hiphop – For one thing

for one thing, the grammys keep ignoring rap or downplaying its importance to pop culture it took ten years to embrace the genre, then declined to air the first-ever rap award, causing a boycott and setting the precedent for the next 30 years talk about getting off on the wrong foot that’s why, when the show whiffs on high-profile awards, as it did in 2014 by giving the best rap album award to macklemore over kendrick lamar’s seminal debut good kid, maad city, it always seems to sting a little more and build the wall between both institutions a little higher for one thing, the grammys keep ignoring rap or downplaying its importance to pop culture