 The soundtrack for the film "Miles Ahead," for which Glasper was a producer, won Best Soundtrack Compilation at the 58th Grammy Awards.The song "Letter to the Free", written with Common for the Ava DuVernay documentary 13th, won the 2017 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.Glasper's earliest musical influence was his mother, Kim Yvette Glasper, who sang jazz and blues professionally.