Media Questions Of The Week

 

Which songs, artists and albums are most deserving of Grammy nominations for 2021? 

Will Kendrick Sampson’s letter to Hollywood executives with the support of more than 300 Black artists to divest from the police cause any changes to the way police are represented onscreen? 

 



Media Questions Of The Week

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Now that the music industry is making changes in response to the BLM movement what will be done about decades of not paying Black artists, no Black boardroom members and contracts akin to sharecropping?

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Will the new changes to the Grammy rules in response to the national unrest stop coding all Black artists as rappers and R&B and give pop stars like Lizzo the Album of the Year Award? 

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circa 1950s

Will Black rock artists now be readmitted to rock radio? 



Media Questions Of The Week

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Is Diddy right that The Grammys have never truly respected hip-hop or Black music? 

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Is Tyler, The Creator right in his Grammy Radio Room interview that the word urban is code for the N-word and that all Black artists are pigeonholed in the urban category regardless of their actual sound?  

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Did Lizzo get robbed of the Best New Artist or Album of the Year Grammy even though she won four awards out of eight nominations which were the most of any artist in 2020? 



Media Questions Of The Week

 

Will former Recording Academy president Deborah Dugan’s lawsuit against the academy alleging sexual harassment and corruption cause any changes in the music industry? 

What will the ratings be for the Super Bowl XIV Half time show featuring Shakira and Jennifer Lopez?Â