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Originally Posted by Quicksilver
"The Grammy's have never been a platform for Rap music."?????????
Where were you 5 years ago???
New York Times
Rap Rules Among the Grammy Award Nominations
By NEIL STRAUSS
Published: December 5, 2003
Rap, which was added as a Grammy category only in the late 1980's, seems to have taken over the ceremony. Four of the five songs nominated for record of the year (an award given to a single) featured rappers. The only exception was ''Clocks'' by Coldplay, which is competing with ''Lose Yourself'' by Eminem, ''Hey Ya!'' by OutKast, ''Crazy in Love'' by Beyoncé with Jay-Z, and ''Where Is the Love'' by the Black Eyed Peas and Justin Timberlake.
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Uh, I was watching the Grammy's
... And I stand by my statement that the Grammy's have not been a platform for Rap music. Further, it was slow to accept Rap as a category of popular music. Had you said the American Music Awards, I would most certainly agree with you.
I agree that 2003 was a hot year for rap-inspired music. But out of the artist you mentioned above, only Eminem's "Loose Yourself" was a rap song in its traditional sense. (One could make the same argument for "Hey Ya!") However, as you earlier stated, the Grammy's did not acknowledge rap until the late 1980's. This is more than a decade after "Rappers Delight" became a mainstream hit. When the Grammy's finally recognized rap as a category, it was relegated to the unaired awards ceremony. It was not until DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince won the award for "Parents Just Don't Understand" in 1989 that the presentation of this award was televised.