Similarly, hip-hop musician Ahmir Questlove Thompson got the laughs on his side before announcing the Song of the Year winner: “I am about to present this award and I trust you to stay 500 feet (150 meters) from me“. Last week, it was this same Questlove who received an Oscar for his documentary summer of soul right after the slap Prince of Bel Air to the comic and voice of the Madagascar saga.
Another highlight of this Grammy night, the recorded video intervention of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “Dead silence. Fill this silence with your music“said the head of state who opposes Vladimir Putin. In a moving appeal, he urged the American music industry to support his country, invaded by Russia: “Tell the truth about the war, on your social networks, on TV. Support us in any way possible, all but silence. And after that will come peace“, launched the leader Zelensky with his usual khaki t-shirt, before a performance by John Legend, joined on stage by Ukrainian artists, Mika Newton and Lyuba Yakimchukt. And two huge flags were erected on the stage of the MGM Grand Garden Arena from Vegas.