Kendrick Lamar was nominated for multiple Grammys for his 2012 debut album good kid, m.A.A.d city for this past Sunday’s award show, but unfortunately, he walked away with zero. Meanwhile, his competition Macklemore nabbed 4. As shown through Mack’s tweets, the guys spoke before and after the awards and it was all love, but how did K. Dot REALLY feel? The TDE rapper spoke to XXL today to share his thoughts on the loss and the night in general. See what he had to say below.

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On Macklemore winning over him:

“It’s well deserved; he did what he did, man. He went out there and hustled and grinded. Everything happens for a reason; the universe comes back around, that’s how it go.”

On the show overall:

“I definitely feel like they should always have more of the culture up in there, for sure, because we definitely stand out just like any other genre. We part of the world. We part of the movement. So I think any awards, including the Grammys, should always push for more hip-hop because it’s music as a whole, it’s not just splitting different regions. Everything moves as far as sound and vibrations, and that’s how it goes. And we are a part of that.”

Source: XXL