@Theman you couldn't be more wrong. Racism exists very much in this day and age in the music industry. I read an article on the controversial tweet made by nicki about being a certain type of artist she would have gotten more noms. The article read like this. 'Hey guys @MTV thank you for my nominations. Did Feeling Myself miss the deadline or...? 'If I was a different "Kind" of artist, Anaconda would be nominated for best chero, and vid of the year as well... If yiur video celebrates women with slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year? Nicki wasn't being a sore loser. Depressingly she was right. To put it simply: When Britney Spears got naked and covered herself in sequins for Toxic, she was nominated for Best Music Video. When Emily Ratajkowski got naked next to Robin Thicke in Blurred Lines, he was nominated for Best Music Video. When Miley Cyrus stripped off and broke a million health and safety rules by riding a piece of construction equipment, she wasn't just nominated for Best Music Video of the Year - she won it. All of the above videos have been controversial, but they were acknowledged by the industry for their impact nevertheless. But as soon as Nicki Minaj - whose black body deviates from Caucasian beauty standards - dares to own her own culture and dance in a similarly provocative fashion, it's glossed over and relegated to sideline categories of 'female' and 'hip hop'. Meanwhile, white artists who adopt black culture as their own continue to reap professional awards. And it's time to stop pretending that that's OK. This article could nit have been more right, and this is an article comming out of the UK!!! If they can see it why can't you??? I can reference hundreds of articles from multiple COUNTRIES on racism here in the U.S and how much it Factors into music Artists. Ignorance is bless my friend and you indeed are deeply entangled in it.