Smokie is being petty. With his logic, if Tamela Mann was supposed to do an R&B record, she shouldnt be able to ever be nominated for an R&B grammy. And Taylor Swift who started off as a country artist should not be allowed to be nominated or win in a Pop category.
Furthermore, anyone who knows Tori will know a lot of her music is actually centered in Gospel. Her song Hollow is a song about God (gospel stations didnt play it though hmm). And since the past 2 yrs, Tori has pretty much been a gospel artist working with Lecrae and Mali Music.
As a gospel artist, a post like that is only causing division among gospel artists. As a Christian, he needs to be more cautious of the kind of energy he's putting out there. And Im pretty sure he deleted that IG post AFTER he found out that Tori is actually part black.