Thread by @MrErnestOwens

I'm not going to fall for the Grammy's fake diversity trap, nope.

They do this like every year. Get all of the tribal category wins out there untelevised so Black folks can get hype to watch the show -- only to then give mostly white winners awards on air. #GRAMMYs

Notice how most of the pop categories haven't been called on air yet, but most of the Rap/R&B ones are already done?

An opportunity to give airtime to Black and brown artists by default is systematically reduced to give more on-air time to mostly white artists in predominantly white music categories.

So for example, we already know they will not announce the General categories (AOTY, SOTY, ROTY, Best New Artist) yet -- but they are holding Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Country Album for the Live show.

It's obvious the Grammys got this down to a science. They want us to see Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and Dua Lipa win on that stage for ratings. What categories? They don't care. They just need them to accept on air. The same for Megan Thee Stallion. She'll win in another category.

I personally don't see Black Parade winning in the General Categories. That's Dua Lipa/Taylor Swift territory. But, I can see an unannounced R&B category for sure. I can see Phoebe Bridgers winning Best New Artist if they give Megan Thee Stallion Best Rap Song. #GRAMMYs

The big shock of the night will be if Megan Thee Stallion wins Best New Artist, becoming the first female rapper to pull it off.

But for some reason, I'm not holding my breath. The Grammys play in our face all the time.

Folklore is a lock-in for AOTY.

Are y'all ready to see Taylor Swift pretend like she didn't know she's winning?

It's the "comeback" story of a white female artist who got "snubbed" for her previous two albums who now gets a third record-breaking AOTY win. #GRAMMYs

White feminism wants us to believe that Taylor Swift becoming the first female artist to win three Album of the Year awards tonight will be a major moment -- but then we look at all of the Black women she's beat in previous categories who deserved and say "yeah, no." #GRAMMYs

Folklore is a great album, to be clear. It's actually the best AOTY win out of the three Taylor Swift has put out. But in a year of racial uprisings and radical musical changes -- this album isn't reflective of that. I see the case for Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia more. #GRAMMYs

If Future Nostalgia pulls the upset and wins AOTY over Folklore, there will be a private jolt of a "hell yeah" from music critics of color who have had to see people like Beck beat Beyoncé and Swift beat Kendrick Lamar in previous years. #GRAMMYs

But one can dream? We kinda already know how this will play out. I can see them giving Dua Lipa Record of the Year for "Don't Start Now" and Taylor Swift her first Song of the Year Grammy for "Cardigan" and then let Dua get the pop categories for fair balance. #GRAMMYs

On behalf of the dancing gays everywhere who wanted to a pure pop record that just gave us bops, thank you Dua Lipa for doing that. Thank you for just being yourself and not trying to jump on rap trends and fake the funk. Thank you for just putting out a banging record. #GRAMMYs

There is a theory that Grammys might try to do the most and might give Beyoncé and Black Parade some surprise wins.

If that happens, let me just say that these wins aren't for Black Parade, but for Formation and all of the Grammys Lemonade should have won in 2017. #GRAMMYs

And of course there is that speculation that Beyoncé is going to surprise us with a performance of Savage with Megan Thee Stallion tonight.

I mean....it's possible, but again, the Grammy love to stir fake buzz for ratings. We'll see. #GRAMMYs

I mean it's clear that they played BTS fans by nominating the group and giving them these supplemental Grammy performances only for them not to win. These are the games they play each year. #GRAMMYs

And maybe it's too early, but can we talk about how perfunctory some of these "wins" are. Love John Legend, I really do -- but Best R&B Album should have gone to Giveon and/or Luke James. #GRAMMYs

I am personally proud of Brittany Howard who is super underrated and breaking rock barriers and other musical genres. Seriously, you all need to listen to her solo music if you aren't. She's more than just the former member of the Alabama Shakes. #GRAMMYs

Pretty glad that we all can agree that Post Malone doesn't deserve a Grammy and we're pretty much over white rappers winning -- even though they still take up space in important categories that The Weeknd actually deserved occupancy in. #GRAMMYs

Someone asked me what if Doja Cat pulls the surprise win for Best New Artist?

My response: White supremacy would have won again. #GRAMMYs

Okay, more Grammy conspiracy theories: If Dua Lipa loses Best Pop Vocal album, Taylor's winning AOTY full throttle.

Another one: Grammy voters might be messy and give Billie Eilish a surprise win for "Everything I Wanted" in these pop categories to shake things up. #GRAMMYs

Alright, these are pretty much all of my thoughts headed into the Grammys tonight. It should be interesting -- or predictable AF. Here's to hoping Beyoncé either tie or beat Alison Krauss's record for most awarded woman at #GRAMMYs and Megan Thee Stallion getting MULTIPLE wins.