#MsLMstatus: Jazz Artist Esperanza Spalding Beats Out Drake & Justin Bieber For Grammy Best New Artist Award (February 13th-19th)

I did not watch majority of the Grammy’s or when Esperanza Spalding received her Best New Artist award but this is by far the best story of the night! With pop culture favorites like Justin Bieber and Drake in this category, many people though that either of them would win the award. At the end of the day Esperanza Spalding came through and shocked the world! To be honest I have never even heard of her never mind any of her music but I will definitely be checking it out. Esperanza is #MsLMstatus not only because she won the Best New Artist award but she is also the first ever Jazz artist to win the award! In these times of commercialism, image over content and not so soulful, soul music it is really refreshing to see the underdog come out on top. Especially, room a genre where the roots and soul isn’t fabricated or thrown in your face with marketing dollars! Congratulations to Esperanza Spalding! #MsLMstatus #MYOL