thank you thank you thank you very much um I used to say it's a sippy cup but blue but Blue's grown up now she doesn't take sippy cup and she has her own Grammys um first of all um thanks to Dr Tre said he in the house he's somewhere oh there he is Andre young thank you sir all the doors that you open you know showed us that we can be um rock stars seeing you on the Rolling Stone obviously there Run DMC with the leathers and the Arrow Smith but when you came out west
you took it to a whole new level put us on covers Rolling Stone put us around the world you and Snoop all that y'all did all the records y'all broke so thank you for this um honor honor to accept it honor to accept it and thank you to the black music Collective for all the work that you guys do scholarships for young creatives and hopefully you know I'm adding to you know what you guys are doing out here obviously uh it's uh it's great to have a an award um for such an icon how far
we've come with uh Will Smith in him Chazzy CHF and The Fresh Prince winning their first Grammy in ' 89 and boycotting because it wasn't televised and then they went to like a hotel and watched the Grammys I a even understand what the wasn't a great boy Kai um we're here but then 98 I took a page out of that book I was nominated for the best rap album and DMX had dropped two albums that year they both were number one shout out to DMX and he wasn't nominated at all so I boycott it and
I watched the Grammys I'm just saying we just we want y'all to get it right we love y'all we love y'all we love y'all we want y'all to get it right at least get it close to right and obviously it's subjective y'all don't got to clap at everything obviously it's obviously it's subjective because you know it's music and it's opinion based but you know some things you know I don't want to embarrass this young lady but she has more Grammys than everyone and never W album of the year so even by your own metrics that
doesn't work think about that the most grammies never won album of the year that doesn't work you know some of you some of you going to go home tonight and feel like you've been robbed some of you may it ra some of you don't belong in the category no no no no no no I was that no when I get nervous I tell the truth um but outside of that outside of that you know we got to keep showing up and forget the Grammys for a second just in life as I as my daughter sits
and stares at me nervous as I am um um just in life you got to keep showing up just keep showing up forget the grammies you got to keep showing up until until they give you all those accolades you feel you deserve until they call you chairman until they call you a genius until they call you the greatest of all time you feel me thank you
