Kid Cudi, Rihanna & Others React To First-Time Emmy Nominations

Kid Cudi and Rihanna are overwhelmed with gratitude and joy after they were nominated for an Emmy for the first time.

On Wednesday, July 12, the nominations for the 2023 Emmy Awards were announced. The Cleveland rapper and actor's Entergalactic special was nominated for Best Animated Program. Cudi took to Twitter to express his excitement about the nomination and thanked everyone who was involved with the show.

“THIS IS HUGE!!! CONGRATS TO THE WHOLE TEAM WHO BUSTED THEIR ASSES FOR 3 YEARS AND BROUGHT THIS BAD BOY TO LIFE!! @netflix #entergalactic," he tweeted. "Now, the big question: What to wear??”

Cudi also said that numerous people congratulated him on the nod including his friend Travis Scott and Ty Dolla $ign, who also appeared in the animated show.

Meanwhile, Rihanna also thanked the masses after her Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show performance earned five nods. The "Lift Me Up" singer, and the show's executive producer JAY-Z, were nominated for Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special, Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special, Outstanding Music Direction, Outstanding Variety Special (Live) and Outstanding Technical Direction and Camerawork for a Special.

“Pull up breed up 2 d bashment… 5 EMMY NOMZ is craaaaazzzyyy!!!” she wrote in her Instagram post full of exclusive photos from her show. “Im so grateful for every single person involved in creating these memories!”

They weren't the only first-timers either. Director Allen Hughes also received his first two nominations for his work on FX's "Dear Mama" series. The docu-series about 2Pac and his mother Afeni Shakur was nominated for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series and Outstanding Writing For A Nonfiction Program.

See all of the reactions to the nominations below.