Diddy at Pre-Grammy Gala: 'Black music has never been respected by the Grammys'

BEVERLY HILLS — Sean “Diddy” Combs wanted to address what he called “the elephant in the room.”

“Truth be told, hip-hop has never been respected by the Grammys. Black music has never been respected by the Grammys. So right now, this current situation, it’s not a revelation,” he said, adding, “I’m officially starting a clock. Y’all have 365 days to get your s—t together. But that news went unmentioned at the Davis event until Combs accepted his award. After delivering a rousing 50-minute speech that traced his childhood in Harlem to his rise as a world-renowned record executive, artist, and producer, he turned his attention to more serious matters.

His speech capped off a typically raucous evening for the annual Gala, which is known for its starry invitation list and all-star jams curated by Davis himself. In addition to Combs’ speech, this year’s bill included performances from Brandi Carlile, John Legend, Carlos Santana, and Cynthia Errivo, in front of a crowd that included everyone from Cardi B to Joni Mitchell to Smokey Robinson to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

That’s a load a bull.

Native American music has never been respected. Shut up. Always see all sorts of minorities besides my brothers and sisters.

He’s not wrong.

Thank you Diddy!

We needed one man to talk this out tell em Diddy good work

Diddy, as irrelevant as ever, makes up some bullshit so people will talk about him again.

Disagree! The Grammys are the only awards that definitely show diversity.

Then we should talk about Spanish music also it’s a shame that all types of music are not represented, does BET play pop music or country it’s divided everywhere

Huh? Rap has taken over rock music on the Grammys they show the rock category hardly ever. The just did a tribute to Motown a few years ago which was mostly black music.

Great job!

You got BET what you on about?

Hmmm this doesn’t sound correct . IE the last 25 years

He spoke for 50 minutes? That's about as long as Adam Schiff took for his closing argument.

RonThornton Gutsy speech — nice work Diddy.

NAACP awards are all about diversity.

Black people dominate the music industry. We need diversity (less black people) in music. DiversityIsOurStrength

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