The 62nd annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on January 27th at the Staples Center. During one of the acceptance speeches, a popular game system made an appearance on stage.
The Best Rap Album award was given to Tyler the Creator for his album, Igor. As Tyler the Creator accepted the award, he was joined by his mother, and longtime friend, Jasper Dolphin.
Jasper previously was a founding member of the rap group, Odd Future. He has worked with Tyler the Creator on many songs and business ventures. As he stood by Tyler the Creator on stage, Jasper was seen holding a handheld Nintendo Switch. With a giant screen and red and blue accents, the Nintendo Switch is hard to miss.
The Switch has become one of the most popular game systems since its release in 2017. It is a hybrid system, which means it can be played as a stationary traditional system, or taken mobile as a handheld system. Jasper seemed like he was taking advantage of the handheld feature to entertain himself at the Grammys. Jasper took to Twitter to answer everyone's question in the back of their minds: "What was he playing?"
Pokemon Sword and Shield came out last year on Nintendo Switch. Since they are the latest Pokemon release, he was most likely catching Pokemon in the Galar region, where Sword and Shield take place. Both Jasper and Tyler the Creator enjoy video games and cartoons. Tyler the Creator has been an avid supporter of skating game franchises, and has claimed that he learned how to skateboard from Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4. As a result of that, he was also added as a playable character in Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5.
Nintendo did not issue a statement regarding its handheld console making a Grammys appearance. However, the company may be happy due to the amount of exposure and attention that the Switch was able to make. Just the appearance of the Switch alone is huge for Nintendo, but since Jasper tweeted that he was playing Pokemon, that increases the attention even more.
Pokemon Sword and Shield are out now, exclusively for the Switch.