Taking the stage by storm, Jay-Z used his Grammys acceptance speech on Sunday to engage in a brutal round of truth telling, calling out the Music Academy for the way it has treated black singers over the years while also making a reference to the ongoing crime wave terrorizing Los Angeles.
“When I get nervous, I tell the truth,” he said.
Jay-Z received the “Dr. Dre Global Impact Award” for his career work as a producer but used the bulk of his speech to calling out Grammys racism — specifically, rapper DMX being overlooked in 1998, and Beyoncé — who is Jay-Z’s wife — failing to win the Grammy’s top prize.
“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 about Beyonce. “So even by your own metrics, that doesn’t work. Think about that. The most Grammys; never won Album of…
