Tyler the Creator: Grammy’s ‘Urban’ Tag is Their Politically Correct Way of Saying ‘N-Word’

January 27, 2020

*After his album “Igor” won the Grammy for Best Rap Album Sunday night, 28-year-old Tyler the Creator had a lot to say backstage about the Recording Academy’s use of the term “urban” to keep black artists in a box. He called the term, “a politically-correct way to say the N-word,” and suggested that it’s unfair to place genre-bending artists like himself under that broad umbrella.