Beyoncé getting no love from the Nation Music Affiliation doesn’t come as an enormous shock to her father Mathew Knowles … and he thinks race is an element right here.
Bey’s dad tells TMZ … he is not stunned his daughter obtained zero CMA nominations for her “Cowboy Carter” nation album, given her historical past with the awards present.
Mathew says Beyoncé did not have expertise performing with the Dixie Chicks on the 2016 CMA Awards — her inclusion did not go over so effectively — and he says the CMAs by no means apologized to Bey.
Beyoncé has one of many largest nation albums of the 12 months, however Mathew says the voters are “showing it still comes down to white and black.”
Mathew sees it like this … “There’s more white people in America and unfortunately they don’t vote based on ability and achievements, it’s still sometimes a white and black thing.”
Beyoncé’s dad says he is not calling the CMA voters racist, however he says her snub “speaks for itself.”
Value noting … Shaboozey, who’s featured on Beyoncé’s nation album, is nominated for Greatest New Artist and Single of the 12 months with “A Bar Song.”
However, so far as Beyoncé is anxious, Mathew says the decision-makers on the CMAs are taking a unfavorable place … and it is no shock “in the current state of American culture.”
Mathew additionally says … “In America, there’s no accountability for people not being accepting of other cultures.”
The irony right here for Mathew … he says the banjo really comes from Africa and thus nation music is by-product of Africa.
