Natalie Cole
A report in London's Daily Mail
newspaper reveals the U.S. based Grammy Awards are being
slammed on accusations of racism. Recently, legendary
singers, Natalie Cole and Earth, Wind And Fire founding
member, Maurice White, died in separate incidents from
illness. Cole sold over 30 million records in her lifetime
and won many awards, including Grammys. Cole has many
memorable, beautiful songs that are big hits. White and his
band Earth, Wind and Fire have sold over 100 million records
and won many awards, including Grammys. I got the
opportunity to see them play live years ago and they were
fantastic. Earth, Wind and Fire are true musicians.
However, based on reports,
African-American Cole and White have been left out of the
musical tribute segment of tonight's show, in favor of
recently deceased white singers David Bowie and
musician/vocalist, Glenn Frey, a member of the top selling
band, the Eagles. It makes no sense that Cole and White
can't be included in the musical tribute segment. Even
30-seconds of a top song by each such as Cole'
"Unforgettable" White's "September" or "After The Love Is
Gone" Bowie's "Let's Dance" and "You Belong To The City" by
Frey from the Miami Vice soundtrack. It's not difficult to
pull this off.
Maurice White
I wouldn't particularly call the
Grammys racist. The Grammy awards committee has given many
awards to minorities who are black, Hispanic and Asian.
However, the Grammys have changed in the past few years and
it now has issues with award rigging and bribery that has
led to a complete imbalance, in that a number of awards are
being given to undeserving recording artists and those who
engage in copyright infringement and criminal copyright
infringement (Chris Brown
Slams The Grammy Awards In Online Tirade).
I don't know what they are
playing at omitting Cole and White, who have made huge
contributions to music. As stated above, I do not think the
Grammys are racist, but something else is going on regarding
the snub, that probably falls under the category of some
other music industry politics and foolishness. Let me guess,
some spoiled brat of a modern star wants to indulge in a
long performance to promote some new, nonsensical song and
album that isn't even original, so the tribute section has
been shaved down. Do the new cultists running the Grammys
know so little about music that they failed to realize what
Cole and White have done in entertainment history.
Side Bar: Either way, I
won't be watching the show, for its aforementioned behavior
in awarding thieves Grammys and now being controlled by a
crazy Hollywood cult (Kabbalah), rather than intelligent
industry experts. The stuff passing as music now is
disgraceful (and unoriginal).
STORY SOURCE
Now the Grammys have a race problem: All-white tributes under fire for celebrating Bowie and Lemmy but not Maurice White
Now the Grammys have a race problem: All-white tributes under fire for celebrating Bowie and Lemmy but not Maurice White
Published: 13:45 EST, 13 February 2016 |
Updated: 14:57 EST, 13 February 2016 - It is still unclear
whether the late Maurice White will be included in this
year's Grammy Awards live tributes, as producers scramble
under time constraints and pressures to diversify the show.
The musician, songwriter, producer and founder of the band
Earth, Wind & Fire, died last week on at the age of 74 after
suffering from Parkinson's Disease for decades.
Page Six reported: 'Industry insiders are
griping that White and Natalie Cole have been banished to a
video tribute package with others who died in the past
year.' Maurice White, who died on February 4, and
Natalie Cole, the singer-songwriter and daughter of Nat King
Cole who died on December 31, will be relegated to the video
tribute package. White was the founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
(pictured). The band which will receive a lifetime
achievement award, but the ceremony is held a separate event
that isn't televised
The Grammys, set to air on Monday night,
will see an all-white tribute section to remember David
Bowie, Glenn Frey of the Eagles, and Lemmy from Motorhead.
An insider told Page Six: 'The tributes they’ve confirmed
are all white. As of yesterday, there was no tribute at all
for Maurice because Grammy producers said they didn’t have
time...
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