Evanescence’s Amy Lee says 50 Cent “hates her guts”
nme.comEvanescence’s Amy Lee has spoken about winning Best New Artist over 50 Cent at the 2004 Grammy Awards in a new interview. Lee spoke with Daily Beast about the 20th anniversary of Evanescence’s breakout ‘Bring Me To Life’-featuring debut album, ‘Fallen’.
The interview eventually touched on their ‘Best New Artist’ win at the 2004 Grammy Awards, beating 50 Cent, whose nomination followed the release of his 2003 debut, ‘Get Rich Or Die Tryin’’.
The rapper responded to the rock band’s by walking onstage as Lee delivered her acceptance speech.“50 Cent hates my guts,” Lee said, reflecting on the event. “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.’”“He didn’t do anything, he didn’t grab the mic, it wasn’t that bad.
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