Now with the Water Cooler Buzz and India Irie streak to Tumblr it was obvious something went Down at the Grammys!! .....
When it comes to this years 56 Grammy Awards.... I didn't watch it, but I have been hearing the buzz around the water cooler that pretty much everybody is talking about a "Good Kid" from a" M.A.A.D City" Kendrick Lamar....
Kendrick Lamar
It's said that Kendrick did not win in any of the following categories which includes Best New Artist of the Year, best rap performer, best rap song, or best rap album in which a lot of people think he should have won, at least in one of the categories, however instead McLemore and Ryan Lewis won, sewing up all the categories!!Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Then there's more talk that India Arie went to Tumblr expressing her feelings about this past Sunday's Grammy's awards and according to thegrio.com Ms.Arie expressed:" Kendrick was robbed, but he was not the only one who was robbed. Personally, I was pleased he was able to perform and they Killed! It! one of the few moving moments of the night for me"....
She further express:
India Arie
"Though it’s called “Music industries biggest night” the #Grammys are NOT about the music, it’s a popularity contest. The voting process allows people, to vote on name recognition alone – the music industry politics is a whole NUTHER conversation.Too much to get into here.If the hip hop and R&B Community voted the same -for each category -we'd see winners that reflect the Music Itself we all know that's just not the way it goes".
So, maybe she has a point but either way I think if the Hip- Hop and R&B Community would have been able to vote, Kendrick most certainly would have won as Best New Artist in my opinion.... But what did K.Dot have to say about the outcome? According to pithfork.com Kendrick Lamar responded:
"It’s well deserved; he did what he did, man... He went out there and hustled and grinded. Everything happens for a reason; the universe comes back around, that’s how it go."
They go on to share....
"XXL the site asked Lamar for his opinion on the Grammy's treatment of hip-hop broadly, and whether it is undervalued?" And I'll close with Kendrick's opinion to the question:
"I definitely feel like they should always have more of the culture up in there, for sure, because we definitely stand out just like any other genre..We part of the world.,We part of the movement. So I think any awards, including the Grammys, should always push for more hip hop because it's music as a whole, its not just splitting different regions. Everything moves as far as sound and vibrations, and thats how it goes. And we are a part of that."