Demar and Andriel recap the Grammys and breakdown why the award continues to lose relevance. Also the duo catch up on the TikTok and UMG negotiation breakdown, independent artists are up!

P.S. Hard times for Drew Walls and his content with the UMG negotiations, keep him in your prayers

TIMECODES:

0:58 - Grammys who cares
8:10 - Rod Wave should be considered a mainstream artist
9:58 - Understanding Drake and The Weeknd frustrations
11:16 - Never nominating anything off after hours
12:52 - They don't understand people that who win the awards are saying your award sucks
14:19 - Someone's auntie that smokes cigarettes
14:54 - Ludacris story and JT
15:21 - Aligning yourself with blackness as a white artist vs doing the opposite
17:45 - Billie Eyelish case study
18:48 - Tik-tok UMG
26:49 - Schoolboy Q

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