A year after her big national breakout at the Grammy Awards, Tampa native Doechii has taken home her second trophy.
The rapper won a Grammy for Best Music Video for her clip to hit single “Anxiety” in pre-telecast awards handed out Sunday afternoon. Also nominated in the category: Sabrina Carpenter, Sade, Clipse and OK Go.
This is Doechii’s second Grammy, following last year’s Best Rap Album win for her mixtape “Alligator Bites Never Heal.”
“Anxiety” was nominated for a total of five Grammys on Sunday, including two biggies: Record of the Year and Song of the Year. The song lost two early awards: Best Rap Performance, falling to “Chains & Whips” by Clipse, Pusha T and Malice featuring Kendrick Lamar and Pharrell Williams; and Best Rap Song, falling to “tv off” by Kendrick Lamar and Lefty Gunplay.
Another Tampa Bay performer up for a Grammy was Valrico native Destin Conrad, whose album “Love on Digital” was nominated for Best Progressive R&B Album. He fell to Durand Bernarr’s “Bloom.”
But Tampa Bay can (sort of) claim at least one other Grammy win from Sunday. The late jazz legend Chick Corea, a longtime Clearwater resident before his death in 2021, took home his 29th Grammy — third most of all time — for “Windows – Live,” a posthumous collaboration with Christian McBride and Brian Blade.
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