From Janelle Monáe talking about Time's Up to Logic's performance on suicide awareness, social activism was front-and-center at the 2018 Grammys. pic.twitter.com/7qibyvdzNm — kesha (@KeshaRose) January 27, 2018At the Grammys, Kesha was introduced by singer Janelle Monáe, an artist whose signature black-and-white wardrobe is inspired by the working-class people of color in middle America who helped shape her politics and worldview. I use it as motivation for my music and to just keep me centered, grounded and to stay on message. The three acts were on the bill at the October country music festival in Las Vegas where a gunman killed 59 people in one of the largest mass shootings in U.S. history. Hours before her performance at the Grammys, Morris spoke to Rolling Stone magazine about the need for a political solution to mass gun violence.

Source: Washington Post January 29, 2018 20:17 UTC