Black Artists Are Fed Up With Grammy Snubs, But Don’t Always Respect the Alternatives

Black awards shows exist, yet artists never seem to hold them in the same regard

Keith Nelson Jr
LEVEL
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8 min readMar 12, 2021

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Smokey Robinson and Charlie Wilson perform during the 2020 Soul Train Awards presented by BET. Photo: Leon Bennett/STA 2020/Getty Images

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Keith Nelson Jr
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