived and recorded in Los Angeles with a spirit of opening and creative collaboration.

In the ‘album of the year’ category, “New Blue Sun” is in competition with “Cowboy Carter” Of Beyoncé, “Hit Me Hard andSoft “ Of Billie Eilish, “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” Of Chappell Roan, “Brat” Of Charli xcx, “Djesse Vol. 4” Of Jacob Collier, “Short n ‘Sweet” Of Sabrina Carpenter And “The tortured poets department” Of Taylor Swift.

After receiving the nominations last November, the member of Outkast He said he was very surprised to have entered the squad of candidates for such an important category.

“We tried to be nominated in some way for alternative jazz or perhaps for the ambient. I was totally surprised. So yes, it was super, super cool.”