Grammys host Alicia Keys' opening monologue at Sunday's ceremony included a solemn tribute to Kobe Bryant. Read the full transcript of Keys' remarks.
The Recording Academy is under fire after the ouster of Grammys chief Deborah Dugan. You wouldn’t know that from watching the telecast.
Keys’ remarks also came at a time of turmoil for the Recording Academy, which has been engulfed in controversy in the week leading up to Sunday’s eventAdvertisement“Here we are together on music’s biggest night, celebrating the artists that do it best. But to be honest with you, we’re all feeling crazy sadness right now because earlier today, Los Angeles, America and the whole wide world lost a hero. And we’re literally standing here, heartbroken, in the house that Kobe Bryant built.
“Thank you so much. Thank you. And I know that we’re going to do what we’re here to do. I know that we’re going to all join together and do what we do in happy times and challenging times. We’re going to sing together. We’re going to laugh together. We’re going to dance together. We’re going to cry together. We’re going to bring it all together. We’re going to love together.
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