On Sunday at the 2018 Grammys, the top singers, rappers, and musicians of the world celebrated music's biggest night in New York.
In one photo shared by French Montana on Monday, the Unforgettable artist rubbed elbows with heavyweights such as JAY-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Nas, and Fabolous.
As you may've seen, Twitter had A LOT to say after the 21-year-old songstress beat out Khalid, Lil Uzi Vert, Julia Michaels, and SZA for the Best New Artist prize at Sunday's award show. Apparently, many are so upset with Cara taking the trophy as they don't consider the Here singer a "new" performer.
Since Alessia's debut studio album, Know-It-All dropped in 2015, we understand her critics' frustration. Regardless, the Canadian-born hitmaker is standing by her win and has even taken to Instagram to defend her Best New Artist title.
In a lengthy post, Alessia refused to apologize for "winning something [she] had no control over."
The Recording Academy President/CEO sparked outrage on Sunday night over his response to the low number of lady Grammy winners in 2018, for which he suggested was due to women in the industry not working hard enough.
Yup, his response to the #GrammysSoMale controversy was that women were the problem. Cue outrage in 3… 2…
In a statement to Variety, the Recording Academy Prez said he regretted using the words "step up," claiming those words do not convey his beliefs on the subject. He wrote:
As we reported, in response to the #GrammysSoMale controversy, Recording Academy president Neil Portnow made headlines when he saidwomen in music need to "step up" if they "want to be part of the industry."
On Monday, the What About Us singer shared a handwritten note on Twitter SLAMMING Portnow's backward comments as women totally "owned music this year."
The 38-year-old wrote:
"Women in music don't need to 'step up' — women have been stepping since the beginning of time. Stepping up, and also stepping aside. Women OWNED music this year. They've been KILLING IT. And every year before this. When we celebrate and honor the talent and accomplishments of women, and how much women STEP UP every year, and how much women STEP UP every year, against all odds, we show the next generation of women and girls and boys and men what it means to be equal, and what it looks like to be fair."
Out of all the major categories at the 2018 Grammys, Alessia Cara — who took home Best New Artist — was the only female award winner.
After the Grammys on Sunday, Billboard went to a couple of exclusive after parties where one staffer overheard something very interesting at Sony's shindig at the Whitney Museum of American Art in NYC!
The release of the black-and-white video, which shows the singer emotionally gesturing to the lyrics, came with a donation to UNICEF. Pink, a UNICEF Ambassador, shared in a press release she would be making a donation "in all of your names" to the organization that "supports and empowers women and children around the world."
As for the video, not much goes on aside from the 38-year-old rocking her daughter Willow — and unapologetically showing off some nippage through her tank top. Empowering!
On Monday, the Famous rapper tweeted nine videos from cartoonist Scott Adam's Periscope -- titled "Scott Adams tells you how Kanye showed the way to The Golden Age. With coffee." -- which was filmed over the weekend.
In the clip, the 60-year-old -- best known for creating the Dilbert comic strip -- defines "the Golden Age" as "a time where everything is going right," and claims Kanye's success is proof that things like racism can be overcome with positive thinking.
