MF DOOM had one simple request “all caps when you spell the man’s name.” But evidently, the Recording Academy didn’t get the memo or has never heard the 2014 Madvillain track “All Caps.”
As the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards got underway at the Los Angeles Staples Center on Sunday night (March 14), the Recording Academy paid tribute to several artists who passed away in 2020, including DOOM, Whodini’s John “Ecstasy” Fletcher, Pop Smoke, Toots Hibbert of Toots & The Maytals and Chick Corea. But Hip Hop fans couldn’t help but notice how DOOM’s name was stylized in the caption lower case.
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The late Toots Hibbert
Legendary Reggae band Toots and the Maytals won Best Reggae Album at the 2021 Grammy Awards, a tribute to the late Toots Hibbert.
The 63rd Grammy Awards show took place on Sunday, March 14 in a hybrid fashion.
The Got to Be Tough album was released just days before the death of Toots Hibbert, the band’s frontman, who passed away on September 11, 2020.
This marks the second Grammy win for the band after they won Best Reggae Album in 2005. The group has been nominated for a reggae Grammy five times.
The other nominees this year were ‘Higher Place’ by Skip Marley, ‘One World’ by The Wailers, ‘Upside Down 2020’ by Buju Banton, and ‘It All Comes Back to Love’ by Maxi Priest.