Girl Up was founded by the UN Foundation in 2010 as an initiative to help support UN agencies that focus on adolescent girls. Our core values include: Youth-Centered, Passionate Action, Global Community, and Accountability. Our network of partners and donors make it possible for Girl Up’s programming to impact lives. Our hardworking and passionate team is working to create a new generation of young changemakers. We’re inspiring a generation of girls to be a force for gender equality and social change. Girl Up’s leadership development programs have impacted 95,000 girls through 5,000 Clubs in nearly 130 countries and all 50 U.S. Girl Up helps girls access their inner power to advance the skills, rights, and opportunities of girls everywhere. Girls have a tremendous, often untapped power to change the world. “From the Motown records I wore out on the (Chicago) Southside to the ‘Who Run the World’ songs that fueled me through this last decade, music has always helped me tell my story,” Obama told the cheering celebrity audience in Los Angeles.Who We Are We believe in the power of girls first lady Michelle Obama for an opening segment in which she joined Lady Gaga, Keys, Lopez and actress Jada Pinkett Smith to talk about the power of music. The Grammys sprang another surprise by bringing on former U.S. Hosted by Alicia Keys, the show featured rousing performances by Lady Gaga, Cardi B, Jennifer Lopez, Diana Ross, Camila Cabello, Dolly Parton, Miley Cyrus, Janelle Monae and Katy Perry, as well as a tribute to the late Aretha Franklin. Music, old and new, ruled in a live telecast that was largely politics-free, in contrast to U.S. You can make a difference in the life of a girl by donating today.
Your support of our girl changemakers means Girl Up can continue to work toward a world where girls have equal value, opportunity, and the chance to reach their fullest potential. “If there’s people who have regular jobs who are coming out in the rain and the snow and spending their hard-earned money to buy tickets to come to your shows, you don’t need this right here, I promise you,” he said. Meet changemakers across the world IRL Attend. “The point is you’ve already won if you have people who are singing your songs word for word, if you’re a hero in your hometown,” Drake said in his acceptance speech. Canadian rapper Drake, who was also not expected to show up, made a surprise appearance to accept the Grammy for best rap song for “God’s Plan.”ĭrake, the biggest streaming artist of 2018, told musicians not to worry about winning prizes. Lady Gaga won three trophies and British pop singer Dua Lipa was named best new artist. The nerves are so bad,” she said, accepting her Grammy. The outspoken New Yorker seemed uncharacteristically overwhelmed by the win. Popular rapper Cardi B, who wore a black and silver mesh body suit to perform her song “Money,” won her first Grammy, taking best rap album for “Invasion of Privacy.” It’s all about the songs,” said Musgraves, who also won three other Grammys.
The album of the year Grammy went to Musgraves for “Golden Hour,” reflecting a show and a year that was dominated by female performers and winners across multiple genres. “It speaks to people, it calls out injustice, celebrates life and reunites us all at the same time,” Goransson said, accepting the award on Glover’s behalf.
All of this was his vision and he deserves this credit,” said songwriter Ludwig Goransson, who worked with Glover on the track. “I really wish he (Glover) was here right now. However, Childish Gambino, the music alter ego of actor Donald Glover, was not around to accept the honor.īoth Glover and leading nominee Kendrick Lamar were Grammy no-shows in what was seen as a snub by the rappers for past disappointments when socially incisive rap material lost out to pop or R&B at the highest honors in the music business. She is only the second woman in the almost 100-year history of the ceremony to. “This is America” also took Grammys for best music video and best rap performance. Congratulations Chlo Zhao The ‘Nomadland’ filmmaker won the Best Director prize at the 93rd Academy Awards. It won both record and song of the year, becoming the first hip hop track to win either of the top Grammy categories in 61 years. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - “This is America,” Childish Gambino’s searing indictment of police brutality and racism, scored a breakthrough for rap on Sunday at the Grammy awards, where the top prize went to country artist Kacey Musgraves.