Alicia Keys then took the stage to take on her hosting duties, offering a tribute of her own to the fallen NBA star with the help of Boyz II Men. Keys and the iconic R&B group sang an a capella version of “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday” at the Staples Center as Bryant’s jerseys lit up above the audience.
“Here we are together on music’s biggest night celebrating the artists that do it best, but to be honest with you we are all feeling crazy sadness right now,” Keys said as she entered the stage. “Los Angeles, America and the world-wide world lost a hero,” she said. The “Fallen” singer then added that the audience was “heartbroken in the house that Kobe Bryant built.”
Earlier winners of this year’s awards includes Koffee, Nipsey Hussle, and Michelle Obama.
Best Reggae Album Rapture, Koffee — WINNER* As I Am, Julian Marley The Final Battle: Sly & Robbie Vs. Roots Radics, Sly & Robbie & Roots Radics Mass Manipulation, Steel Pulse More Work to Be Done, Third World
Record of the Year “Hey, Ma” — Bon Iver “Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish — WINNER* “7 Rings” — Ariana Grande “Hard Place” — H.E.R. “Talk” — Khalid “Old Town Road” — Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus “Truth Hurts” — Lizzo “Sunflower” — Post Malone & Swae Lee
Album of the Year I, I — Bon Iver Norman F—ing Rockwell! — Lana Del Rey When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — Billie Eilish — WINNER* Thank U, Next — Ariana Grande I Used To Know Her — H.E.R. 7 — Lil Nas X Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) — Lizzo Father of the Bride — Vampire Weekend
Song of the Year “Always Remember Us This Way” — Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Lori McKenna, songwriters (Lady Gaga) “Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish) — WINNER* “Bring My Flowers Now” — Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker) “Hard Place” — Ruby Amanfu, Sam Ashworth, D. Arcelious Harris. H.E.R. & Rodney Jerkins, songwriters (H.E.R.) “Lover” — Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift) “Norman F—ing Rockwell” — Jack Antonoff & Lana Del Rey, songwriters (Lana Del Rey) “Someone You Loved” — Tom Barnes, Lewis Capaldi, Pere Kelleher, Benjamin Kohn & Sam Roman, songwriters (Lewis Capaldi) “Truth Hurts” — Steven Cheung, Eric Frederic, Melissa Jefferson & Jesse Saint John, songwriters (Lizzo)
Best New Artist Black Pumas Billie Eilish — WINNER* Lil Nas X Lizzo Maggie Rogers Rosalía Tank and the Bangas Yola
Best Pop Solo Performance “Spirit,” Beyonce? “Bad Guy,” Billie Eilish “7 Rings,” Ariana Grande “Truth Hurts,” Lizzo — WINNER* “You Need to Calm Down,” Taylor Swift
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance “Boyfriend,” Ariana Grande & Social House “Sucker,” Jonas Brothers “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X f. Billy Ray Cyrus — WINNER* “Sunflower,” Post Malone & Swae Lee “Senorita,” Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Si, Andrea Bocelli Love (Deluxe Edition), Michael Buble? Look Now, Elvis Costello & The Imposters — WINNER* A Legendary Christmas, John Legend Walls, Barbra Streisand
Best Pop Vocal Album The Lion King: The Gift, Beyonce? When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish — WINNER* Thank U, Next, Ariana Grande No. 6 Collaborations Project, Ed Sheeran Lover, Taylor Swift
Best R&B Performance “Love Again,” Daniel Caesar & Brandy “Could’ve Been,” H.E.R. f. Bryson Tiller “Exactly How I Feel,” Lizzo f. Gucci Mane “Roll Some Mo,” Lucky Daye “Come Home,” Anderson .Paak f. Andre? 3000 — WINNER*
Best Traditional R&B Performance “Time Today,” BJ The Chicago Kid “Steady Love,” India.Arie “Jerome,” Lizzo — WINNER* “Real Games,” Lucky Daye “Built for Love,” PJ Morton f. Jazmine Sullivan
Best R&B Song “Could’ve Been,” Dernst Emile II, David “Swagg R’Celious” Harris, H.E.R. & Hue “Soundzfire” Strother, songwriters (H.E.R. f. Bryson Tiller) “Look at Me Now,” Emily King & Jeremy Most, songwriters (Emily King) “No Guidance,” Chris Brown, Tyler James Bryant, Nija Charles, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Michee Patrick Lebrun, Joshua Lewis, Noah Shebib & Teddy Walton, songwriters (Chris Brown f. Drake) “Roll Some Mo,” David Brown, Dernst Emile II & Peter Lee Johnson, songwriters (Lucky Daye) “Say So,” PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton f. JoJo) — WINNER*
