XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this function.
Hip-hop has at all times had a love-hate relationship with the Grammys. In truth, the prestigious award present that’s catered to honoring the music trade’s most proficient composers, songwriters and musicians turned a blind eye to rap for years. Some would possibly say the Recording Academy has thought-about hip-hop the outcast of music generally, by no means recognizing the style for what it actually represents: a cultural motion that goes towards the establishment.
The Grammy Awards didn’t debut its first hip-hop class, Best Rap Performance, till 1989, regardless that the style was born in 1973—the ceremony itself started in 1959. But the Best Rap Performance award was famously not televised, inflicting a lot of hip-hop’s largest names to precise outrage at the Academy’s resolution. Despite being nominated, and finally successful the award, Will Smith (who was nonetheless generally known as the Fresh Prince at the time) & DJ Jazzy Jeff selected to not attend the ceremony, marking the first 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 current gripe with how her hit single “Super Freaky Girl” 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 first rapper to take action, and one in every of the choose few who obtained inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s “The Message” was the first rap recording to obtain this honor. Besides the Queen and Flash, sure members of the hip-hop group have been accumulating Grammys like Thanos sought to gather all of the Infinity Stones. In doing so, this has led to a pleasant feud amongst greats for the most Grammy wins by a rapper. Tied for first place at 88 nominations in complete is Jay-Z, with Kanye West not too far behind at 75. The pair (previously generally known as The Throne) each have 24 awards every.
With hip-hop turning 50 this yr, XXL takes a have a look at which rappers have come out on prime with the most golden gramophones.—Derrius Edwards
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