Jay-Z has given a brutally honest response to Beyonce losing Album of the Year to Harry Styles at the 2023 Grammy Awards.
Even though the 41-year-old singer just made history as the artist with the most Grammy awards, her loss to the former member of One Direction has been seen as a major upset.
Beyonce has lost three times before. In 2010, I Am… Sasha Fierce lost to Fearless by Taylor Swift.
In 2015, her self-titled Beyonce album lost to Beck’s Morning Phase, and in 2017, Adele’s 25 won against Lemonade.
Luckily, Beyonce’s rapper husband Jay-Z, 53, was there to support her at all times.
Responding to his wife losing Album of the Year to Harry Styles, the 99 Problems hitmaker explained why he believed Beyonce was deserving of the award.
“Look what it’s done to the culture.
Look how the energy of the world moved. They play her whole album in the club. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen that. The whole entire joint – like, everything?! Every remix is amazing. Everyone’s inspired. It has inspired the world.
Every remix is better than the other one,” Jay-Z told Tidal.
“It’s inspiring creativity,” he went on.
“When it just inspires creativity, that’s an album. That has to be Album of the Year. It has to be.”
The rapper also discussed Beyonce’s previous losses and said people were just not ready for them yet.
“Even with Bey, I felt like they missed the moment. Not just Lemonade; (also) when Beck won over her (for Album of the Year at the 2015 show). I was like, ‘Oh, y’all missed it,’” he expressed.
“For the culture, I love this s**t so much I want them to get it right. I want to experience those moments when it’s the culmination of when Michael popped off,” he said.
“That moment left an indelible mark on us forever. Or when Lauryn Hill came through and it was Miseducation and she won those joints [five Grammy Awards in 1999]. We knew that was her moment. We wanted to witness that moment and celebrate her. She made something that’s going to stand the test of time.”
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