After boycott, Jay-Z lights-up Grammys 2023 with 8-minute performance

It’s unclear if Jay-return Z’s to the Grammys stage was motivated by his five nominations this year, but it’s obvious that “God Did.”

Bringing churchgoers who like music On their DJ Khaled-produced duet “God Did,” which they performed at the 65th Grammy Awards on Sunday, the 53-year-old Brooklynite rocked the mike with hip-hop superstars Rick Ross, 47, Lil Wayne, 40, rap newcomer Fridayy, and singer John Legend, 44.

Including Song of the Year, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap Performance nominations, the mega song received three accolades.

And the jaw-dropping performance signaled HOV’s much anticipated return as a headliner at the awards ceremony, where he previously sang “Drunk in Love” with Beyoncé, 41, his wife, in 2014.

But the Recording Academy and Jay, who has the distinction of having received the most Grammy nominations of any artist (up until Queen Bey surpassed him this year with 88 of her own), have not always agreed.

The mogul really boycotted the Grammys for years, starting in 1999, the year he won the first of his 24 golden gramophones for “Best Rap Album” for his well-regarded compilation “Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life.”

By the way, I boycotted the Grammys for [DMX] for the first time, Jay said in 2021 on HBO’s “The Shop: Uninterrupted.”

He said, referring to the late “Lose My Mind” rapper, “We both came out that year, he didn’t get nominated.

Jay-Z said, “I wasn’t there for my first Grammy victory because I won that year for [Best] Rap Album. I didn’t even enter the place because I supported DMX by walking out. There was some rivalry, but there was also a lot of love.

He didn’t show up until Beyoncé brought home an amazing five accolades in 2004, at which point he went.

At Clive Davis’ pre-Grammy party in 2018, he said, “I realized, ‘Man, art is really subjective and everyone is trying their best, and the Academy, they’re human like we are. They are voting for items they enjoy, thus the results are subjective.

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