Hip Hop artist Nas performs before the NBA All-Star basketball game in New York on Feb. 15, 2015, left,
and Lil Baby performs at the BET Awards in Los Angeles on June 23, 2019. Lil Baby has blazed the
Billboard charts, but Grammy voters gave the young hip-hop star the cold shoulder in the best rap album
category, instead, surprisingly nominating the genre’s more matured voices like Nas. (AP Photos by Frank
Franklin II, left, and Chris Pizzello)