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    Grammy Awards 2018: How the Recording Academy has evolved toward relevance

    by Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times Nov 29, 2017 4 minutes

    What a difference a decade makes.

    Ten years ago, at the 50th Grammy Awards, Kanye West was the only hip-hop artist in the race for album of the year, pitted against English indie-rock chanteuse Amy Winehouse, perennially nominated rock band the Foo Fighters, country singer-songwriter Vince Gill and jazz veteran Herbie Hancock; Hancock won.

    The 60th Grammy Awards will be a very different scene.

    On Tuesday, the Recording Academy revealed nominations heavily skewed to rap, hip-hop and R&B; top categories were filled by Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee and Bruno Mars.

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