Hip-hop didn't suddenly gain qualitative value when the first Rap Grammy was given, and that value didn't jump when they finally televised the award. But plent

Hip-hop didn't suddenly gain qualitative value when the first Rap Grammy was given, and that value didn't jump when they finally televised the award. But plenty of people still consider similar vehicles of industry and academia as important and authoritative, and that kind of institutional value and respect is exactly what RZA is seeking. I think this only reinforces the questionable authority and ability for inward facing groups like NARAS and AMPAS to anoint their own works as respectable. So, you're right objectively, but in the context of the systems the public supports, perhaps not.