XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this characteristic.
Hip-hop has at all times had a love-hate relationship with the Grammys. Actually, the distinguished award present that’s catered to honoring the music business’s most gifted composers, songwriters and musicians turned a blind eye to rap for years. Some may say the Recording Academy has thought of hip-hop the outcast of music basically, by no means recognizing the style for what it really represents: a cultural motion that goes towards the established order.
The Grammy Awards didn’t debut its first hip-hop class, Greatest Rap Efficiency, till 1989, despite the fact that the style was born in 1973—the ceremony itself started in 1959. However the Greatest Rap Efficiency award was famously not televised, inflicting lots of hip-hop’s greatest names to specific outrage on the Academy’s resolution. Regardless of being nominated, and in the end successful the award, Will Smith (who was nonetheless referred to as the Recent Prince on the time) & DJ Jazzy Jeff selected to not attend the ceremony, marking the primary boycott of its type in hip-hop.
Since then, there have been numerous examples of rappers talking out towards the annual awards ceremony. Nicki Minaj’s latest gripe with how her hit single “Tremendous Freaky Woman” was recategorized is additional proof, although it was snubbed all collectively as soon as the nominees got here out.
Then there are others who go as far as internet hosting the Grammys. Queen Latifah was the primary rapper to take action, and one of many choose few who obtained inducted into the Grammy Corridor of Fame. Grandmaster Flash and the Livid 5’s “The Message” was the primary rap recording to obtain this honor. Apart from the Queen and Flash, sure members of the hip-hop group have been accumulating Grammys like Thanos sought to gather all the Infinity Stones. In doing so, this has led to a pleasant feud amongst greats for probably the most Grammy wins by a rapper. Tied for first place at 88 nominations in whole is Jay-Z, with Kanye West not too far behind at 75. The pair (previously referred to as The Throne) each have 24 awards every.
With hip-hop turning 50 this 12 months, XXL takes a take a look at which rappers have come out on prime with probably the most golden gramophones.—Derrius Edwards
