Electronica. 121. We Love and we lust ( version 1 ) - GLOSACKS MUSIC. Grammys 2012 Protests: Cut Categories Spark Demonstration by Marginalized Musicians [PHOTOS] Chris Brown Invited Back to Play Grammys Against All Common Sense. [UPDATED with Protest and After Party] Musicans Call Out Elimination of Grammy Award Categories as Racist. UPDATE, FEB, 6, 1:56 P.M.: Presente.org and Grammywatch.org, which has its own petition in circulation, are joining forces in calling for a protest this Saturday over the slashing of Grammy Award categories.
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The Facebook page for the protest, which encourages supporters to bring their instruments, reads: Come Support Musicians- Blues, Mexican, Latin Jazz, Gospel, Cajun, Native American, Hawaiian, others- fighting for music justice! Join us in sending a message to Grammy President, Neil Portnow and the Grammy Board and Demand that they Reinstate the Musical Categories now! The action is being called for from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, February 12, with folks gathering at the corner of S. This Year's Grammy Awards and Grammy Winners Are Insulting to Whitney Houston and Latin Jazz Musicians @PolicyMic. Whitney Houston would not have won four out of her six Grammy awards, under this year's Grammy's restructured categories, which slashed dozens of ethnic music award categories, including Hawaiian, Haitian, Cajun, Latin jazz, contemporary blues, regional Mexican.
The categories Best R&B Performance and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, two awards that Houston won, have been eliminated. The Recording Academy announced last year that this year's 54th annual awards would cut 31 of its categories in order to make its selection process more competitive.