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Why I almost boycotted the #Grammys, but Kendrick Lamar stopped me

buzzz worthy. . .   By Mona Austin For the first time I planned to silently boycott the #grammys (and I NEVER miss it) when I realized Lady Gaga was doing a tribute performance to the late David Bowie and the Grammys were foregoing post-humous recognition for other deserving American artists, who happened to be Black. Bowie, is well respected internationally, but he is not American and I think giving him a tribute spotlight in an American award show is unfair considering the other legendary American artists who passed away in the same time frame--particularly Natalie Cole and Maurice White. I inquired directly to the Recording Academy as to whether there would be a tribute to Natalie Cole and never got a response. I feared they'd snub the multi-Grammy winning vocalist who passed away at the start of 2016, at which point the production was written in stone.  (But of course, we've seen Grammy Producer Ken Elrich work  his magic to honor Whitney Houston when sh...