There've been two popular white rappers. And they both made great and popular music.
There are literally countless black rappers with countless terrible albums about sex, murder, and drugs.
I don't see any problem whatsoever.
Also, Eminem has won 5 of those awards. Kanye has also won 4. Eminem has outsold Kanye by how many times?
The year Relapse won must have been a really weak year. Wasn't that the year Flo Rida got a nomination for Rap album?
Yeah, and it should have easily gone to Q-Tip or Mos Def. That's why the Grammys need to allow only people with expertise in the genre to vote. Even Eminem thought it was his weakest album.
Well if you look at what albums were Eminem's competition in his past wins then it isn't that hard to see why he was able to easily win.
I don't think Macklemore deserved to win over Kendrick, but the whole "he was too pop and shouldn't be nominated" is a ******** excuse. I've seen poppier albums(Missy,Nelly,flo rida) get nominated in that category. The real issue is that rap albums that are commercially successful tend to have a higher chance at getting nominated over more critically acclaimed albums. I can only assume those involved don't really pay attention to rap so they tend to just pick the albums that made a dent in pop culture.