J-Kwon’s Grammy Nods for ‘A Bar Tune (Tipsy)’ Withdrawn

The Recording Academy has withdrawn 2025 Grammy nominations for J-Kwon (Jerrell C. Jones), Joe Kent and Mark Williams, the writers of J-Kwon’s 2004 hit “Tipsy,” which is interpolated in Shaboozey’s megahit “A Bar Tune (Tipsy).”

The genre-bridging break won Grammy nods for track of the yr and easiest nation track on Nov. 8. If it wins both or each awards when the 67th annual Grammy Awards are offered on Feb. 2, the writers of the unique “Tipsy” will obtain certificate, now not Grammy trophies.

The verdict was once made on Dec. 12, and was once introduced within the Academy’s Grammy Award Replace Heart, which carries this legend: “Every yr, the Recording Academy makes changes to the nominations listing as-necessary after the listing is first printed. Not unusual adjustments are ceaselessly the results of up to date credit and would possibly come with spelling corrections, identify adjustments, and the addition of nominees who weren’t incorporated within the authentic submission, amongst different revisions.”

Grammy regulations state that “songs that include samples or interpolations are eligible” for track of the yr. However in addition they make a difference between songwriters of the brand new track (who’re eligible for Grammys) and “writer & songwriter(s) of sampled or interpolated subject material, if appropriate),” who’re eligible just for certificate.

“A Bar Tune (Tipsy)” comprises the traces, “One, right here comes the 2 to the 3 to the 4” and “everyone on the bar gettin’ tipsy,” that are borrowed from “Tipsy.” J-Kwon joined Shaboozey to accomplish the break at the BET Awards on June 30. “BET, make some noise for Mr. Tipsy himself, the entire means from St. Louis, J-Kwon,” Shaboozey stated in introducing the rapper.

In a Q&A posted on April 26, the week the track entered the Scorching 100 at No. 36, J-Kwon advised Billboard’s Michael Saponara that he was once rather well compensated for the elevate. “I were given a loopy share… Let’s say it like this, we did that in combination, and I’m happy with him.”

“A Bar Tune (Tipsy)” logged 19 weeks at No. 1 at the Billboard Scorching 100, which put it in a tie with Lil Nas X’s “Outdated The city Highway” (that includes Billy Ray Cyrus) for the longest run at No. 1 within the chart’s 66-year historical past. “Outdated The city Highway” additionally accommodates borrowed components. It includes a pattern of 9 Inch Nails’ “34 Ghosts IV,” which was once co-written by means of that band’s Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. “Outdated The city Highway” wasn’t nominated for Grammys in songwriting classes, however it was once entered for track of the yr. The list didn’t display Reznor and Ross as co-writers, which is in step with Grammy regulations. (“Outdated The city Highway” went on to 2 Grammys — easiest pop duo/staff efficiency and easiest track video — and was once nominated for report of the yr.)

If the Grammy determination is a sadness for J-Kwon and his collaborators on “Tipsy,” they are going to wish to head for the closest open bar to drown their troubles. They will even be capable to get a just right track out of it.