Remy Ma clarifies her comments about Doja Cat not being a rapper

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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?

00:02 No, but you had said that.

00:04 And I don't want to re- ... 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.

00:10 But when I said it, I thought I was giving a compliment.

00:13 I didn't say it like-

00:15 Because she was a pop star?

00:16 No, I just felt like that she was more than a rapper because she sings and she dances.

00:21 I feel like certain people, they fall into other categories.

00:26 And everybody was so offended.

00:27 And then once everybody got offended and started talking, I'm like, "I don't give a ... I don't

00:31 care.

00:32 I don't even think about it."

00:34 I was asked the question, I was one of the drink champs, 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 comes to us females, the fan bases

00:46 and the people, they say things and they twist things around and make it a thing, a thing.

00:54 You seem to be the most territorial over their genre though.

00:58 Because I feel like even when the whole Grammy thing with Lotto and them went down on social

01:03 media, it was like, "Do you really care where you're classified or is that more about making

01:07 sure people know where your category is?"

01:11 I don't know.

01:12 You have to bring the people that was involved in that and ask them.

01:16 Okay.

01:17 Why are hip hop ...

01:18 I don't know.

01:19 I don't think they ain't got nothing.

01:21 I don't know.

01:22 My first Grammy I was nominated for was Lean Back in the rap category.

01:26 We lost to the Black Eyed Peas.

01:28 That's crazy.

01:29 Okay, so that's the issue.

01:30 And the second time when we were in the rap category, we were nominated twice for All

01:36 the Way Up, and it went to Chance the Rapper for the "You Don't Want a Problem With Me."

01:42 So is the rap that gets acknowledged as the raps with the pop tunes or the crossover

01:48 appeal?

01:49 It's changing because Cardi has a Grammy, Meg has a Grammy, Nas finally got his Grammy,

01:56 so I feel like somebody over there ... But what people don't understand the way ... It's

01:59 a voting system.

02:00 It's not really what it seems to me, 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, but a lot of times, what it seems like whoever is signed to the label

02:12 with the most people that are on the board, that's who usually wins.

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