Kanye West Grammy Nomination Rant: Mad That He's Never Won Against White Artists [VIDEO]
Kanye West is indeed mad at Grammys. During his ongoing Yeezus tour, the "New Slaves" rapper ranted about how he has never won a Grammy when faced against a white artist.
The nominees for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards were announced last week and this year, West received no recognition in the main categories. In fact, he received far less than expected, scoring only two nominations in total; one for Best Rap Song, "New Slaves," and another for Best Rap Album, Yeezus.
Kanye West subsequently shared his honest thoughts on the list of nominees during his tour stop in Phoenix, Arizona on Dec. 10.
"They try to trivialize my words and try to make it seem like my importance as a musician is less important than what it is," Yeezy said. "I mean, we can even take a look at some recent nominations that came out. Now I'm 36-year-old and I have 21 Grammys. That's the most Grammys of any 36-year-old. Out of all those 21 Grammys, I've never won a Grammy against a white artist."
West then compared himself to Michael Jackson and the late pop star's struggle to break into the mainstream and said, "f*ck those nominations," regarding the two nominations he received this year.
"So, when the Grammy nominations come out and Yeezus is the Top 1 or 2 albums on every single list, but only gets two nominations from the Grammys," said 'Ye. "What are they trying to say? Do they think that I wouldn't notice? Do they think that some way I don't have the power to completely diminish all of their credibility at this moment ... People come to me and they congratulate me on those two nominations. F*ck those nominations."