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Spike Lee has weighed in on the Grammy Awards\u2019 controversial resolution to award Harry Styles<\/a> with Album of the Year over Beyonc\u00e9<\/a> in a brand new interview.<\/p>\n The outspoken veteran director broached the subject throughout a characteristic interview with\u00a0The Guardian<\/em><\/a>. While he declined to touch upon a latest controversy surrounding the nomination of the movie\u00a0To Leslie<\/em> at this yr\u2019s Oscars<\/a>, author Nadia Khomami famous that Lee was \u201cmore forthcoming\u201d when it got here to discussing the Grammys.<\/p>\n Lee pre-empted his feedback by admitting that he was \u201cnot the male president of the Bey Hive\u201d \u2013 the long-standing nickname of Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s fanbase. He did, nevertheless, \u201clove and support\u201d the singer.<\/p>\n \u201cHer album [\u2018Renaissance\u2019<\/a>] is amazing,\u201d he stated. \u201cI know she\u2019s won multiple Grammys, but four times nominated for album of the year and she\u2019s lost every time? No disrespect to those artists like Adele<\/a> or Harry Styles who won \u2013 it\u2019s not their fault \u2013 but that\u2019s some straight-up bullshit.\u201d<\/p>\n Lee went on to notice the \u201chistory of great black artists\u201d who’re nominated for prestigious awards and don’t win \u2013 certainly, Lee himself was nominated for each Best Picture and Best Director on the Oscars and the Golden Globes for the primary time in his profession for the 2019 movie BlacKkKlansman<\/em><\/a>, however didn’t win at both.<\/p>\n \u201cWe all know their work is great, because art speaks for itself,\u201d he stated. \u201cBut then it always comes down to this tricky territory of validation. Do black artists say \u2018Fuck it\u2019, or seek white validation and chase awards?\u201d<\/p>\n Although Beyonc\u00e9 didn’t win Album of the Year, she did win a number of awards all through the evening<\/a> \u2013 together with Best Dance\/Electronic Recording (for \u2018Break My Soul\u2019<\/a>), Best Dance\/Electronic Music Album (for \u2018Renaissance\u2019), Best Traditional R&B Performance (for \u2018Plastic Off The Sofa\u2019) and Best R&B Song (for \u2018Cuff It\u2019).<\/p>\n With this, Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s whole Grammy wins throughout her profession got here to 32 \u2013 making her the most-awarded artist in Recording Academy historical past<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n