This A list producer who accepted an award the other night on behalf of a late arriver, basically confirmed what I wrote yesterday about recording members conspiring to make sure the one named permanent A lister doesn’t win one of the big awards.

Nile Rodgers

Beyonce

Nile Rodgers steps in to accept Beyoncé’s award after the ‘Cuff It’ diva misses first on-air Grammy category

Beyoncé was nominated in nine categories at Sunday’s 65th Annual Grammy Awards, and she won two of those trophies — Best Dance/Electronic Recording for “Break My Soul,” and Best Traditional R&B Performance for “Plastic Off the Sofa” — during the live-streamed, pre-show Premiere Ceremony on Sunday afternoon. When the main ceremony began airing on CBS at 5 p.m. PT, host Trevor Noah pointed out that these two wins, Beyoncé’s 29th and 30th overall, placed her just one statuette away from tying with Sir Georg Solti, the late classical music conductor, for the most wins by any artist in Grammy history.

But when that win expectedly occurred, about 40 minutes into Sunday’s live, primetime telecast, Beyoncé was not there to witness Grammy history in the making.

Instead, the diva’s longtime collaborator, The-Dream, leapt onstage to claim her Best R&B Song award for “Cuff It.” And while his brief, rude remarks were hardly befitting to the Grammy queen, thankfully, Noah and a surprise recipient swooped in to keep things classy.

“Y’all know n****s be on CP time,” The-Dream, whose real name is Terius Youngdell Nash, said with a shrug, before he started to dash away from the podium. (The-Dream’s comment was censored by CBS, although the non-bleeped version quickly surfaced online.) That’s when Noah quipped to the confused crowd at Downtown L.A.’s Crypto.com Arena, “Beyoncé is on her way. You know, the upside of hosting the Grammys in L.A. is that everyone can be here, but the downside of hosting the Grammys in L.A. is the traffic. Beyoncé is on her way!”

Fortunately, 2023 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Nile Rodgers — a joint winner for “Cuff It,” due to his additional writing credit on the song — was on hand, and Noah practically begged the legendary musician and producer to emerge from the stage wings and give a more eloquent speech. “Nile, please say something before we go. Please say something. The legend, ladies and gentlemen!” – Source

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