Showing posts with label Grammys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grammys. Show all posts

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Did Kanye West Really Make Taylor Swift Famous

Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift at the VMAs

Ranting rapper, Kanye West, fell afoul of singer, Taylor Swift, after he insane interrupted her Video Music Awards (VMA) speech a few years ago to robotically proclaim his boss wife, Beyonce, deserved the award more than she did. The rude and disrespectful act brought Swift to tears and created a huge backlash against West, who eventually apologized. His career has been blighted by the unwise interruption ever since.

Not one to let things go, West rehashed the madness by releasing a disrespectful track this month titled "Famous" from his botched album "The Life Of Pablo." The offending lyric by married West states, "I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. Why? I made that b**ch famous. I made that b*t*ch famous."

Taylor Swift, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian years later on speaking terms after his insulting VMA speech interruption 
 
Wow, West is really flattering himself and on so many levels. He must think he looks like Denzel Washington. Furthermore, he did not make Swift famous. I remember prior to Swift going mainstream, I saw her videos on the CMT network. Swift was known with a country music audience, just not mainstream. West's distasteful VMA  outburst created a scandal in the press that took her mainstream. However, he didn't make her famous. 

West claims his wife, Kim Kardashian and rvial Swift were okay with the song's inappropriate, adulterous lyrics. However, Swift went on stage and refuted his claims at the Grammys last week by stating, I want to say to all the young women out there, there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your sucess, or take credit for your accomplishments or your FAME." It was a dig at West's aforementioned song "Fame."

Taylor Swift rebuffing Kanye West's song "Fame" this month at the Grammys

West through another temper tantrum upon hearing her speech and stated, "I called Taylor. I played it. I said, 'Taylor,  I talked to my wife about it.' I said, 'How you feel about this line, Taylor?' She said 'Oh, Kanye, I like that line." Then she won an award and said something completely different. She's not cool no more. She had two seconds to be cool and she f****d it up." 

Side Bar: It's telling that Kanye didn't ambush a black woman on stage while she's accepting an award. The VMAs would have been scrambling to cut to commercial because a black woman would have, as the phrase goes, beat the black off him, then shoved the award right up his...

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Rihanna Faked Having Bronchitis Unable To Perform Due To Alcohol And Drug Binge After Career Slide And Leonardo DiCaprio Cheating On Her With Three Women


Rihanna 

Rihanna's career has been in free fall, via flopped music singles, a failed album "Anti" and a poor selling concert tour she had to cancel select shows for due to a lack of ticket sales. Rihanna's remaining fans slammed her self-designed Puma shoes, branding them ugly on social networking. The man she has been romantically pursuing, vain, vapid actor Leonardo Dicaprio, who used her for sex and dumped her, as he does with so many women in what is unkind behavior, left a party with three other women, snubbing her. How debauched. Shortly after, Dicaprio, who is also a drug addict and alcohol abuser, spent Rihanna's birthday with another woman, adding insult to injury. 


Rihanna is very naive and foolish to think Dicaprio was serious about her. He hasn't even publicly owned up to her. Dicaprio flat out denied dating her, via his publicist in a press statement, though people photographed them kissing and going into the same hotel. Dicaprio's mother would have a fit if he got serious with Rihanna, who is deemed trashy and skanky. Not that dating a promiscuous, unfaithful man apart of the self-proclaimed "pus*y posse" who has had sex with 90% of the women in Hollywood and hundreds of groupies, is a great catch (yea, I said it). What kind of relationship is that where you have to go to the clinic every few weeks wondering if you've contracted a life altering sexually transmitted disease.  


Realizing her career and love life are in the toilet, Rihanna went on one of her lesbian drug binges, where she and assistant, Melissa Forde, her drug procurer and carrier, locked themselves away and do drugs and alcohol in great quantity for days at a time. Rihanna was not suffering from bronchitis. The real problem was Rihanna went on an alcohol and drug binge and became too out of it to perform or face reality. TMZ revealed via video recordings that two days before Rihanna cancelled her Grammy performance and a few short days later on her birthday, her voice was absent the signs of someone suffering from bronchitis.  

