Kanye West Makes Plans To Boycott The Grammys: Why Won’t He Attend The Award Show?


Kanye West has made the big decision that he won’t attend the 2017 Grammys. Kanye is reportedly upset about how someone was treated when it comes to the nominations, but it wasn’t him.

However, this isn’t the first time that Kanye has been upset about the way another artist was treated. E! Online shared the news about why Kanye won’t show up to the Grammys unless something changes. As of right now, it would be pretty surprising if Kanye makes it to the show this year.

Frank Ocean’s albums Blonde and Endless have been deemed ineligible for consideration to win a Grammy, and Kanye West is not happy about it. These albums weren’t submitted in time for the deadline, and Kanye isn’t okay with this at all.

During a recent concert, Kanye shared all about how there is a double standard and didn’t hold back on his thoughts. Here is what Kanye had to say.

“So, I don’t know if any of y’all remember: I was supposed to go on a tour with Gaga, like about six, seven years ago—a while back. I remember, that it was something… She wasn’t nominated for Best New Artist, right? But they wanted her to perform at the show; they wanted her to open, right? So, the Grammys secretly changed something about the nominations in order to nominate her — in order for her to perform in the show.”

Kanye West was talking about a tour that was supposed to happen back in 2009 and 2010, but it didn’t end up happening. Kanye seems to think that there could have been a way they could have made this work for Frank Ocean, but that didn’t happen. After Kanye shared this at his concert, the crowd booed along with him.

West shared that Frank Ocean has been very open about the fact that he wasn’t nominated. Kanye says that these were the albums he listened to the most over the year, so if they do not get a nomination, he will not show up. The audience seemed to agree with what Kanye had to say, as they applauded

He then went on to explain more.

“As artists, we gotta come together to fight the bulls–t they been throwing us with. All we need is a fair shot, you know what I’m saying? Let the album lose, let whoever win or lose. My whole point—my purpose, my existence, everything that people try to diss me for—is based on an instant replay clock. Imagine in sports if they didn’t have no instant replay clock and someone could step completely out of bounds.”

Kanye West’s wife, Kim Kardashian, was recently robbed in Paris, but this has nothing to do with the reason that Kanye West is going to skip the Grammys this year. They have been doing a good job of having extra security around, but this won’t keep them from the big event. Instead, they will simply avoid it because Frank Ocean wasn’t nominated for an award. USA Today shared that a video of Kim Kardashian’s robbery has finally surfaced. This video only shows the suspects showing up outside, and after about 49 minutes, they flee the area. So far, police have not been able to catch them.

Are you shocked to hear that Kanye West has plans to skip the 2017 Grammys over Frank Ocean not being nominated? Do you think that Kanye should go to the big event anyway? Sound off in the comments section below, and don’t miss Kanye on new episodes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians on Sunday nights on the E! network. Kanye may end up talking about this on the show as well.

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