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Rap at the Grammy Awards: 10 Hip-Hop Grammys Gone Wrong

Miranda Shen, Archive Photos

Every year we watch the Grammys Awards and root for our favorite artists to win. And even though there are a fair share of Grammys handed out to acts who deserve them, there are also a number of awards that leave us scratching our heads.

Like Sir Mix-A-Lot winning a Grammy for "Baby Got Back." Or Will Smith's "Getting Jiggy With It" beating out Lauryn Hill ("Lost Ones") and Jay-Z's "Hard Knock Life."

The list goes on and on. But we've done our homework (thanks to the folks at the Grammys, who handed over a list of every hip-hop nominee...ever!), and boiled it down to the essential screw-ups.

Here are 10 Hip-Hop Grammys gone horribly, horribly wrong.

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goodpics20

Sorry. Dr. Seuss was the original rapper. Stick that in your green eggs and ham.

February 10 2013 at 4:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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boblovesjean2010

Omg, I said they were "some" of the true starters of rap, I didn't say they started it.

February 10 2013 at 6:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
boblovesjean2010

I didn't see anyone mentioning "Rapper's Delight" by Sugarhill Gang, or "The Message" by Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five. How come? They were some of the true starters of Rap.

February 10 2013 at 3:49 PM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
gameatic2k

Hey "Rebirth Of Slick" was a good song!

February 10 2013 at 3:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ailive3

I regret reading this article. What a waste of time.

February 10 2013 at 2:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Doug

The Grammys are music awards which automatically excludes rap/hip hop. The genre shouldn't even be in the running.

Yet another sign of American society degeneration.

February 10 2013 at 2:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Don Murphy

A rather skewed and shallow article as everything looks somewhat different with the benefit of hindsight. The reality is that many of those decisions, while some were heavily debated even at the time, were much less controversial or seemingly ridiculous when they were rendered than they might appear today. As corny and trite as some of those songs and albums seem now it\'s easy to forget just how relevant many of them were a generation ago. Just because a given group or solo act ultimately had better careers than many they competed against over the years certainly doesn\'t mean they were entitled to every single award they were ever nominated for.

February 10 2013 at 2:24 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
jimmyz5150

Hey Paul giving that you were too young to even listen to most of these song you picked... try something from your age group.. a lot of these are classics from the era. They had a lot more class than half of the artist now a days

February 10 2013 at 2:11 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
clwgeorgetownlaw

"Baby Got Back" still gets more play & commentary than any song of the era. It was an instant classic, good or bad -- That fact makes it worthy of a Grammy.....

February 10 2013 at 12:48 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
janka51

thats why i didn't even think about watching that fiasco

February 10 2013 at 11:51 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
haveaheart

That's your opinion, other people are entitled to their's. What turns you on don't necessarily turn another person on. You should begin your articles with "My opinion"

February 10 2013 at 11:32 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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