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After a video of the country singer shouting obscenities, including the N-word, went viral in February, the country star was dropped from streaming playlists and radio stations and suspended by officials at his label.
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“I was around some of my friends, and we just… we say dumb stuff together,” he told Good Morning America host Michael Strahan on Friday in his first TV appearance since the scandal. “It was… in our minds, it’s playful. I don’t know, that sounds ignorant, but that’s really where it came from. And it’s wrong.”
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The Weeknd scores 16 nominations for Billboard Awards after Grammys snub He s the leading nominee at this year s awards, which will air on May 23. Other top nominees include DaBaby and Pop Smoke.
FILE - The Weeknd performs during the halftime show of the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game on Feb. 7, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. The Weeknd was snubbed by the Grammys but he s the leading nominee at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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The Weeknd was snubbed by the Grammys but he’s the leading nominee at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, where rappers Pop Smoke and Juice WRLD earned multiple posthumous nominations, including top artist, and disgraced country singer Morgan Wallen is a six-time nominee.