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The Grammys Charged With Snubbing Hip-Hop
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NEW YORK – Since its beginnings in the 1970s, rap music has transformed from an underground, street-based sound to a definitive part of pop culture, transcending race and becoming one of the strongest – and most prolific – voices of today’s generation. But at the Grammy Awards, rap has had a long-lasting losing streak in the top categories.
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Kanye West Tops Grammy Nominations
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Kanye West has topped the nominations for the 54th annual Grammy Awards, announced in Los Angeles on Wednesday, ahead of Adele, the Foo Fighters and Bruno Mars.
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Grammys Cut Many Hip-Hop & R&B Categories For 2012
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Los Angeles – In a move that has shocked many in the music industry, the Grammys committee has decided to cut down on the amount of Hip-Hop and R&B categories for 2012.
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Steve Stoute Goes In On The Grammys For Being Full Of Sh!t
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Hip hop mogul and advertising exec Steve Stoute has slammed the Grammy awards with a full-page ad in Sunday’s New York Times in which he states the ceremony is a “series of hypocrisies and contradictions.”
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A Tribe Called Quest Honored By The Grammys
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LOS ANGELES – Before he launched into “Check the Rhime,” lyrical hip-hop master Phife Dawg paused on stage for a kiss. It wasn’t from his wife or even an adoring A Tribe Called Quest fan in the audience. No, the Five Foot Assassin leaned over to smooch a three-foot-tall Grammy statue before launching into his “funky introduction of how nice I am.”
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2011 Grammy Nominees! Drake, Eminem, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Kanye And More!
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The 2011 Grammy nominees were announced tonight. Hip-hop was heavy on the award nominees this year! Congrats to Nicki Minaj, B.o.B, and Tyga on their first nominations!!! Eminem got the most with 10. Rihanna, Jay, Bey, Drizzy, Kanye and more are all in there as well, plus more. Congrats to all and good luck!
The show airs Sunday, Feb. 13, at 8 p.m. on CBS.