Diddy calls for widespread change to Recording Academy: 'Black music has never been respected by the Grammys'

BEVERLY HILLS Sean Diddy Combswanted 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.

Yall have 365 days to get your s together.

But that news went unmentioned at the Davis event until Combs accepted his award.

For years weve allowed institutions that have never had our best interests at heart to judge us.

We need the artists to take back control.

This is the room that has the power to make the change that needs to be made.

They have to make the changes for us.

Theyre a nonprofit organization that is supposed to protect the welfare of the music community.

Thats what it says on the mission statement.

They work for us.

We have the power.

Davis, to his credit, did make a small nod to what had been transpiring at the Academy.

This is clearly a very difficult time for the Recording Academy, he said.

But tonight we come together as we have for decades to celebrate music.

From there it was business as usual.

But the evening belonged to Diddy.

It all culminated in his call for institutional change.