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ENTERTAINMENT
Raap ry' : In case you hadn't
heard, this year top grammy winners were Bobby
McFerrin and folk supersensation, Tracy Chap­
man, who both walked away with three statues
each. Anita Baker nabbed top honors for best
R&B vocal performance, female for her -Giving .
You The Best That I Got," and best R&B song
-Giving The Best That I Got: shile Tarence Trent
. D' Arby was aowned with best R&B vocal perfor­
mance-male. In other bighlights, it must be the
year for Gladys Knight & THe Pips, 'who last
. month won the American Music Awards and last
week picked up the Grammy for best R&B perfor­
mance by a group. ewcomers Take Six walked
away with 0 awards including best jazz vocal
performace by a group, and best soul gospel per­
formance by a group for their jazz-gospel blends.
o Show For Rappers:DJ.JaZZY,Jeff& The Fresh � ..
Prince picked p Grammy for their singly,
"Parents Just Don't Understand," but Weren't on
hand to pick it up. Instead they were reporedly at
boycott party ted by MTV. O1argjng that "rap
music is treated like a stepchild, the rap duo (as
n LL. Cool J & Salt-N-Pepper) had earlier
announced a boycott 0 ther ceremonies because
the awards e not going to be handed out during
the televisio %:Dt (Response from the peopla
at NARAS, put on the show, was that rap
mus' c one of76 categories. Tane allo for the
air�.of just 12 OIl the natio�y televised award
oe Dee Ra : Kool Moe Dee,
o also nomiDated and did show felt that the
boyoott a tive move, "I fault the rappers
50% for rs � Middle America is basi-
cally intimidated byWbat they've been seeing in the
put. You see them OD TV grab their jock and
shake their pe . I think that it's time that some­
one comes out aad gives rappers a totally diferent
image, and lets the public know that all rappers are
not what you've been seeing in the past. I thin that
we got bad rap and we've been . presented
up to this point.·
Lire aUS fo V D Williams: Vanessa Williams
was more that a little irked about how they
promoted and packaged the TV-movie, "The Sex
Tapes Scandal, - (her first major network ex-
ure)--"considering that I got fourth-billing
movie and they changed the title on me- before it
came out, but there's nothing I can do about it. It
was sweeps-week. I knew they' were going to give
it some attention. I didn't mow they were going to
go bsolutely crazy. - Williams has come a long way
since the scandal that cost her the Miss America
crown.but she doesn't spend much time thinking
about it these days. II At 25, I'm definitely.in anothe
space. I'm doing hat I want to do, which is being
married, having a onderful family, and a great
career. - Williams seems to have found her niche in
recording. and while she would have liked for her
debut LP, "Ihe Right Stuff," (which is still stug-
gliDg at gold), to ha� done better salewise, she is
m pleased with the crucial attention that it's
golten--what with an NAACP Image Award and
twoo Grammynominations. Said Williams, � thing
't a good start People probably didn't expect
anything and for it to come out this welLThe next
ODe will be even better. - As far as the future, Wil-
liams just want to "keep putting out some albums
that I think are reflective of where I'm coming
from., and becomiDg mo e invlolYed in theatrical
projects."
S T : Word' there' a mOvie in' the
making for MOtown' inging sensation, --rile
Boys- .... R&B recording artist Karyn White is set
. to begin an' ooal tour with Bobby Brown and
Levert later this IIIOnth.. .
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