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The hottest artist at the Grammy Awards this year is Skrillex. He is nominated for five grammy awards. Its the first time in history a DJ / producer is ever nominated in the category of “Best New Artist”. He’s up against the likes of Nicki Minaj, J. Cole and Bon Iver. I really hope Skrillex wins it, even if I'm pretty sure he doesn't really give a shit about the Grammys, but if he does win he blasts open the Grammy doors for the next generations of electronic musicians.
I love him because he’s turning music industry upside down, proving that he doesn’t need a major record deal to become popular, it’s more like the majors labels are the ones that need him. He’s an artist who is re-writing the music industry rules.
As Diplo said in a recent Billboard Magazine interview: “I know one thing -- the major labels, the A&Rs, are very frightened now," "They see that things are in our hands in a lot of ways."
Burn down the house boys!
Alex D
