Wanjiru Waweru, Jadetimes Staff
W. Waweru is a Jadetimes News Reporter Covering Entertainment News
Doechii received the 2025 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album for Alligator Bites Never Heal. She made history as the third woman to win this award category, drowned with other acts such as Common and Pete Rock (“The Auditorium Vol. 1”), Eminem (“The Death of Slim Shady”), Future and Metro Boomin (“We Don’t Trust You”), and J. Cole (“Might Delete Later”).
Cardi B presented for the Best Rap Award. Doechii explained in her acceptance speech and shed tears: “This category was introduced in 1989. Three women have won: Lauryn Hill, Cardi B, and Doechii.”
Doechii’s Statement:
“I put my heart and my soul into this mixtape. I bared my life. I went through so much. I dedicated myself to sobriety, and God told me that I would be rewarded and that He would show me just how good it can get. And I have to thank God. I need to thank my beautiful mother for coaching me. I want to thank my label; my engineer, Jada, for everything she did; my fans, to the Swamp.There’s so many people out there who probably don’t know who I am. I call myself the Swamp Princess ’cause I’m from Tampa, Florida! There’s so much culture in Tampa. Whenever people think about Florida, they only think about, like, Miami, but Tampa has so much talent. Labels, go to Tampa, there’s talent there, OK? Thank you so much to my label, TDE, and everybody who helped put this together. All the producers on the project, I thank you. Thank you to hip-hop.The last thing I want to say—oh my God, there’s so much going on, what the fuck? Sorry! I know that there is some Black girl out there, so many Black women that are watching me right now, and I want to tell you: You can do it. Anything is possible. Anything is possible. Don’t allow, don’t allow anybody to project any stereotypes on you that tell you that you can’t be here, that you’re too dark, or that you’re not smart enough, or that you’re too dramatic, or you’re too loud. You’re exactly who you need to be! To be right where you are! And I am a testimony! Praise God!”
Doechii performed as she owned the stage with two songs, “Catfish” and “Denial is a River” from her mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal. She brought her old-school rap-rhyming skills to life. She received a lot of standing ovations from the audience before her first Grammy win.
Doechii released her latest single Nosebleeds on February 3, 2025, via Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records where she recorded with producer Jonas Jeberg, the two-minute track was a new milestone and recaptured her status, with Doechii rapping about why she received her Grammy nominations, her record label.
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