Why Did The GRAMMYs Snub Guru?

By Insanul Ahmed | Feb 14, 2011 | 12:33 am | Permalink

Maybe we blinked and missed it, but for the life of us we cannot figure out why the 53rd GRAMMY Awards did not mention the late Keith "Guru" Elam—who passed away last April—in their In Memoriam section. The tribute featured tons of acts we'd never heard of but no mention of the Gang Starr frontman. Guru is a hip-hop legend and he deserved better. And even if the GRAMMYs forget him, we never will. R.I.P. Guru. Below, tweets from other hip-hop figures who noticed that Guru never got a shoutout.

No mention of keith GURU elam?????? Come on.less than a minute ago via ÜberTwitterQTip
QtipTheAbstract

Fuckin' Grammy's didn't put GURU in the R.I.P. Of entertainers that passed away in 2010.....why should I be surprised ?less than a minute ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®Mean Joe Preem
REALDJPREMIER

R.I.P to GURU!!!less than a minute ago via webKanye West
kanyewest

RIP Guru tho...less than a minute ago via ÜberTwitterDJ DRAMA
DJDRAMA

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Soul2Sole February 14th, 2011 at 08:58 AM

I'm not totally sure but if so-I don't even think they mentioned Dilla in the 48th Grammys so I'm not surprised by the miss. R.I.P. to both.

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- Cameron February 14th, 2011 at 04:17 PM
  
  They mentioned Dilla for the 2007 memoriam. Played a snippet of So Far To Go as well.
  
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Hey February 14th, 2011 at 12:32 PM

I think they missed some other people as well.

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@marronigames February 14th, 2011 at 03:21 PM

That's some shit.

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soneerokz February 14th, 2011 at 05:18 PM

Not surprised. RIP GURU.

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KP February 14th, 2011 at 09:31 PM

Cause the Grammy's don't care about black people! (in my Kanye voice)

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maxx February 15th, 2011 at 08:55 AM

so true

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