Tyler The Creator calls Igor’s Best Rap Album win a “backhanded compliment”

The Grammys are a mess. Just days before this year’s ceremony, Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan was unceremoniously ousted as reports swirled about her concerns over “voting irregularities” and “conflicts of interests” within the organization. Dugan then filed a lawsuit against her former employer, accusing it of covering up sexual harassment allegations. This all, of course, comes after the #GrammysSoMale controversy that consumed last year’s ceremony.
But it doesn’t stop there. During a pre-Grammy gala on Saturday, Sean “Diddy” Combs lambasted the organization while accepting the Salute To Industry Icons Award, saying, “Truth be told, hip-hop has never been respected by the Grammys. Black music has never been respected by the Grammys to the point that it should be… And that stops right now.”