{"id":612904,"date":"2017-07-14T00:32:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T22:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/?p=612904"},"modified":"2017-07-14T10:16:23","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T08:16:23","slug":"hip-hop-stars-from-chance-to-snoop-to-common-get-emmy-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/fr\/2017\/07\/hip-hop-stars-from-chance-to-snoop-to-common-get-emmy-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Hip-hop stars, from Chance to Snoop to Common, get Emmy love"},"content":{"rendered":"

By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer Hip-hop acts are getting real love from the Television Academy this year: Chance the Rapper, Common, Snoop Dogg and LL Cool J are among the…<\/b>
\nHip-hop acts are getting real love from the Television Academy this year: Chance the Rapper, Common, Snoop Dogg and LL Cool J are among the musicians nominated for Emmys.
Chance the Rapper, who won three Grammy Awards this year, is nominated for outstanding original music and lyrics for \u00ab\u00a0Last Christmas\u00a0\u00bb from \u00ab\u00a0Saturday Night Live.\u00a0\u00bb The rap parody about the last Christmas with Barack Obama as U. S. President plays off of Run-DMC’s late ’80s anthem, \u00ab\u00a0Christmas in Hollis.\u00a0\u00bb
\u00ab\u00a0MAMA I GOT NOMINATED FOR A EMMY … THANK YOU SNL, \u00a0\u00bb tweeted Chance, who shares the nomination with Eli Brueggemann, Kenan Thompson and Will Stephen. \u00ab\u00a0SO GRATEFUL FOR KENAN THOMPSON HE IS A LEGEND IN COMEDY.\u00a0\u00bb
Common, a Grammy and Oscar winner, is nominated in the same category for \u00ab\u00a0Letter to the Free, \u00a0\u00bb a song from Ava DuVernay’s documentary \u00ab\u00a013th.\u00a0\u00bb
Snoop Dogg, who has never won a Grammy, shares a nomination with Martha Stewart for outstanding host for a reality or reality-competition program for their VH1 show, \u00ab\u00a0Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party.\u00a0\u00bb LL Cool J earned a nomination for outstanding structured reality program as a producer of Spike TV’s \u00ab\u00a0Lip Sync Battle.\u00a0\u00bb
Rap also has a presence in the outstanding short form variety series category: \u00ab\u00a0Epic Rap Battles of History, \u00a0\u00bb which airs on YouTube, is nominated in that category.
Other music-related Emmy nominees include Lady Gaga’s halftime show performance at this year’s Super Bowl; the 2017 Grammy Awards; \u00ab\u00a0The Voice\u00a0\u00bb; Tony Bennett’s 90th birthday celebration concert; and the documentary \u00ab\u00a0The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years.\u00a0\u00bb
The nominations were announced Thursday. The Emmys will be presented in Sept. 17 in Los Angeles.
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