Jay-Z launches attack on the Grammys for NEVER giving wife Beyonce Album of the Year

Jay-Z used his acceptance speech at the Grammy Awards to condemn the academy for failing to give his wife Beyonce the best album award, despite her 32 wins in other categories.

The Brooklyn-born rapper was honored with the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award for his contribution to the music industry.

With his 12-year-old daughter Blue Ivy standing on stage beside him, and wife Beyonce looking on from their table in the audience, dressed in just-off-the-catwalk Louis Vuitton by Pharrell Williams, Jay-Z spoke about the importance of dreams, drive and ambition.

He said that there were more important things in life than winning Grammys, noting they were subjective – and pointing out his superstar wife had never won best album.

‘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. ‘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 then launched into his critique of the awards, and his condemnation of the failure to recognize his wife.

‘Obviously it’s subjective because it’s music and it’s opinion-based,’ he said.

Last year, she became the most awarded artist in Grammy Awards history – but with only one win in a Big Four category.

‘So even by your own metrics, that doesn’t work,’ Jay-Z said.

‘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. When I get nervous, I tell the truth.’

He added: ‘But outside of that, we got to keep showing up — and forget the greatness for a second, just in life.

‘As my daughter sits and stares at me nervous as I am, you got to keep showing up. Just keep showing up to get the Grammys.

‘You got to keep showing up until they give you all those accolades you feel you deserve. Until they call you champion, until they call you a genius, until they call you the greatest of all time.’

Some people on social media applauded Jay-Z’s speech, while others laughed at the expected reaction of the Grammys organizers.

One shared a meme of people pulling a TV off the wall; another showed a person grabbing a gun pointed at them, then turning it around.

Another showed a meme of Oprah Winfrey rolling her eyes, commenting: ‘So is Jay Z saying that Beyoncé’s awards were all consolation prizes ? And that the Grammy are a joke?!’