Leonardo Dicaprio sporting a Kabbalah Center red string bracelet
 
Rihanna is a manufactured recording artist, who can't sing and was signed solely for her appearance that was drastically altered by the label and her management, via a nose job, breast implants, hair extensions and skin treatments. As Rihanna is rapidly approaching 30 and showing the signs of aging, due to extensive drug use and alcoholism, it is becoming harder to sell her to youth audiences. As she cannot sing, there is nothing to carry her career once the image goes. Adding to their troubles is Rihanna has become a junkie and if she continues along this path, she is going to permanently overdose. 

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Rihanna Meltdown at the Grammys

2/17/2016 1:00 AM PST - Rihanna was screaming and hysterical before she bailed on the Grammys, but there are conflicting stories about what triggered her outburst. Sources connected with the show and several sources who were not connected but present at the show tell TMZ ... the singer was loudly expressing displeasure over her rehearsal. They say she was loud and upset and, as we first reported, bailed on the event... 

Rihanna's people say she had a medical issue ... bronchitis that was so bad she could not perform and that's why she left. Sources close to RiRi tell us she was too upset to stay and watch the show. It's interesting ... Rihanna sang flawlessly two nights before the Grammys at a Lionel Richie charity event. Several sources say her voice was also great at the Grammys rehearsal...
 
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Leonardo DiCaprio Parties in London and Leaves Nightclub With 3 Mystery Girls

Feb 21, 2016 5:46 PM - ...The 41-year-old was photographed in central London on Sunday just after 3 a.m., leaving the Toy Room nightclub with three unidentified women. A vehicle was waiting for them and DiCaprio waited for the three to get in before climbing inside himself, a source told E! News. They drove off without saying a word. DiCaprio wore a black jacket and matching pants, gray cap and a red string bracelet he's been sporting for months...

DiCaprio is often seen at nightclubs, alone and with women, and was recently seen near a New York City club where Rihanna also partied. The two had sparked romance rumors last year, when they packed on the PDA at her birthday party. Neither has commented on the status of their relationship. Rihanna celebrated her 28th birthday Saturday in Beverly Hills...
 

Friday, February 19, 2016

Lady Gaga Grammy Debacle Continues As Criticism Spreads And Family Of Natalie Cole Slam Snub


Lady Gaga as David Bowie

The Grammys are still being slammed over their telecast this past Sunday that suffered the lowest rating in 7-years. I did not watch the show (I'm boycotting them over giving copyright infringing artists Grammys), but I have read articles on the telecast and seen a clip on Twitter of Lady GaGa's tribute to the late music legend David Bowie. 


Lady Gaga as David Bowie

Lady GaGa can sing, but it would have been better had she not tried to dress like Bowie and franticly moved around the stage like an escaped mental patient. Bowie's performances were not like that. GaGa looked clumsy trying to be Bowie and the make up was amateurish and symmetrically uneven. They did not correctly recreate his look. Bowie simply didn't look that way.


Lady Gaga as David Bowie

The Grammy committee could have allowed Gaga to do ONE song not EIGHT, which led to other tributes being scrapped. They could have also invited Bowie's friends Mick Jagger and Grace Jones to America from England to do a tribute, as they knew him and are apart of that time in music, having lived it with him during their respective hay days. The Gaga tribute was very misguided and strange to the point it even offended Bowie's son.

The family of the late music legend, Natalie Cole, has slammed the Grammy committee for omitting a tribute to the singer who died last December. As stated in previous articles, I am not of the belief the snub was racially related, as the Grammys have given many awards to minorities over the years. 

