ST. LOUIS – The Recording Academy is preventing St. Louis rapper J-Kwon from receiving a Grammy Award after removing him as a songwriter on Shaboozey’s No. 1 hit song, ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy).’ The ...

The 2025 Song of the Year nominee, which includes an interpolation to J-Kwon's 2004 hip-hop track "Tipsy," initially credited the "Hood Hop" rapper as well as writers Joe Kent and Mark Williams.

In a fractious America, there’s still one thing that people can agree on: Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” The Virginian’s country flip of an old J-Kwon hit rang out from bars, barbecues and car ...

J-Kwon won't receive a physical Grammy if Shaboozey takes home a win for "A Bar Song (Tipsy)." J-Kwon had his Grammy nomination for Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” reneged after The Recording Academy ...

Rapper J-Kwon poses at Caldwell Package Liquor in St. Louis on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. He filmed the music video for his 2004 song “Hood Hop” in the same location. ST. LOUIS — J-Kwon says he hums ...

J-Kwon, in front of Caldwell Package Liquor in St. Louis, is proud that his 2004 song “Tipsy” was sampled by Shaboozey and helped propel “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” to the top of the charts. ST. LOUIS — St.