Late Los Angeles rapper Drakeo the Ruler wasn't acknowledged during this year's Grammy Awards ceremony for the "In Memoriam" montage.
In a statement released to TMZ, Drakeo's brother, Ralfy The Plug, didn't mince words about his disappointment in his brother's absence from the tribute.
"On behalf of Drakeo The Ruler, Ketchy The Great and The Stinc Team, it comes off as a spit in the face disregarding the facts that we’ve created an entire movement that generated the momentum for underground emerging L.A. artists to have a platform. Let alone the reality that we lost my Brother, Drakeo The Ruler, the poster child for systematic prejudices against rappers by law enforcement using lyrics against our culture and violating what they call our constitutional rights of freedom of speech- The First Amendment."
He added, "Leaving Drakeo out of their tribute and by not giving him any acknowledgment of his existence sums up exactly what we feel the industry has been trying to do. Erase us."
Source: tmz.com
