Kelly Rowland Backs Jay-Z's Criticism of the Grammys -

Kelly Rowland shared her ideas about Jay-Z‘s candid Grammys acceptance speech on Tuesday (Feb. 6).

When Jay-Z stepped on stage to just accept his award with 12-year-old daughter Blue Ivy on Sunday (Feb. 4), he criticized the present for by no means awarding Beyoncé the trophy for Album of the 12 months. Regardless of by no means profitable Album of the 12 months, Queen Bey is probably the most awarded artist in Grammy historical past with 32 complete wins.

Through the premiere of Bob Marley: One Love in Los Angeles, Rowland instructed Leisure Tonight that the rapper is “one of many biggest males” she is aware of.

“I am simply actually blissful for lots of issues that he stated. I believe that he made a number of artists really feel very seen and really heard in these minutes that he took on stage,” Rowland shared.

“Whether or not you carried a few of that for years or a yr or felt some kind of means about that… And it is no disrespect, as he stated. It is simply extra so considering – whether or not it is vote or come collectively or new artists… What are the principles? How do they apply? It is actually an enormous second whenever you go to the Grammys,” she continued.

“Shawn Carter is among the biggest males I do know and his phrases ring so loud to me. I could not be extra happy with him,” the singer added.

With regard to Beyoncé being constantly snubbed for Album of the 12 months, Rowland referred to as her longtime good friend “revolutionary.”

“I really feel like she is an icon… and that is for a motive – it is as a result of she begins developments. She is revolutionary, her ideas are huge and vibrant and he or she simply jumps for them and does it. I believe that her albums are a mirrored image of that, and it ought to be actually celebrated in that means,” the previous Future’s Baby member defined.

“I am not saying that as a result of it is my sister, I am saying it as a result of it is the reality. I’ve seen the blood, sweat and tears that she places into these tasks, and her ideas and her coronary heart and her ardour and her soul,” she added.