Jay-Z’s Grammy Speech 2024

The 2024 Grammys happened Sunday on February 4th in Los Angeles, with many celebrities in attendance including Jay-Z... who was there to accept the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award. Along his side, his wife Beyoncè and daughter Blue Ivy. 

 Jay-Z first thanked the award's namesake - who was watching from the audience - acknowledging Dr. Dre, saying that

"all the doors that you opened showed us we could be rock stars."

He added,

"Then in '98, I took a page out of their book. I was nominated for best rap album, and DMX had dropped two albums that year, they both were No. 1 - shout out to DMX - and he wasn't nominated at all, so I boycotted, and"

- he said with a laugh -

"I watched the Grammys."

Jay's message then took a more serious tone as he continued,

"I'm just saying, we want y'all to get it right. We love y'all; we love y'all;

Referring to Beyonce,

"I don't wan to embarrass this young lady but she has more Grammys than everyone and never won album of the year, so even by your own metrics that doesn't work. Think about that. The most Grammys and never won an album of the year. That doesn't work."

Watch a snippet of Jay-Z's Speech at the Grammys below: