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Hot 97 radio personality Miss Info is in Hollywood covering tonight's VMAs. While there she got a chance to interview Wiz Khalifa about his Best New Artist nomination.
The two chopped it up about the fact that Wiz is technically not a new artist. He's been in the game for years yet he finds himself competing for an award against someone like Kreayshawn who has never released an album.
Peep the Q and A below.
Miss Info: Best New Artist? Were they living in a cave?
Wiz: Nah man, like everybody seems surprised like 'man you aint no new artist.' But I'm new to a lot of people... I'm newly accepted.
MI: What do you think the definition is of a new artist is? Because you're nominated and you've been around for quite some time, and you had albums and you had hits. And then you have somebody like Kreayshawn who has 1 hit [and] no albums.
Wiz: Well shout out to Kreayshawn and everything she's doing. I think what everybody is doing now is trying not to miss out on those kids who are coming up, right when they are coming up. Whereas with me they kinda looked over me for like 6 years. So now they're coming back like 'oh he's the guy we looked over. He's still fairly new because we're accepting him now. But we're also going to accept these other people right away with him.' And it's all love, it would have been cool to get a look like that early in my career.
MI: So basically you're saying you'll take it either way because you would rather that, then them have a hard fast rule that means you don't qualify right?
Wiz: Yeah, I mean at then end of the day I'm being recognized for doing what I've been doing and sticking to what I know. And whether it's best new artist, or best old artist, or best young artist... I'll take it.
MI: Or best artist that we just decided that we really like.
Wiz: Yeah they should have just gave me an award "dude who slept on."
Tune into MTV tonight at 9/8C to see if Wiz fairs in the Best New Artist category against Big Sean, Tyler, The Creator, Kreayshawn, and Foster The People.
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