Lil Nas X makes Grammy history as the first openly gay rapper nominated in top categories

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and Boyz II Men set over two decades ago — Hill was often dismissed as a novelty act: too rap to be country, too country to be considered real hip-hop.

Tensions warmed in 2016 when Chance the Rapper made history as the first artist to win a Grammy for a streaming-only album — a sign that the Recording Academy was, at last, paying attention to how rapidly rap was changing the rules on how music was consumed and how artists broke into the mainstream. Hill’s cadre of nominations — along with a record of the year nod for Post Malone and Swae Lee’s dreamy rap ballad “Sunflower” — show a continued effort from voters to embrace hip-hop as a whole.

 

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