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But since the former president’s expected award will be posthumous, blues pianist Pinetop Perkins will remain the oldest living person to receive a Grammy.
Lamar has seven nominations at next year’s Grammys.
The song was deemed too similar to Jim Croce’s 1973 hit “I Got a Name,” which was co-written by a member of the Academy’s board of governors.
Recording artists are taking a larger role in the art direction of their albums, as Grammy history in this category demonstrates.
The Grammy week event will be held at the Fairmont Century Plaza on Jan. 30.
Industry legend Lou Adler produced two of the films that were selected this year, American Me and Up in Smoke.
Composer Harry Gregson-Williams and director Ridley Scott will receive the SCL’s Spirit of Collaboration Award.