8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (3)
#7869857 at 2020-01-22 01:21:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research Edition #10071: Codemonkey Converging Timelines Edition
Ex-CEO accuses Grammy Awards of sexual discrimination and rigging nominations
The former CEO of the Grammy Awards accused the organization of gender discrimination in a complaint on Tuesday, alleging that the group was a "boy's club" that ignored sexual harassment and suppressed rape allegations against its former president. Deborah Dugan, who was ousted as chief executive of the Recording Academy earlier this month, also claimed she was sexually harassed by the academy's outside lawyer shortly after accepting the position as the company's first female CEO last year. In addition, the complaint alleges that the Grammy nomination process is rigged and that the academy allows certain music artists to sit on "secret committees" and vote on their own nominations. The complaint was filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Dugan was placed on administrative leave last week, just 10 days before the 62nd annual Grammy Awards. The show honors performers and members of the music industry. The academy has said Dugan's exit was related to her hostile treatment of a female executive assistant. The former CEO reportedly asked the group for $22 million to "leave quietly," according to Billboard. The academy did not respond to a request for comment. According to Dugan, the academy failed to tell her that her predecessor, Neil Portnow, had been accused of rape before he parted ways with the organization.
Dugan said she was informed by the academy's board after she was hired "that a foreign recording artist and member of the Academy had accused Mr. Portnow of raping her following a performance that she gave at Carnegie Hall." She also claimed that the academy's outside counsel took her to dinner shortly after she was hired, where he allegedly complimented her appearance and tried to kiss her. The attorney called Dugan "baby," attempted to "woo" her, and suggested that they "spend time together … traveling to [his] many homes," according to Dugan's complaint. The complaint also claimed that the Grammy Awards's nominating process is rife with conflicts of interest, alleging that select musicians in line for awards have been invited to sit on the "secret committees" that vote on the nomination process.
"The Board uses these committees as an opportunity to push forward artists with whom they have relationships," said the complaint. "Indeed, it is not unusual for artists who have relationships with Board members and who ranked at the bottom of the initial 20-artist list to end up receiving nominations." "The Board also manipulates the nominations process to ensure that certain songs or albums are nominated when the producer of the Grammys (Ken Ehrlich) wants a particular song performed during the show," the complaint continued.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/ex-ceo-accuses-grammy-awards-of-sexual-discrimination-and-rigging-nominations
#5114604 at 2019-02-11 01:50:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6532: Narrative Fight Edition
But something rather 'unprecedented' is going down at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, which airs this Sunday, February 10. The show, which is nominally an evening of industry showboating in which the most famous musicians on the planet converge to look fantastic and pat one another on the back, 'will likely feature almost no chart-topping stars. Friends, we're talking no Beyoncé, no Taylor Swift, no Kanye West and no Drake."'
https://edition.cnn.com/.../Kendrick-lamar-drake-c.../index.html
(CNN)The two artists who have the most Grammy nominations this year declined to perform at the show.
That's according to Ken Ehrlich, the show's longtime producer.
Ehrlich told The New York Times he offered rappers Drake, Lamar and Childish Gambino possible performance slots on Sunday night's show and was rebuffed.
Grammys 2019: Here's everything you need to know
"The fact of the matter is, we continue to have a problem in the hip-hop world," Ehrlich told the paper. "When they don't take home the big prize, the regard of the academy, and what the Grammys represent, continues to be less meaningful to the hip-hop community, which is sad."
Do the Grammys also have a race problem?
CNN has reached out to the three rappers for comment.
Lamar leads this year with eight nominations, followed by Drake who has seven. Childish Gambino has five nominations.
The Recording Academy has made an effort to diversify its membership amid complaints that the Grammys are not an even playing field for minority and women artists.
In 2017, Recording Academy President Neil Portnow said in an interview with Pitchfork that he didn't think there was a race problem. https://observer.com/2019/02/why-ariana-grande-and-other-big-stars-may-bail-on-the-grammys/?fbclid=IwAR09I0EVRWMxLhtYIsolCl56K41EABXqKAICfGY0ndVK7sVs6CVmc-WyhNA
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#5085523 at 2019-02-09 00:46:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6494: Wit Taker Edition
Notable - Lack of high level performers at Grammys seen as 'unprecedented'
https://observer.com/2019/02/why-ariana-grande-and-other-big-stars-may-bail-on-the-grammys/
"The first months of the year are always reliably jam-packed with big-budget telecast ceremonies devoted to showcasing America's best and brightest: the Academy Awards, the Super Bowl and, of course, the Grammys.
But something rather 'unprecedented' is going down at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, which airs this Sunday, February 10. The show, which is nominally an evening of industry showboating in which the most famous musicians on the planet converge to look fantastic and pat one another on the back, 'will likely feature almost no chart-topping stars. Friends, we're talking no Beyoncé, no Taylor Swift, no Kanye West and no Drake."'
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/08/entertainment/Kendrick-lamar-drake-childish-grammys/index.html
(CNN)The two artists who have the most Grammy nominations this year declined to perform at the show.
That's according to Ken Ehrlich, the show's longtime producer.
Ehrlich told The New York Times he offered rappers Drake, Lamar and Childish Gambino possible performance slots on Sunday night's show and was rebuffed.
Grammys 2019: Here's everything you need to know
"The fact of the matter is, we continue to have a problem in the hip-hop world," Ehrlich told the paper. "When they don't take home the big prize, the regard of the academy, and what the Grammys represent, continues to be less meaningful to the hip-hop community, which is sad."
Do the Grammys also have a race problem?
CNN has reached out to the three rappers for comment.
Lamar leads this year with eight nominations, followed by Drake who has seven. Childish Gambino has five nominations.
The Recording Academy has made an effort to diversify its membership amid complaints that the Grammys are not an even playing field for minority and women artists.
In 2017, Recording Academy President Neil Portnow said in an interview with Pitchfork that he didn't think there was a race problem.
Grammy chief: There's no 'race problem'
"We don't, as musicians, in my humble opinion, listen to music based on gender or race or ethnicity," Portnow said then. "When you go to vote on a piece of music – at least the way that I approach it – is you almost put a blindfold on and you listen."
CNN has reached out to the Recording Academy for additional comment.
The 61st Grammy Awards will air live at 8 p.m. ET Sunday on CBS.
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