Grammy Awards

Woke Grammys Requiring ‘Diversity’ Hires for 2022 Show

Mere months after the woke, Trevor Noah-hosted Grammys telecast produced the worst ratings on record, organizers of the Grammys are doubling down on woke, announcing Wednesday that they’ll require producers to recruit and hire more “diverse” candidates backstage and in front of the camera ahead of the 2022 awards show.

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Rachel Maddow Wins Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow won a Grammy Award on Sunday evening in the Best Spoken Word Album category for the audiobook recording of her latest book, Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth.

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Grammys CEO Deborah Dugan Fired by Recording Academy

LOS ANGELES  — The Recording Academy on Monday fired Deborah Dugan, its former president who called into question the integrity of the Grammy Awards nominations process and said she was sexually harassed by a top lawyer for the organization, which she called a boys’ club that coddled and favored powerful men.

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Watch: Grammys Open with Kobe Bryant Tribute

The 2020 Grammy Awards on Sunday night opened with a tribute to NBA legend Kobe Bryant, with Alicia Keys and R&B group Boyz II Men honoring Bryant and the eight others killed in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday morning.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 26: An image of the late Kobe Bryant is projected onto a