Victor Willis, lead singer and founding member of The Village People— the infamous disco band from the '70s behind the hit song, "YMCA"— has beef with The Weeknd and we know exactly what you're thinking.
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Back in November, The Weeknd tweeted, "The Grammys remain corrupt. You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency..." Because he's a GRAMMY winner, Willis feels he's being hypocritical and penned a very harsh letter out of nowhere.
He took to Facebook to write, "Pssst, The Weeknd, lighten up on the Grammys already why don't cha!? I know a thing or two about attacking the Grammys, and their once secret committees. I must say you're not handling this in the spirit of black protest of this important issue. You see, while black artists like me were making honest complaints about the secret committees, you were busy racking up one Grammy after another under those secret committees."
Willis was far from finished. He continued, "I don't recall you complaining about the secret committees when you were benefitting from those secret committees. But on the one occasion the secret committees didn't benefit you, the Grammys are suddenly corrupt, and it's off with their heads? Under the circumstances, you're much too talented to be pouting about the Grammys. And it seems you're out for blood despite the secret committees being eliminated. Negative..."
Willis went on to mention Harvey Mason Jr., the current interim Chief of the Recording Academy, who's been praised over the reforms he's been executing recently. Willis pleaded with The Weeknd, expressing, "cut the brotha some slack!"
The Weeknd has yet to respond to the open letter, along with the rest of the Village People.
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