Jay-Z wanted to celebrate his Dr. Dre Global Impact Award at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards with a drink and ended up filling his trophy with a shot of D'USSÉ.
After taking the Crypto.com Arena stage on Sunday night (February 4) with his daughter Blue Ivy to defend Beyoncé with a heartfelt acceptance speech sure to ruffle the feathers of the Recording Academy, Jay turned his gramophone into a expensive cup.
Footage emerged of the Brooklyn rap icon with a smile on his face as he poured some of his brandy onto the trophy for a celebratory shot.
“This is hilarious, man,” said an onlooker while Jay posed for photos with his new accolade after taking a sip.
During his viral acceptance speech, Jay spoke his truth and slammed the Recording Academy when his wife never won album of the year despite having the most Grammys of all time.
“I'm just saying, we want you to do it right. We love you all. we love you all. We want you to get it right, or at least get it right, and obviously it's subjective,” he said as Blue Ivy stood next to him. “Because it's music and it's opinionated, but a few things — I don't want to embarrass this young lady [Beyoncè], but it has more Grammys than anyone and never won album of the year, so even by your own metrics it doesn't work. Think about it: the most Grammys and never won album of the year. This is not working.”
“Some of you will go home tonight feeling robbed. Some of you can get robbed, some of you don't belong — when I'm angry I tell the truth.'
“But other than that, we have to keep showing up,” he continued. “And forget about the Grammys for a second, in life — as my daughter sits and looks at me as nervous as I am — just in life, you've got to keep showing up and keep showing up. Forget the Grammys.”
“You have to keep showing up until they give you all these accolades that you feel you deserve, until they call you 'president', until they call you 'genius', until they call you 'the greatest of all time.' You feel me?”
Watch Jay-Z's full speech below.
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