When India Arie was presenting the award for Outstanding Drama at the 39th NAACP Image Awards, she pointedly said that she boycotted the Grammys with no supplementing details. As it turns out, she stayed home because she "feels the awards have become increasingly political." You could've knocked me over with a feather with that one. I really dig India. However, I almost want to say she should've known that much going into the game. Substance is awarded at Grammy, if that substance has a decent amount of hype and visibility driving it. The recognition is often in being nominated, so labels can preface an artist's name with "Grammy Nominated" and NARAS can fill up some seats. Grammy wears it's political machinations much in the same way Corey Hart wears his sunglasses at night. In other words, she was tired of losing to Alicia Keys. Her, and the rest of the world. [AMS]
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