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The Grammys Attempts To Be 'Inclusive' By Removing 'Urban' From One Category

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Rolling Stone reports that the revamped category will “include the more progressive elements of R&B and may include samples and elements of hip-hop, rap, dance, and electronic music.

It may also incorporate production elements found in pop, euro-pop, country, rock, folk and alternative,” the Recording Academy said via statement.

This should make artists like Tyler the Creator offer a slow hand clap since he had mixed feelings about taking home the Best Rap Album Grammy for his genre-bending IGOR.

Earlier this year, Tyler shared his mix feelings about the win. “It sucks that whenever we—and I mean guys that look like me—do anything that’s genre-bending they always put it in a rap or urban category,” Tyler said to reporters after his first.

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