David Bowie

I remember when I was a kid Cole dominated a Grammy telecast with the song "Unforgettable" winning multiple awards for her moving duet with her deceased dad, Nat King Cole. However, the Grammys scrapped a musical tribute to Cole and others because Gaga's overindulgent 7-minute set to Bowie that audiences deemed a big commercial for her sponsor Intel, took over the show.

 Gaga's set should have been shorter. As stated in the column on Monday, February 15, 2016, prior to the Grammys' airing "Even 30-seconds of a top song by each such as Cole'a '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." (Grammy Awards Slammed As Racist Over Excluding Black Stars From The Posthumous Musical Tribute Segment Of The Show)."

Natalie Cole won 9 Grammys in her career and received 21 nominations

No one would have been offended at such a montage and performance sequence. If they had closed out the tribute section with "After The Love Is Gone" people would have been tearful, due to the song's lyrics and tone indicating a goodbye (which audiences would be saying goodbye to the stars who had passed away). 

It should be noted, the Grammys reversed their position on Maurice White, as articles reveal a musical tribute to him was added and he was awarded a posthumous lifetime achievement award. However, no musical tribute was added for Cole and they really could have shaved some of GaGa's time to do so.

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Natalie Cole's family 'outraged' over Grammy snub 
 
Wednesday 17 February 2016 04.20 EST Last modified on Wednesday 17 February 2016 04.24 EST - Natalie Cole’s family have shared their disappointment following the “disrespectful tribute, or lack thereof” for the late singer at the Grammy awards this week. While Cole, who died on 31 December, was acknowledged during a short “in memoriam” montage to artists who died in the previous year, members of her family have said she deserved a longer homage. 

Cole’s sisters Timolin and Casey, told ET Online: “Words cannot express the outrage and utter disappointment at the disrespectful tribute, or lack thereof, to a legendary artist such as our sister.” “Here is a woman who has been in the business for four decades, had 21 Grammy nominations and won nine Grammys,” the singer’s son, Robert Adam Yancy, said. “She deserves more than [to be a part of] a minute-and-a-half tribute.” Yancy called the Grammy’s brief tribute “shameless”, in light of individual performances during the ceremony that were dedicated to David Bowie, the Eagles’ Glenn Frey and BB King...

http://www.theguardian.com

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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Lady Gaga's David Bowie Grammy Tribute Slammed By His Son And Social Networking

Gaga's Friends In Hollywood Loved Her Performance But The Late Star's Son And Twitter Were Not Amused

Lady GaGa (right) dressed as David Bowie during her tribute set at the Grammys

In the February 15, 2016 article "Grammy Awards Slammed As Racist Over Excluding Black Stars From The Posthumous Musical Tribute Segment Of The Show" which was posted to the site several hours before the telecast, I stated, "I wouldn't particularly call the Grammys racist. The Grammy awards committee has given many awards to minorities who are black, Hispanic and Asian...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."  

Lady Gaga as David Bowie

It turns out the culprit was Kabbalah Center cultist Lady Gaga. According to reports, Lady Gaga sang EIGHT David Bowie songs in a tribute to the late star. So it was what I suspected. It wasn't about racism. It was about an indulgent modern star using the show to promote their latest project causing the tribute section to be cut down at other artists' expense. 

David Bowie's son slams Gaga's tribute to his dad

Gaga was slammed on social networking for using Bowie to promote herself and a new sponsorship deal she has with Intel. The Judiciary Report has nothing against Intel. Cross promotional deals are made all the time, but considering so many stars have died, Gaga's set should have been shorter. Bowie's son, David Jones, was also not amused with Gaga using the tribute to promote her endorsement deal.

Tweets slamming Lady Gaga exploiting David Bowie

As stated on February 15, 2016, I would not be watching the Grammys and I did not. Apparently, many other people did not either, as the show hit a 7-year ratings low. The music industry is in chaos. Unprofessional, mentally unbalanced people are running it and not producing quality, original material. The standard of excellence has dramatically fallen. Audiences today are being cheated out of a full musical experience coming from sensible musicians, who know their craft and what is acceptable conduct. So many artists are trying to out crazy each other and compete for the title of most vulgar.

