{"id":57044,"date":"2026-02-02T00:56:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T00:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/shaboozey-dedicates-first-grammy-win-to-children-of-immigrants\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T00:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T00:56:31","slug":"shaboozey-dedicates-first-grammy-win-to-children-of-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/shaboozey-dedicates-first-grammy-win-to-children-of-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaboozey Dedicates First Grammy Win to &#8216;Children of Immigrants&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/shaboozey\/\" id=\"auto-tag_shaboozey\" data-tag=\"shaboozey\">Shaboozey<\/a> won his first-ever Grammy Award on Sunday afternoon. The country star took home the trophy for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/grammys-2026-winners-list-1235508716\/\">Best Country Duo\/Group Performance<\/a> for \u201cAmen,\u201d his collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/jelly-roll\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jelly-roll\" data-tag=\"jelly-roll\">Jelly Roll<\/a>, during the Grammys Premiere Ceremony, which streamed online ahead of the TV broadcast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tShaboozey, who takes his stage name from a pronunciation of his family surname Chibueze, dedicated the win to the \u201cchildren of immigrants.\u201d The \u201cA Bar Song (Tipsy)\u201d singer, raised in Virginia, is the son of Nigerian immigrants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cImmigrants built this country, literally,\u201d he said onstage. \u201cSo, this is for them, for all children of immigrants. This is also for those who came to this country in search of better opportunity to be a part of a nation that promised freedom for all and equal opportunity to everyone willing to work for it. Thank you for bringing your culture, your music, your stories, and your traditions here. You give America color.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SHABOOZEY &amp; JELLY ROLL Win BEST COUNTRY DUO\/GROUP PERFORMANCE | 2026 GRAMMYs Acceptance Speech\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3k1DVKxCxp4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tShaboozey is an eight-time Grammy nominee and was nominated for Best New Artist at last year\u2019s awards ceremony. At this year\u2019s 68th annual Grammy Awards, he was also nominated for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance, both for \u201cGood News.\u201d \u201cAmen\u201d appears on the deluxe edition of Shaboozey\u2019s 2024 album <em>Where I\u2019ve Been, Isn\u2019t Where I\u2019m Going<\/em>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tImmigration is poised to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/celebrities-ice-reactions-1235504837\/\">running theme<\/a> throughout the 2026 Grammys, as the awards come during the controversial deportation campaign of the Trump administration and the nationwide ICE raids, particularly in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDuring a recent appearance on <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2019s <em>Nashville Now<\/em> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DTYAbFOjgoj\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\">podcast<\/a>, country singer Bryan Andrews spoke about the importance of immigrants to the fabric of the United States. \u201cI believe in the idea that this country can be great for all people in it. Since its inception, we\u2019ve been trying to do that, and that\u2019s what makes us great,\u201d Andrews said. \u201cThis country was built on immigrants.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/shaboozey-dedicates-grammy-2026-win-immigrants-speech-1235509136\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shaboozey won his first-ever Grammy Award on Sunday afternoon. The country star took home the trophy for Best Country Duo\/Group Performance for \u201cAmen,\u201d his&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":57045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}