Alicia Keys declare ‘Dei is not a threat, it is a gift’ in Grammy’s Accept -tale

While he accepted Dr. Dre Global Impact Award on the 67th Grammys on Sunday, Alicia Keys Trailblazing celebrated female producers, her fellow musicians and the power of diversity.

Keys, who won the award for musical theater albums during the Grammys premiere ceremony held earlier in the day of “Hell’s Kitchen”, was described as “a global strength” when she was awarded the Impact Award by Queen Latifah.

“This is not time to close the diversity of voices,” Keys said during her acceptance speech. “We have seen on this scene talented, hard -working people with different backgrounds with different views, and that changes the game.”

“Dei is not a threat, it’s a gift,” she added.

Keys’ remarks were among the direct reprimands for the current political climate made by various musicians during Sunday’s Telecast. Earlier in the ceremony, Lady Gaga – who won the Grammy of Pop Duo/Group Performance with Bruno Mars – “Transgender deserves love” and “The Queer community deserves to be lifted” when she accepts her price. Shakira, who won to Latin Pop album, dedicated his victory “To all my immigrant brothers and sisters in this country.”

Other political remarks included them from Chappell Roan, who has talked about growing up queer in the Midwest, and who won Grammy for new artist who called record companies “to treat their artists as valuable employees with a fully salary and health insurance and protection. “

Keys’ celebration of diversity comes at a time when initiatives promoting DEI – diversity, justice and inclusion – have been increasingly attacked and rolled back.

“The more voices, the more powerful the sound,” Keys said in his speech. “When destructive forces try to burn us down, we get from the ashes like a Phoenix. And as you see tonight, music is the unstoppable language that connects us all.

“Let’s continue to emerge with compassion for empathy what I call soul care. Continue to open the doors, the dreams that the world should be. Dream the world as it should be, as the great Toni Morrison said. “