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David Bowie's son calls out Lady Gaga after Grammys 

Posted February 16 2016 — 12:33 PM EST - Lady Gaga delivered a powerful performance in memory of late music legend David Bowie at the Grammys on Monday – but not everyone was pleased. Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones, took to social media on Monday night to blast the singer’s performance, which featured 10 of his father’s most famous songs, with a cryptic tweet. “overexcited or irrational, typically as a result of infatuation or excessive enthusiasm; mentally confused.” Damn it! What IS that word!? — Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) February 16, 2016. Jones posted the dictionary definition of the word “Gaga” on Twitter. “ ‘Overexcited or irrational, typically as a result of infatuation or excessive enthusiasm; mentally confused.’ Damn it! What IS that word?!” he tweeted... 

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Monday, February 15, 2016

Grammy Awards Slammed As Racist Over Excluding Black Stars From The Posthumous Musical Tribute Segment Of The Show

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).

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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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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Chris Brown Slams The Grammy Awards In Online Tirade


Chris Brown

R&B singer, Chris Brown, has slammed the Grammys, after receiving only one nomination this year. Brown was given a nomination for his song "Only" featuring rapper Nicki Minaj. Brown tweeted, "#GRAMMY? This is probably the main reason I love being free to create any kind of music I want. Too many people kiss as* and work less. If u turn on ya radio right now I promise within the hour you will hear Chris Brown on damn near half the songs I've co-written." Then Brown deleted the tweets.  

Brown is right about the Grammys. They are completely corrupted. I will cite a few examples. It's a disgrace that untalented Jay Z (21 Grammys), who is a chronic copyright thief, has more Grammy awards than the exceptionally talented music legends, Michael Jackson (13 Grammys) and Aretha Franklin (16).

Jay Z's wife, the marginally talented Beyonce (20 Grammys), another chronic copyright thief, also has more Grammys than Jackson and Franklin, which is an absolute disgrace. Do they realize how absurd and ridiculous they look as an awards committee having done this. I can't even take the Grammys seriously anymore after they did such a disgraceful and corrupt thing. It reeks of bribery. Yea, I said it. You should be embarrassed, as it looks so bad and cheapens the award.

Jay Z and Beyonce are the butt of jokes all over the internet for stealing copyrights for every project they release, yet due to music industry corruption, they are constantly on the podium accepting Grammy awards for stealing other people's preexisting copyrighted material.

On what planet are Jay Z and Beyonce more talented than Michael Jackson and Aretha Franklin. It's clear the Grammy committee has lost its collective mind to let the award fall to such a low. It has become a con and a farce. Jay Z's artist, Rihanna, who can't sing to save her life and has made a career out of copyright infringement, won Grammys as well. Madonna, who's whole career is one act of copyright infringement after another, none of her work belongs to her, won Grammys as well.

This corruption has completely removed the prestige of the award to the point many people don't value or care about it anymore. The whole thing is completely rigged.

Years ago I tried nominating the late, legendary music producer, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, the man who invented reggae music, for an award (he is my godmother's husband). Madonna got involved and did her level best to thwart it and succeeded in doing so, via a situation she should not have even been involved in at all. The Grammy committee placed all sorts of obstacles in my way, via an email exchange that revealed the corruption. Dodd invented a style of music that has grossed billions of dollars in sales (he was the first to sign Bob Marley) and is known all over the world, yet they did this. I will never respect or honor the Grammys again. I don't even watch the telecast anymore. Waste of time.

I do believe a time is coming when the Grammys will start rescinding awards they had previously issued, as was done regarding Milli Vanilli, as the farce that has been transpiring with certain artists, particularly on Sony, is going to single-handedly take that awards down.

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