There are moments that just can’t be predicted during live broadcasts. At The 60th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (January 28) in New York City, illustrious comedian Dave Chappelle was presenting the award for Best Rap Album and likely surprised everyone.
Before he handed out the award, which went to Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN., he shouted out A Tribe Called Quest, reminding everyone the legendary Hip Hop group didn’t receive any Grammy nominations for 2016’s We got it from Here … Thank You 4 Your service, their first album since 1998’s The Love Movement.
“I have so much love and respect for all the nominees tonight,” Chappelle began. “And I just want to take a moment to acknowledge Jarobi, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Q-Tip, sometimes Busta, sometimes Consequence, and forever Phife Dawg may he rest in peace. Hip Hop make some noise for A Tribe Called Quest. Can we kick it?”
In November, Q-Tip uploaded three videos to Instagram blasting the Grammy Committee for snubbing them.
“Y’all think it’s some sort of caveat because this is the first time that no white man is ever nominated in no major categories and shit,” Tip said in the first video. “We were the most black cultured group out. That’s all we stood on. That’s what we represented. This fucking album that we just put out — this last Tribe album — it stands with everybody else’s shit that’s up there. I don’t give a fuck.
“Respect to everybody who’s nominated and all that, but whatever, I’m speaking for mine,” he continues. “Sick of y’all Grammy fucking niggas. Fuckin’ get us to get out there and fucking perform last year and close that shit, and y’all don’t get us no fucking nominations?”
A Tribe Called Quest gave its last U.S.show ever as a group at Red Rock Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado last August, where each member gave an emotional performance.
Check out the clips above.
Does this surprise anyone though? Grizzley got snubbed too, First Day Out was the best song out last year. Whole fucking thing is voted on by old classical music loving white people who shit themselves everytime blacks get a bit too uppity.
Tribe didn’t get snubbed they didn’t deserve it, Wu tang, Bone thugs, Big Boi, big krit, Meek mill all had better albums than tribe. I will never understand why as black people we beg for acceptance and appreciation from people that don’t genuinely accept or appreciate us, the Grammy’s never gave 2 tears of bucket about Rap hip hop. They just give all the grammy’s to the top rappers, next year drake will win and then year after that kendrick will come back and win,
NONE OF THEM HAD A BETTER ALBUM THAN TRIBE. AINT AN ALBUM IN THE LAST 2 YEARS BETTER THAN TRIBES ALBUM.
joey badass, jigga, kendrick, krit all had great albums but none better than ATCQ
Did you even listen to any of those albums that I named, or you just a tribe fan, I listen to them all
The only album that you listed that was near that album in quality was Big Krit’s album but I still wouldn’t say its better.
You didn’t listen to those albums I named , Tribe album has no replay valule it was one of their worst albums
I did listen to all those albums, I am starting to think you didn’t listen to them or have trash taste
The Grammy Awards aren’t based on quality of music; They’re based on sales. In the end of the day it’s all about money.
I’m glad dave paid homage to a tribe called quest. Black people have no other choice but to speak up to unjusted situations. I can’t say atcq deserve to win the award because other good hip hop records came out too. But i’m tired of wack rappers winning all of the awards so atcq should have won an award over other bull shit acts.
What Hip-Hop album was better? You must be one of those young bucks that likes trendy new rappers.
I didn’t say better. I said other good hip hop records came out too. Read the comment before talking.
Enjoy your Lil Uzi Vert records and leave Hip-Hop to grown folks.
What! What! What! I’M FROM THE GOLDEN ERA. I DO NOT LISTEN TO THE RAP YEARS 2000-2018 THAT SHIT MAKES MY EARS BLEED. I’M 46 YEARS OLD AND STARTED TO LISTEN TO HIP HOP WHEN I WAS 12. DO NOT INSULT ME BY SAYING I LISTEN TO GAY RAPPERS ON DRUGS.
Lol, I hit a nerve! Sorry but if you think Migos and the other crap rap that came out this year is as good as LEGENDS like ATCQ you are a RAP listener and don’t know REAL Hip Hop! You might be old but your a FAKE who wants to be trendy and listen to mumble rap!
What! What! What! No your not bothering me. You just don’t listen very well. All rap music is garbage. I can’t stand that bull shit. I listen to hip hop only. I know good hip hop because i’ve been listening to it for almost 35 years. Please do not test my hip hop knowledge. I come from the golden era, do you? My record collection is filled with hall of famers, soon to be hall of famers or future hall of famers. You can’t fuck with me!
You listen to bullshit mumble rap, how you gon’ say Migos and these lil pumps are as good as these legends? Stop trying to be trendy, you need to learn what real hip hop is. Go listen to Midnight Marauders. That’s REAL Hip-Hop and better than any of that crap you listen to
Black people mad because a black group doesn’t get nominated and says the grammys is ran by a bunch of white people. Black man won. Black people still mad. Black people logic.
you must be a white person….
this has nothing to do with “black / white” relations
This is more about an influential group who got snubbed by the grammy’s for an incredible work of art.
so i need to ask…. where the hell is your logic?
Why does this irritate you? Y’all have everything else. I swear people like you don’t have a reason for disagreeing with black people. You just want us keep quiet. Same as the kneeling situation. Take care of your family, white people are straight. We’re the ones who need to continue questioning everything while we maneuver through a makeshift culture.
I can’t speak on the racial aspect of this but that album was fire should of been nominated for something..
Black people love to be recognized by white people. N*** please. Malcolm X is rolling over right now.
Fuck u.
Maaan… fuck the grammy’s….. I don’t know why our people want to be accepted by these group of Edomites…..fuck it, lets start our own damn grammy’s fuck all that other shit. I know an edomite is going to delete this comment.
We have our own awards (Soul Train, NAACP Image). We just have to support them
Fuk the grammys, Secondly the Tribe album was weak, no replay value and only a few good songs. Old heads were hype because they fell off and don’t follow the good artists. Tribe was a common name and easy to cling onto but he album was subpar.
If Tribe’s album was subpar what was 4:44 a trash fire? short album, problematic lyrics, no replay value, no real hit songs, Jay Z dropping knowledge that is common knowledge to most mid 20 year old people.
thanks Dave, hiphop needed that.
dave never said they deserved to win first off.. but a nomination? come on man a nomination.. a dam honorable mention? something?? we lost a good one in phife.. RIP
I stop watching the Grammy’s along time ago its rigged and full of bullsh%t !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ATCQ no showed their last performance in San Francisco back to back days, so no respect for Q Tip’s whining. Q Tip is a prima donna and Phife Dawg was the heart of Tribe. Watch the Tribe documentary if you don’t believe me. #ATribeCalledQuit
I love Phife and may God rest his soul, but he also acted like a primadonna in that Tribe documentary.