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    Pop goes hip-hop's rout

    by Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times Jan 29, 2018 5 minutes

    It was supposed to be a night when political and social issues took center stage and the music industry fully embraced hip-hop. But when the 60th Grammy Awards were given out Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York, it was a different tune.

    The Recording Academy gave three of its top trophies - album, record and song of the year - to R&B/pop star Bruno Mars' "24K Magic" album and hit single "That's What I Like," an escapist ode to sex by the fire, international travel and other stereotypical "finer things in life" such as Cadillacs, strawberry Champagne, cool jewelry and silk sheets. In all Mars took home six Grammys.

    That left the year's most nominated artists - rappers Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar - and hip-hop once again shut out of recognition

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