Kanye West has told MTV that he thinks 50 Cent doesn't get the acknowledgement he deserves from awards bodies, and commented on Fiddy's failure to win the Best New Artist award at the 2004 Grammys. West said: "I remember being there and Evanescence won... and it's like 'who?' But they say that the best new artist award at the Grammys is the kiss of death."
He went on: "These award shows... I don't want to say that they're fixed... it's just hard when you impact the world the way that he did and then they want to turn around and not give you your proper credit. When that first album came out, it was 50 Cent by a mile. How could you have the audacity to let anyone [else] win? He was a sure win for any competition he was in so anything he didn't win that year, he was robbed."