Now I can't say that any of this surprises me....I've been writing in music industry circles (and beyond) for years now. So it takes a lot to make me give the side-eye....

Still, when I check out the white wash that will be the Grammy Awards (Other than rumors that Prince will perform and pulling for Common to take home another Grammy, this show looks like the official black culture coronation for Iggy and Sam Smith), 'Yonce taking Ledisi's spot is still kinda wack...Not because the Grammy folks chose to pick a superstar and mainstream heavyweight, ratings winner like Beyonce to sing "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" which was featured in the Selma movie. It's because the person that actually sung the song for the soundtrack and in the movie (Ledisi) will be sitting in the audience while Beyonce takes the spotlight...

Hey, what's little ol' Ledisi to the lighter, "gorgeous" Beyonce anyway?

Life ain't always fair....yep...

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Ledisi Snubbed by 2015 Grammys Due to Beyonce Performance, Fans Say
By Trent Fitzgerald

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We are days away from the 2015 Grammy Awards and already there’s some controversy surrounding one of the performances. The conflict surrounds the Grammy producers’ decision to have Beyonce perform the spiritual song ‘Precious Lord, Take My Hand,’ which was originally sung by Ledisi in the Martin Luther King, Jr. biopic, ‘Selma.’

If you’ve seen the movie, then you would know that Ledisi, who portrays the legendary gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, sings the spiritual ode to David Oyelowo, who plays Martin Luther King, Jr.

So it would make sense that Ledisi would perform the song on the Grammys telecast alongside Common and John Legend, who are scheduled to sing their Oscar-nominated tune ‘Glory,’ which is also from the movie.

However, the Grammys requested Queen Bey to perform the song instead of Ledisi. Ironically, both ladies are nominated in the Best R&B Performance category for ‘Drunk in Love’ and ‘Like This,’ respectively.

Ledisi fans went on Twitter to voice their disappointment. They feel that the integrity of the song is lost as it correlates to the movie. Critics also accuse the Grammy producers of replacing Ledisi with Beyonce just for ratings and mainstream appeal. Meanwhile, the BeyHive believes that Beyonce shouldn’t be blamed for being invited to perform.

We gathered some of the opinionated tweets from both sides of the argument. You can read them below.

What are your thoughts on this? Voice your opinion in the comment section.

I'm outraged the @Grammys have asked @Beyoncé to sing Precious Lord as a tribute to #Selma & not @ledisi from soundtrack

— jamalbryant (@jamalhbryant) February 6, 2015

No one is saying Beyoncé shouldnt perform at #GRAMMYs, what we're saying is.. it should be Ledisi performing the song for #Selma perf

— Mark Sundstrom (@106th) February 5, 2015

She's performing a Mahalia Jackson song for the Selma tribute while Ledisi who played Mahalia in the movie AND is nominated does… what?

— Sophia Patrillo (@DreaOnassis) February 6, 2015

Ledisi sung it in the Selma film, so they should have asked her. Beyoncé doesn't have the chops for that one. She'll over do it.

— SUN. MOON. (@_daydreamer88) February 5, 2015

We know that she's "Beyonce" but she shouldn't be singing that song. It's not her song to sing…that Grammy moment belongs to Ledisi

— Patrick (@PresidentPat) February 5, 2015

So Beyonce is singing a song at the Grammy awards that was performed beautifully by Ledisi on the Selma soundtrack. That makes sense to who?

— THE TRUTH (@THETRUTH247365) February 5, 2015

Beyoncè should've humbly declined and let Ledisi have her shine, but who can blame a bitch for not turning a check?!

— Cheeky McCoy (@MrAkosh) February 6, 2015

Another moment stolen from Ledisi. The industry is not here for her at all and it breaks my heart.

— Coach P. (@CoachPSays) February 6, 2015

#UnpopularOpinion The Grammys are wrong for not letting Ledisi perform, but Grammys know Beyoncé is ratings gold, so the breaks, these are

GOAT of his era......long live Prince.....God is alive....