Jay-Z's Grammy speech blasts Beyoncé's album of the year snubs

In a speech accepting the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award at the Grammy Awards, rapper Jay-Z mentioned his wife, Beyoncé has never won in the album of the year category.

In a speech accepting the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award at the Grammy Awards, rapper Jay Z seemingly called out the Recording Academy.

As his daughter, Blue Ivy, 12, stood by his side, Jay-Z noted that while music and therefore voting on the Grammy Awards is “obviously subjective,” his wife, Beyoncé has never won in the album of the year category.

“I don’t want to embarrass this young lady, but she has more Grammys than everyone, and never won album of the year,” he said, seemingly referring to his wife. “So even by your own metrics, that doesn’t work. Think about that. The most Grammys, never won album of the year. That doesn’t work.”

He went on to double down, adding: “Some of you are gonna go home tonight and feel like you’ve been robbed. Some of you may get robbed. Some of you don’t belong in the category,” before clarifying: “When I get nervous, I tell the truth.”

Jay-Z, tied with Ye (formerly known as Kanye West), has the distinction of rapper with the most Grammy wins in history. He won his first Grammy in 1998 and has won a total of 24 out of 88 nominations.

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