Kanye West to boycott the Grammys over nominations

By: Chiloo Vang

Grammy award winner Kanye West announced at a show that he plans to boycott the Grammys and not show up if R&B singer Frank Ocean and his two 2016 albums "Blonde" or "Endless" are not in nominations.  West says in a video, "The album I listened to the most this year is Frank Ocean's album.  If his album's not nominated in no categories,  I'm not showing up to the Grammys."  This would not be the first time that the rapper has voiced his opinions on music awards.  At the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards West had an altercation with Taylor Swift and at the 2015 Grammy Awards he interrupted Beck's speech.

Unfortunately the reason why Frank Ocean's two albums will lack nominations this year is because him and/or his team failed to submit the albums for Grammy consideration.  The reason for this is still unclear but there has been speculations that Frank Ocean and his ex-record label Universal has had some disputes over the two albums and how they were handled being released.  Aware of this, Kanye West has asked the Grammys that they make an exception for Frank Ocean and allow his work to be nominated as the Grammys have done something similar in the past for singer Lady Gaga.