Well known Hip-Hop mogul Steve Stoute took out a full-page ad in Sunday’s New York Times to speak on the Grammy Awards which he says are a “series of hypocrisies and contradictions”. He states that he purchased the ad as an open letter to Neil Portnow, NARAS and the Grammy Awards.
He used the example of Eminem’s 2001 hit “The Marshall Mathers LP” losing Album of the Year to Steely Dan.
“Not only is Eminem the best-selling artist of the last decade, but The Marshall Mathers LP was a critical and commercial success that sold over 10 million albums in the United States (19 million worldwide), while Steely Dan sold less than 10% of that amount and came and went as quietly as a church mouse,” he wrote.
He does have some very valid points. How do you guys feel about it? Read the rest of the article over at NY Daily.
