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"The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences finally responded to music mogul Steve Stoute&amp;apos;s recent full-page ad in the New York Times criticizing the Grammys for losing touch with popular culture by failing to honor artists such as Eminem, Kanye West and Justin Bieber. In a joint statement signed by Stoute and NARAS president Neil Portnow, the two announced that they have agreed to talks about how the Recording Academy can &amp;quot;evolve in an ever-changing cultural environment.&amp;quot; Grammy Awards 2011: Complete CoverageThe statement is a bit vague, but promises to revise the Grammys&amp;apos; nominating and voting process in order to &amp;quot;actively incorporate generational and artistic diversity.&amp;quot; Reading between the lines, this seems to mean that the Academy will be doing its best to balance out its voting body to even out what could be understood as a bias against hip-hop and chart pop among its older members.Recording Academy Responds to a Critic [NY Times]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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