Some Of You Going Home Tonight, Feel You’ve Been Robbed – Jay-Z Queries Grammy Integrity
America music artiste, Corey Carter well known globally as Jay-Z has questioned the integrity of the members of the board of the music academy responsible for the nomination and winners for the popular Grammy awards.
Jay-Z raised the question on Sunday during his acceptance speech for winning Dr. Dre Global Impact Award at the 66th Grammy Award Ceremony held at Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, United States of America.
Jay-Z was later seen in a photograph using his Grammy plaque as a cognac glass after calling the Recording Academy out for not giving Beyoncé, Album of the Year Award and raising other integrity issues against the Grammy.
Jay-Z accepts the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award and gave the speech as his daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, looks on during the 66th annual Grammy Award.
Parts of Jay-Z speech reads in quotes: “Obviously, it’s subjective, because, you know, it’s music and it’s opinion based.
“But you know, some things, you know, I don’t want to embarrass this young lady, but she has more Grammys than everyone and never won album of the year,” Jay-Z said, as the camera cut to his wife, Beyoncé, according to Associated Press, AP International news agency.
“So even by your own metrics, that doesn’t work. Think about that. The most Grammys; never won album of the year. It doesn’t work.
“Some of you are going to 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. All right. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, that was it, no. When I get nervous, I tell the truth,” he said with a laugh.
Meanwhile, Taylor Swift has been declared winner of the Album of the Year Award at the 2024 Grammy Awards, with her song; “Midnight”, beating out SZA’s ‘SOS.’
The award was presented to Taylor Swift by music icon, Celine Dion.
Celine Dion, the 55-year-old pop icon made a rare public appearance at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, walking out to deliver the night’s last award.
Dion took the stage at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles to present Album of the Year, an accolade she had received 27 years ago.
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