Evanescence won the coveted Best New Artist Grammy in 2004, and the band&#8217;s lead singer Amy Lee says 50 Cent still hasn&#8217;t forgiven her for it.
“50 Cent hates my guts,” said Lee in an interview with The Daily Beast. &#8220;It’s just one of those things… I mean, truthfully, we thought he was going to win too. It was such a wild night. People are like, ‘What was it like to win a Grammy?’ and I’m like, ‘Stressful!’ I mean, it’s wonderful now, to have them, but it was surreal… I just remember thinking, ‘I don’t even think anybody in this room knows who we are.’&#8221;
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Evanescence had a big 2003 thanks to their debut studio album Fallen and its hit single, &#8220;Bring Me to Life.&#8221; Fallen peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200. 50 Cent&#8217;s Get Rich or Die Tryin&#8217;, which was released just one month before Fallen, had a bigger impact commercially, though, peaking at No. 1 and producing several hit singles including &#8220;In Da Club.&#8221;
When Evanescence were announced as the winner of the Best New Artist at the 2004 Grammys, 50 Cent actually walked up onstage with the band. &#8220;Oh what did I do?&#8221; said Lee at the time. &#8220;Thanks, 50.&#8221;
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Asked about the moment, Lee said she was just in shock and didn&#8217;t know what to do. &#8220;He didn’t do anything, he didn’t grab the mic, it wasn’t that bad. He just sort of like, made an appearance. It was like Zoolander when he thought he won,” Lee said. &#8220;He never said anything to me, but he likes to talk about me and how he was robbed. I don’t want to start a beef with him. &#8230; Everything around me was chaos and I was like, I’m going to stand here and see if this is real later, if I wake up or not.&#8221;
As recently as 2020, 50 Cent has shown how he still holds resentment for the band over the loss.
&#8220;You got the largest debut hip hop album [but] you don’t got no Best New Artist trophy,&#8221; he said during his Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony. &#8220;The Best New Artist, they gave that shit to Evanescence. Can you find fucking Evanescence? I ain’t seen Evanescence since that night. Since that night they gave them the trophy.&#8221;
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.@50Cent jokingly slams the #Grammys for awarding best new artist to Evanescence the same year his debut album was nominated in the category: &#8220;Can you find f&#8212;ing Evanescence?&#8221; https://t.co/GqwPCL9ZKE pic.twitter.com/lElY4AgucM
— Variety (@Variety) January 30, 2020Twitter: @Variety
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Evanescence’s Amy Lee Says 50 Cent Still Hates the Band for 2004 Grammy Snub