The Grammys producers are facing backlash for the label given to late designer Virgil Abloh during the show’s In Memoriam segment. Abloh, the late artistic director of Louis Vuitton and CEO of Off-White, died of cancer at the age of 41 last year.
During the In Memoriam segment at the Grammys, Virgil‘s photo was shown with the label “Hip-Hop Fashion Designer.” Click inside to read more… The Watching The Throne podcast, which chronicles the discography of Virgil‘s friend Kanye West, tweeted, “Virgil Abloh was the damn artistic director of Louis Vuitton menswear and founded a full-on fashion house in Milan.
I get them trying to tie him to music in some way to ‘explain’ the inclusion to clueless people. But respect is more important than catering to a clueless person.” Read what more people are tweeting below…
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