Best Urban Contemporary Album Apollo XXI, Steve Lacy Cuz I Love You (Deluxe), Lizzo — WINNER* Overload, Georgia Anne Muldrow Saturn, Nao Being Human in Public, Jessie Reyez
Best R&B Album 1123, BJ The Chicago Kid Painted, Lucky Daye Ella Mai, Ella Mai Paul, PJ Morton Ventura, Anderson .Paak — WINNER*
Best Rap Performance “Middle Child,” J. Cole “Suge,” DaBaby “Down Bad,” Dreamville f. J.I.D, Bas, J. Cole, EARTHGANG & Young Nudy “Racks in the Middle,” Nipsey Hussle f. Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy — WINNER* “Clout,” Offset f. Cardi B
Best Rap/Sung Performance “Higher,” DJ Khaled f. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend — WINNER* “Drip Too Hard,” Lil Baby & Gunna “Panini,” Lil Nas X “Ballin,” Mustard f. Roddy Ricch “The London,” Young Thug f. J. Cole & Travis Scott
Best Rap Song “Bad Idea,” Chancelor Bennett, Cordae Dunston, Uforo Ebong & Daniel Hackett, songwriters (YBN Cordae Featuring Chance The Rapper) “Gold Roses,” Noel Cadastre, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Khristopher Riddick-Tynes, William Leonard Roberts II, Joshua Quinton Scruggs, Leon Thomas III & Ozan Yildirim, songwriters (Rick Ross Featuring Drake) “A Lot,” Jermaine Cole, Dacoury Natche, 21 Savage & Anthony White, songwriters (21 Savage f. J. Cole) — WINNER* “Racks in the Middle,” Ermias Asghedom, Dustin James Corbett, Greg Allen Davis, Chauncey Hollis, Jr. & Rodrick Moore, songwriters (Nipsey Hussle f. Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy) “Suge,” DaBaby, Jetsonmade & Pooh Beatz, songwriters (DaBaby)
Best Rap Album Revenge of the Dreamers III, Dreamville Championships, Meek Mill I Am > I Was, 21 Savage Igor, Tyler, The Creator — WINNER* The Lost Boy, YBN Cordae
Best World Music Album Gece, Altin Gu?n What Heat, Bokante? & Metropole Orkest Conducted By Jules Buckley African Giant, Burna Boy Fanm D’Ayiti, Nathalie Joachim With Spektral Quartet Celia, Angelique Kidjo — WINNER*
Best Spoken Word Album Beastie Boys Book, (Various Artists) Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, Scott Sherratt & Dan Zitt, producers Becoming, Michelle Obama — WINNER* I.V. Catatonia: 20 Years as a Two-Time Cancer Survivor, Eric Alexandrakis Mr. Know-It-All, John Waters Sekou Andrews & The String Theory, Sekou Andrews & The String Theory
Best Comedy Album Quality Time, Jim Gaffigan Relatable, Ellen DeGeneres Right Now, Aziz Ansari Son of Patricia, Trevor Noah Sticks & Stones, Dave Chappelle — WINNER*
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media The Lion King: The Songs Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Rocketman Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse A Star Is Born — WINNER*
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Jack Antonoff Dan Auerbach John Hill Finneas — WINNER* Ricky Reed
Best Music Video “We’ve Got to Try,” The Chemical Brothers “This Land,” Gary Clark Jr. “Cellophane,” FKA twigs “Old Town Road (Official Movie),” Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus — WINNER* “Glad He’s Gone,” Tove Lo
Best Music Film Homecoming — WINNER* Remember My Name Birth of the Cool Shangri-La Anima
Frederick Nuetei Nortey known professionally as Frederick Nortey is a Ghanaian Celebrity Blogger and publicist.He founded fredericknuetei.com an entertainment website and blog that primarily publishes news about Ghanaian Celebrities.
NKZ boss, Guru, is set to build NKZ City for his people in Adukrom Abetema in the Eastern Region.
The “Boys Abre” hitmaker who has been trending for the past few days after he wanted to feature Kuami Eugene but was allegedly denied the opportunity. Guru has now made known his plans of building a new NKZ City for the people of Adukrom Abetema in the Easter Region.
Security analyst, Col. Festus Aboagye (RTD) has warned the government to stop using soldiers as security.
Speaking in an interview on TV3, he said its not the role of the military being so mandatory to provide security to certain VVIP’s. According to him, in the law, whether in practice or in the law, its not the role of the military to drive civilians and not even ministers but may be the head of state and the vice.
For him, there might be a situation of emergencies like civil war and conflict in a part of the country but in the normal democratic governance that we find ourselves, military are not bodyguards for parliamentarians, ministers and lawyers. Please watch the video below: