Killer Mike won three GRAMMYs at the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards. The Atlanta native and Douglass High School alum Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for “Scientists & Engineers.” He also won Best Rap Album for Michael.
Killer Mike is 48 years old and shares his Best Rap Performance award with featured artists André 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane. For Best Rap Song, André 3000, Paul Beauregard, James Blake, Tim Moore, and Dion Wilson all share the win as well. During his speech, Mike proclaimed artists aren’t too old to win music’s highest honor.
“For all the people out there that think you get too old to rap, bullshit,” exclaimed Killer Mike during the Grammys pre-show held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. “I don’t give a damn if you’re 78 rapping about how many gals you got in the nursing home, make sure we keep hip-hop alive.”
In 2003, Killer Mike picked up best rap performance by a duo or group for “The Whole World,” his collaboration with OutKast.
Killer Mike beat out Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss, Nas’ King’s Disease III, Travis Scott’s Utopia and Metro Boomin’s Heroes & Villains. Tracks nominated for best rap song and best rap performance included Doja Cat’s “Attention,” Lil Uzi Vert’s “Just Wanna Rock,” Drake and 21 Savage’s “Rich Flex,” Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar’s “The Hillbillies,” Black Thought’s “Love Letter” and Coi Leray’s “Players.”