After Mac Miller passed away from an apparent overdose, Eminem choked up at the 2018 GRAMMYs while paying tribute to the late rapper.
In what was one of the most emotional moments of the night, Eminem, 45, got visibly choked up as he paid tribute to his late friend and fellow rapper, Mac Miller, at the 2018 GRAMMYs on Sunday, January 28.
“We all know that the GRAMMYs sometimes gets it wrong, but they got it right this time,” Marshall said before pausing and taking a deep breath to compose himself. “This year they changed the eligibility period cut off date from September 30 to August 31, so this is for all the young rappers who missed it.” He then began listing off artists who were nominated in his place before naming Mac as one of them.
“You were really a good friend to me man,” he added as he struggled to hold back tears. “Rest in peace.”
Mac died in September at 26 years old after suffering a drug overdose. He was found unresponsive in his home and pronounced dead on the scene by first responders. His toxicology report revealed that he had fentanyl and cocaine in his system at the time of his death.
Eminem teared up on stage at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night, after singing a few lines of his song, “Lucky You.”
The Detroit rapper choked up for a moment as he sang about Mac Miller, the late rapper who died from an accidental overdose in September.
“This is for you,” Eminem said to Miller just before singing.
Miller was featured on Eminem’s 2018 album, “Kamikaze,” on the track “Good Guy.”
Fans immediately noticed Eminem’s emotional tribute to Miller and took to social media to share their reactions.
When Eminem fumbled to read the lyrics on his hand, he was about to rap about his friend, Mac Miller.
“Shout out to Colin for always helping me put these words together,” he said. “Rest in peace, Mac Miller.”
Eminem choked up as he dedicated his award to Miller, who passed away from an accidental overdose in September 2018.
The 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards are taking place Sunday night at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Rap music, and artists like Childish Gambino and Drake, who have helped push the genre forward, are expected to dominate the show.
Also on the lineup is a tribute to Motown Records. The Recording Academy chose Jennifer Lopez to lead the performance, and people are understandably not happy about it.
On Twitter, many pointed out that artists of color should be featured in a tribute to Motown, which was founded by Berry Gordy Jr., who is black. He was also a songwriter for Motown’s first No. 1 hit, “Money (That’s What I Want).”
“Jennifer Lopez has absolutely nothing to do with Motown,” tweeted one user. “She’s on stage because she’s Latin?”
Others called out The Recording Academy for choosing Lopez again after last year’s stunt with Camila Cabello during an Aretha Franklin tribute.
Still others said they were disappointed in Lopez as an artist of color for taking part in this tribute.
Actor and singer, Denzel Washington received the Cecil B. DeMille Award, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to entertainment.
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Actors and filmmakers who were nominated for Golden Globes but didn’t win took a shot at President Donald Trump during their show speeches on Sunday night, using their platform to speak out against his policies or just poke fun at him.
Gary Oldman, who won best actor in a drama for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour,” slammed Trump’s decision to pull the US out of the Paris climate accord.
“Our world is in desperate need for leaders like Churchill and leaders of his caliber,” said Oldman, likening the British leader to Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, and Nelson Mandela.
Pulitzer-prize winning Michael Chabon has been cast as Russian poet Osip Mandelstam in a biopic about the writer and his wife, Nadezhda, Tass news agency reported. The film is reportedly being made with financial support from the Russian Culture Ministry.
The film will be directed by Fedor Popov, who was previously nominated for a Golden Eagle award for his 2011 film “Stalingrad: Battle for the Motherland.” Popov’s film will not be the first time Mandelstam’s life has been turned into cinema, with a 1978 movie called “Mandelstam” starring Oleg Yefremov in the titular role.
Mandelstam was born in Warsaw to a wealthy Jewish family who emigrated to Russia after he was two years old. He died in 1938 at a transit camp near Vladivostok, after being arrested and exiled by the Soviet government. Mandelstam is best known as one of the most prominent members of the Acmeist group of poets, alongside Anna Akhmatova and Nikolai Gumilyov.
