Let’s talk about Tyler, The Creator’s statement on racism at the Grammys (2024)

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What did Tyler, The Creator say about the Grammys? ›

“On one side, I'm very grateful that what I made could just be acknowledged in a world like this. But also, it sucks that whenever we, and I mean guys that look like me, do anything that's genre-bending, they always put it in a 'rap' or 'urban' category,” he said at the time.

Allegations of racism in the Grammy Awards, as expressed in award selections, have frequently been the target of criticism going back to its inception in 1957. These accusations have been highlighted by several controversial voting results, and the controversial voting process itself.

Artists including Jay-Z, Frank Ocean, Drake and Kanye West have all protested over the Grammys lack of recognition for black artists - with many citing the fact that no rap album has won album of the year since Outkast's Speakerboxxx / The Love Below in 2004.

Zayn Malik. In 2021, Zayn Malik did not hold back a few days before the Grammys after getting frustrated with how unfair the voting process was. “F— the Grammys and everyone associated,” Malik wrote on X. “Unless you shake hands and send gifts, there's no nomination considerations.

“Some of you may get robbed,” he said, adding, “Some of you don't belong in the category.” He also conceded that the process of awarding Grammys is subjective. “It's music and it's opinion based,” he said. Jay-Z made the remarks during his acceptance speech for the Dr.

During her acceptance speech, Swift thanked her fans and shared how grateful she is to be doing what she does. "All I want to do is keep being able to do this," Swift said. "I love it so much. It makes me so happy."

He behavior has gotten him booted from the lineup of performers for the 2022 Grammy Awards. Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, has been barred from performing at the 2022 Grammy Awards because of his "concerning online behavior," according to a spokesperson for the controversial artist.

Sinead O'Connor is the only artist to reject a Grammy, bc she pulled out a couple days before the ceremony in 1991, where she was SUPPOSED to perform "Nothing Compares 2 U." in a letter, she criticized the industry for "honoring commercial success" & more latimes.com/archives/la-xp…

The duo Milli Vanilli was stripped of their Grammy for lip-synching their album.

He was escorted out of the Crypto.com Arena by police after winning three awards during the pre-show ceremony.

Who refused to accept a Grammy? ›

Despite running for over 60 years, only one artist in the ceremony's history has had the courage to reject the honour. In 1991, Sinêad O'Connor was nominated for 'Best Alternative Music Performance', 'Song of the Year', 'Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female)' and 'Best Music Video – Short Form'.

The viewership was the highest for the awards show since the 2020 ceremony, shortly before the pandemic. Award shows are in their rebound era. The Grammy Awards notched 16.9 million viewers on Sunday night, a 34 percent increase from last year's ceremony, according to Nielsen and CBS, which aired the show.

Drake slammed the Grammys for its lack of recognition of hip-hop on Sunday night ahead of the ceremony. The rapper, who was not in attendance, took to his Instagram stories to remind his fellow artists that music's big night is actually meaningless.

The Grammys was trailblazing for merging their male and female categories in 2012, but because of this, between 2013 and 2021 less than 10 percent of nominees for awards like Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Producer of the Year were women.

In an off-the-cuff delivery that's come to be rare for the rap mogul, Jay's sentences were strung together with nervous laughter as he shared memories of hip-hop boycotting Grammys past — he noted that Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff declined to show in 1989, when the first ever rap award was not televised, and that he ...

"All you incredible artists, remember this show isn't the facts, it's just the opinion of a group of people (whose) names are kept a secret (literally you can Google it)," the rapper wrote in an Instagram Story. "Congrats to anybody winning anything for hip-hop, but this show doesn't dictate (expletive) in our world."

Tyler, the Creator is an American rapper who has received various awards and nominations including a Brit Award, two Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award.

In 2022, she called out the Recording Academy for moving her hit "Super Freaky Girl" from the rap category to the pop one, saying (via Billboard), “It was done to decrease my chances of winning awards for 'Super Freaky Girl. ' It was done to remove me from the category that they don't want COMPETITION in!!!!!!!

“I think on nights like tonight it's important for us to remember there is no such thing as 'best' in music. I don't think any of us sit in the studio making decisions on what is going to get us one of these,” Styles said, referring to the award in his hands, which he won for the album “Harry's House.”