Roddy Ricch’s month got off to a rocky start as he found himself embroiled in a controversy over a missing Grammy award. The rapper had been gearing up for the release of his new project, The Navy Album, but instead found himself dealing with the aftermath of a mishap involving his prized accolade.
After winning the Best Rap Performance Grammy in 2020, Roddy Ricch unfortunately lost track of the award when it was misplaced in a storage unit belonging to one of his assistants. The Grammy was eventually discovered by a California-based YouTuber, Prieto Hunters, who stumbled upon the storage unit and the award.
When Ricch caught wind of the situation, he attempted to handle it through communication with Hunters. However, things took a turn for the worse as Ricch claimed that the transaction with the YouTuber did not go as expected. Hunters allegedly tried to take advantage of the situation by claiming to have purchased the storage unit for a mere $280, prompting Ricch to offer $10,000 for the return of his Grammy.
To update his fans on the debacle, Roddy Ricch took to Instagram Live on December 2 to clarify the events surrounding the missing Grammy. Despite his efforts to resolve the situation, there was a sense of confusion surrounding Hunters’ actions and the Grammy’s return. The YouTuber, however, wanted much more than that. He boosted the asking price to a whopping $50K.
“First he asked me for an AP, then he asked me for $50,000,” Roddy Ricch told his fans. “So it was never about ‘Oh we’re going to do it on just the strength of trying to get it back to you.” All that type of s**t,” the rapper told his fans. “It was more so about a n**ga trying to get some clout off it or a n**ga trying to basically extort me for $50,000.” The two men agreed on a price and met up at a California police station. Once again, Ricch was annoyed by Prieto Hunters’ antics. The rapper claimed that the YouTuber showed up to the police station with “two cops and three n**gas with cameras.”
Roddy Ricch won the Grammy for his joint single “Racks In the Middle” alongside the late Nipsey Hussle. He told Variety that he was incredibly humbled by the win, but admitted it was bittersweet given Hussle’s passing. “It just had a street impact,” he told the outlet. “It was organically moving through the streets, so that’s how I feel it initially gained its popularity. Then it just spread like wildfire. It’s a bittersweet thing as far as a Grammy, but it’s a good thing.”
