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PROTEST: Matthew Knolwes, pictured here with daughter Beyoncé, is said to be angry at the announcement of cuts to the R'n'B categories at the Grammy Awards

BLACK MUSIC stars and industry experts are set to protest over the recent announcement that the Grammy Awards would cut some of its R‘n’B categories.

It is thought that some of those eliminations will include categories such as, Best R&B Female, Best R&B Male, Best Urban Alternative Performance and, Best Contemporary R&B Album.

Black record label executives including Beyoncé’s father and former manager, Matthew Knowles, and singers including Musiq Soulchild and Betty Wright, are urging The Recording Academy, the organisation behind the Grammys, to reinstate said categories at the awards.

The group are expected to issue a formal statement of protest to The Recording Academy offices in Atlanta, Santa Monica, D.C., Philly, Chicago and New York later this month.