Macklemore Apologizes to Kendrick Lamar After Grammy Win

"It's weird and sucks that I robbed you," Mack writes to Lamar via text message.

Macklemore 's Grammy nightmare came true Sunday (Jan. 26), when he took home the Best Rap Album trophy, beating out Kendrick Lamar 's major label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city.

The rapper, a newcomer himself, ironically completed the feat with an album called The Heist , which he and producer Ryan Lewis delivered independently.

"You got robbed," Mack wrote via a text message to Lamar after the show. "It's weird and sucks that I robbed you. I was gonna say that during the speech.

Then the music started playing during my speech, and I froze. Anyway, you know what it is.

Congrats on this year and your music. Appreciate you as an artist and as a friend. Much love."

Mack posted a screen shot of the text to his Instagram, reports HipHopDX .

Elsewhere online, both he and Lamar were Twitter trending topics during the broadcast, and actor Michael Rapaport (longtime hip hop head and co- star of genre cult classic Higher Learning ) refused to hold back when he weighed in.
"Macklemore won best Rap record at the Grammys.OMGOODness.hiphop is dead & KILL the d--n Grammys.

where the hell is RAKIM? Macklemore ain't Rap," Rapaport wrote, according to Complex.com .

"... RAKIM,KRS1 & BDK are shaking there d--n heads to break beat Over the fact that Macklemore won best Rap album at the bulls--t

a-- Grammys," he added [note for the non- believers: "BDK" is Big Daddy Kane ].
Prior to winning the award, Macklemore predicted that it would be a travesty if he won , and news leaked that the Grammy committee debated whether or not Mack and his DJ partner are even hip hop enough.

Ultimately, however, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ended up with four wins total — also including Best New Artist and Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for "Thrift Shop" — and helped to make television history when, during their performance (of "Same Love"), 33 same sex and straight couples were married in a mass ceremony officiated by Queen Latifah .

Lamar, nominated seven times , lost in every category.

"You know he raps and people receive it as that, it's just opinions," Lamar told MTV News on the pre-show red carpet about Macklemore. "He just needs to do him. I wouldn't listen to what nobody got to say."

Akumaa Mama Zimbi honoured

Accra-based radio and television talk show host on relationship, marriage, love and sex, Akumaa Mama Zimbi known in private life as Mrs. Joyce Akumaa Dongotey-Padi, has been named as the 50th Most Influential Personality in Ghana in the year 2013.

The 100 Most Influential Personalities Award is an annual list of 100 Ghanaians whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events in the country, and this is the fourth edition assembled by e.tv Ghana.

Akumaa Mama Zimbi, the host of ‘Odo Ahomaso’ on Adom 106.3 FM and Multi TV, is also currently reigning as the most influential TV and radio personality in Ghana on the entire social media, according to starcount.com, which is an internet survey firm.

Starcount.com ranks the world’s top celebrities and brands based on their popularity and engagement from 11 of the world’s biggest social media networks such as Facebook, twitter and YouTube, to produce the ultimate social media chart.

They also show the social media ranking of stars across thousands of countries and categories like sports chart, TV chart, music chart and film chart.

This current rating makes Akumaa Mama Zimbi the most influential Ghanaian female celebrity, after Yvonne Nelson and Eazzy on the entire social media.

Mama Zimbi, who is currently co-ambassador for World Heart Day 2013 in Ghana, is the founder and executive director of Mama Zimbi Foundation (MZF), a non governmental organization which initiated the Widows Alliance Network (WANE) that supports vulnerable widows and their needy children, with membership of over 8,000 widows across Ghana.

Source: Olivia Obibiniba

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YFM, Joy FM, to battle it out @ the 2014 Ghana DJ Awards

Two popular urban radio stations in Accra with the finest presenters and Deejays will face it off at the upcoming Ghana DJ Awards slated for February 25.

Y107.9FM, the Official frequency for the young and the young at heart has 5 nominations in 5 different categories.

YFM’s DJ Champagne and JOY FM’s DJ Black are in a fierce competition in the biggest category of the Ghana DJ Awards namely, Best DJ of the Year.

The competition toughens between the two stationsas Star presenter and Deejay of YFM, Sammy Forson battles it out with DJ Black in two other significant categories, Best Male Radio DJ of the Year and Best Music Promoter of the Year.

Jay Foley, Station Manager of YFM in an exclusive interview shared their pleasure to gain nominations again in the Ghana DJ Awards this year.

He said “We are very pleased to gain another set of nominations this year after receiving 3 accolades in the Ghana DJ Awards last year. Over the past years, YFM Deejays and presenters have been nominated and given several awards at different prestigious awards ceremonies in Ghana including the Ghana DJ Awards.

It comes with a great feeling and a sense of achievement when you are recognised and given the nod to even do more of what you do best.

We are hopeful to win in the categories we have been nominated in again this year.

He concluded by congratulating all Deejays and Presenters who have been nominated in the various categories of the Ghana DJ awards.”

The Ghana DJ Awards is an annual event that seeks to award and recognise Deejays with exceptional performances in the music industry.

Source: GhanaWeb