I’m not sure what the Oscar nominees’ cut offs are, but apparently it’s not too far from their air date of February 24th. For other awards shows like the Grammy’s, your album had to have come out by a certain date (months and months before) to qualify for a nomination. Ross, however, could possibly score one for the 2013 Oscars with his song “100 Black Coffins,” off the soundtrack of the yet-to-be-released Django Unchained movie (out Christmas Day). Though he wouldn’t be the first rapper to take home an Oscar (Three 6 Mafia won in 2006 with “It’s Hard Out Here For a Pimp” from Hustle & Flow; Eminem in 2003 with 8 Mile‘s “Lose Yourself”), his chances are rather slim that he’ll even get a nomination: 1 in 75, to be exact. More details below.
The Academy first puts together a list of songs that should be nominated, then narrow it down to the 5 or so that actually score the nominations. Ross is one of 75 songs up for consideration, that includes John Legend’s “Who Did That to You?” (also Django Unchained), Katy Perry‘s “Wide Awake” (Katy Perry: Part of Me), Adele‘s “Skyfall” (Skyfall); and the Black Keys‘ “Baddest Man Alive” (Man With The Iron Fists.) We’ll find out if he made the cut on January 10th!
