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.’

Jay-Z is seen delivering a passionate rebuke of the Grammys for failing to give his wife Beyonce a best album award

Jay-Z, 54, is seen with his 12-year-old daughter Blue Ivy on stage at the Grammy Awards

Beyonce looked rather apprehensive as her husband spoke

Jay-Z is seen delivering his acceptance speech as Blue Ivy looks on

The music mogul celebrated his win by pouring his own-brand D’ussé cognac into his Grammy

Jay-Z raised a Grammy to his own success, sipping from the award as he joked his daughter did

Jay-Z takes a swig of cognac from his Grammy

Jay-Z and Beyonce celebrate his accolade, as Blue Ivy looks on

Beyonce listens as her husband delivers his acceptance speech

She won her first Grammy aged 9, with a writing credit for Brown Skin Girl, which won in 2021 for her mother.

Jay-Z continued: ‘How far we’ve come from Will Smith and Jazzy Jeff winning their first Grammy in ’89 and boycotting because it wasn’t televised.

‘And then they went to the hotel and watched the Grammys. I didn’t even understand. It wasn’t a great boycott.’

He said that he then did a similar thing.

‘But then ’98, I took a page out of their book. I was nominated for Best Rap Album, and DMX had dropped two albums that year. They both were number one — shout out to DMX — and he wasn’t nominated at all.

‘So I boycotted and I watched the Grammys.

‘I’m just saying, we want y’all to get it right. We love y’all. We love y’all. We love y’all. We want y’all to get it right. At least get it close to right.’

The 54-year-old is seen delivering his acceptance speech

Source:https://www.dailymail.co.uk