The scandal-plagued Recording Academy is making the change after decades of complaints. Instituted in 1989, “the committees’ work began to be seen as evidence of a problematic system in which insiders rewarded their friends and punished their enemies. More recently, a number of high-profile Black artists — among them Drake, Frank Ocean and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs — have suggested that Grammy nominations are tainted by institutional racism.” – Los Angeles Times

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