Kelly Rowland has nothing however love and reward for JAY-Z, and the message he shared throughout his time on stage on the GRAMMYs on Sunday.
Rowland walked the pink carpet on the premiere of Bob Marley: One Love on the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles on Tuesday — forward of it is Feb. 14 launch — and she or he spoke with ET’s Kevin Frazier about JAY-Z’s feedback criticizing the Recording Academy for snubbing his spouse, Beyoncé, previously.
“Shawn Carter is among the biggest males I do know and his phrases ring so loud to me,” shared Rowland with a smile. “I could not be extra happy with him.”
“I am simply actually pleased for lots of issues that he mentioned,” added Rowland. “I feel that he made lots of artists really feel very seen and really heard in these minutes that he took on stage.”
The “Dust Off Your Shoulder” rapper took to the GRAMMYs stage alongside his 12-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy, through the star-studded present, and accepted the Dr. Dre International Influence Award. Throughout his speech, the Brooklyn native zeroed in on The Recording Academy’s huge misses — together with snubbing DMX in 1998, and likewise his spouse.
“We would like you all to get it proper,” JAY-Z mentioned. “We love y’all. We would like you to get it proper. Not less than get it near proper. And clearly it is subjective as a result of it is music. And it is opinion-based.”
Although he by no means talked about her title as a result of he did not wish to “embarrass her,” JAY-Z mentioned it is an enormous injustice that probably the most embellished artist ever — with a file 32 GRAMMY wins — has by no means gained Album of the Yr. And JAY-Z needed to let The Recording Academy find out about it with the world watching.
“I do not wish to embarrass this younger girl, however she has extra GRAMMYs than anybody and by no means gained Album of the Yr,” mentioned the rapper in reference to Beyoncé, who watched from the group with a somber look on her face. “So, even by your individual metrics that does not work. Take into consideration that — probably the most GRAMMYs, by no means gained Album of the Yr. That does not work.”
As for Beyoncé herself, Rowland steered that it really made no sense to her how she hadn’t gained Album of the Yr.
“I really feel like she is an icon… and that is for a motive — it is as a result of she begins developments. She is progressive, her ideas are huge and vibrant and she or he simply jumps for them and does it,” Rowland marveled. “I feel that her albums are a mirrored image of that, and it ought to be actually celebrated in that means.”
“I am not saying that as a result of it is my sister, I am saying it as a result of it is the reality,” Rowland added. “I’ve seen the blood, sweat and tears that she places into these initiatives, and her ideas and her coronary heart and her ardour and her soul.”
Take a look at the video under for extra on JAY-Z’s remarks at this yr’s GRAMMYs.
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