It's hard to talk about this year's Grammys without also talking about Chancelor Bennett—better known as Chance the Rapper. His mixtape, Coloring Book, was the first stream-only project to win the category of Best Rap Album. He also took home two additional Grammys: one for Best Rap Performance, and one for Best New Artist. His hardware victory wasn't too unexpected, seeing as how Coloring Book spent the majority of 2016 receiving widespread acclaim.
But what came as a shock was Chance's performance: To a viewership of 26 million, he used his platform to rap about God and Christianity and blackness in a way too often misinterpreted.
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