OS 26: OUT ON THE TOWN (R.I.P KOBE)

HEY OUTSTAGRS!

ITS THAT TIME!!

TIME TO GET TOWNED!!!

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OUTSTAGN would like to send our condolences to all the victims of the helicopter crash that had taken place Sunday Jan 26 in the Calabasas in California. This was a tragic loss for all the family and friends involved. 

What was your biggest memory of Kobe?(COMMENT IN THE BOX BELOW) 

Last Sunday was the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards that was televised on CBS and held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.  The year was the year of the new artist. The big winner was 18 year old indy artist Billie Eilish who won five out pf her six nods for Record ("Bad Guy"), Song ("Bad Guy"), Album ("When We Go To Sleep...."), Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album. Other big winners were Singer/flautist Lizzo who won three: Best Pop Solo Performance (Eilish was also in this category), Traditional R&B Performance ("Jerome") and Urban Contemporary Album ("Cause I Love You"); Lil Nas X who won two: Best Pop Duo or Group with Billy Ray Cyrus  ("Old Town Road") and Short Music Film. Another big winner was rock guitarist Gary Clark Jr who won for Best Rock Song and Performance ("This Land") He is the first African American male artist since Michael Jackson to win in the rock category.

As far as the show itself, it had its highs and lows but with the cloud of Kobe's death earlier that day and in the venue where he played with the Lakers, it was more a temp distraction to what had transpired.

The highs of the Grammys: Lizzo's energetic award show opener, Alicia Keys and Boyz to Mens last minute tribute to  Kobe, the male dancer dancing with Ariana Grande's performance, Demi Levato's emotional stop and start performance, Tyler the Creator manic performance, the Nipsey Hussle tribute.

The lows of the Grammys: The R&B categories not shown on the prime time show, Usher trying to dance in tight leather pants during the Prince tribute, Sheila E not getting enough shine during the Prince tribute,  and the show being almost four hours long. 

From my social media looks, the big hoopla was side eyeing Eilish for being the big winner especially in Album of the Year which from what I gathered Ariana Grande was the one to win.  Of the nominees, Grande's album had the most hits (four top 10 hits with two No 1s) but Grammy usually doesnt give awards on just charted success but in their eyes, the artistry of the artist. But from what had been disclosed from the ousted Grammy President that the award show is rigged with music makers across the board influencing the nominees and the winners aka AWARDOLA.

Was Eilish deserving? Yes. But lets not forget, awards are based on subjectivity and there will be a bias based on people's opinions on who should win. 


We would also be remiss if we didnt choose our Best Dressed at this years Grammys

THE BEST DRESSED FEMALE WAS:

Chrissy Tiegen

THE WORST DRESSED FEMALE WAS:

Billie Eilish

THE BEST DRESSED  MALE WAS:

  Common

WORST DRESSED MALE WAS:

John Legend

AND THE ONE

 IN THEIR OWN LEAGUE 

Billy Porter 

This story is about  a gym rat at my current gym who is the epitome of a gym rat: brolic, wanna be trainer, loud mouth, wearing half t shirts with the sides cut out, craves attention while working out. Well, one day, this gym hound had a convo with a fellow work out buddy in the lockerroom and he went on a rant about guys taking their clothes off in the lockerroom.

He said that black guys shouldnt be nude in the lockerroom. 

You heard me.

He also said he walked up to a full African native guy in the lockerroom who was nude and told him that he shouldnt be walking around nude. He then said the guy responded by looking at the gym rat like he was crazy.

Ya think?

Then a white guy chimed in and said, "Have you ever been in the military?"

"Naw," said the gym rat.

The white guy proceeded to tell him that in the military everyone is nude in the lockerroom and theres no issue.

Here's my thing. There is a modicum of decorum when it comes to being nude in the lockerroom (wearing a towel at some point) but to have an all out tirade about someone being nude theres some other issues going on.

But what is also puzzling, this gym rat used to play arena football. Dont they take off their clothes and become in those lockerrooms??? 

Could he  be insecure about being nude himself? Probably. Could there be a sense of being uncomfortable seeing black guys nude? Maybe.  But is he implying that black guys who are nude in the lockerroom are in his mind "not men?" Likely--which is beyond absurd. 

 What does ones ethnicity dictate anything? People change their clothes and/or take showers when they are in the lockerroom. Why is he so concerned about it in the first place? 

Hmmm. *pinky finger raised with sipping tea * 

Now the ones he should have been having a case over are the elderly guys who walk around the lockerroom and frolic about in your face while youre on a bench at your locker! 

LOL 

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