Diddy made an important point at the Clive Davis pre GRAMMYs Gala on Saturday.
12:38 PM PST, January 26, 2020Diddy was recognized with the 2020 Grammy Salute to Industry Icons Award during the Recording Academy and Clive Davis’ annual Pre-GRAMMY Gala on Saturday.
While accepting the honor, the 50-year-old rapper spoke out about the lack of diversity in the awards’ top prizes and failure to recognize rap and R&B artists outside of their respective categories. “So I say this with love to the GRAMMYs, because you really need to know this, every year y’all be killing us man. Man, I’m talking about the pain. I’m speaking for all these artists here, the producers, the executives,” he said. “The amount of time it takes to make these records, to pour your heart into it, and you just want an even playing field.”
“In the great words of Erykah Badu, ‘We are artists and we are sensitive about our .’ We are passionate. For most of us, this is all we got. This is our only hope,” the music mogul continued. “Truth be told, hip-hop has never been respected by the Grammys. Black music has never been respected by the Grammys to the point that it should be.”made by suspended CEO Deborah Dugan, who claims that the GRAMMYs voting process is rigged.
Throughout the evening, the GRAMMYs controversy had not been addressed until Diddy took the stage. Diddy received a standing ovation from the crowd that included Beyoncé and Jay-Z.
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