At early February's Grammy awards, R&B icon Robert Glasper took home the award for best R&B album. His Black Radio III project includes stellar features guests like Common and Erykah Badu. Additionally, it beat out albums from Mary J. Blige and Lucky Daye. However, one of his R&B peers was not too thrilled with this result. Chris Brown, who was also nominated in the category, had some choice words for Glasper. "Y’all playing. Who da f–k is this?" he wrote on Instagram. “Who the f–k is Robert Glasper? I’ma keep kicking y’all a– respectfully.”
After receiving backlash for this, though, Breezy texted Glasper an apology: "I would like to apologize if you took offense to my reaction at the Grammys. You were not the intended target and I know I came off really rude and mean," he texted. But, Glasper still used the incident to his advantage. Selling t-shirts with "Who the f–k is Robert Glasper?" printed on it, Glasper raised donations for a New Orleans music education non-profit. However, even though it seems both Brown and Glasper have since moved on from the debacle, fellow R&B star Thundercat has not.
Thundercat Takes A Shot Of His Own
On Tuesday (Feb. 28), beloved guitarist/vocalist Thundercat posted to Instagram a group of photos from a recent outing. Shown hanging out with Drake, Robert Glasper and Dave Chappelle, Thundercat used the opportunity to jab at Breezy. "'Who the fuck is Robert Glasper?'…lol." Thundercat captioned the post. It truly means something when Glasper is hanging with superstars like Drake. It makes it even more curious how Chris Brown could not know who he is. Either way, though, Thundercat surely felt it necessary to defend his friend.
The photos Thundercat posted were taken at Bootsy Bellows Club in Los Angeles. It's not currently clear why Drake, Glasper, and the gang were there, or what day they were. But, Bootsy Bellows also just recently hosted an album release party for Don Toliver. So, it would appear that this particular club is home to many of Hollywood's most decorated stars. And, in particular, that would include the esteemed Robert Glasper.