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Beyoncé Nearly Goes Unrecognized During Fantasia Barrino's GRAMMYs Performance -- and Fans Go Wild


The 'Renaissance' artist attempted to keep a low profile but keen-eyed fans spotted her during Sunday night's award show.

After joking that the gold-plated phonograph trophy could serve as a "sippy cup" for his daughter ("But she has grown up now," he added), JAY-Z called out The Recording Academy for snubbing his wife several times. The Brooklyn native zeroed in on The Recording Academy's big misses, particularly when it came to Black artists like DMX, whose snub in 1998 prompted JAY-Z to boycott the ceremony that year after the late rapper did not get nominated despite having two No. Francis Specker/CBS via Getty Images"Tonight, winning this, kind of feels full circle and like a bit of me has come back to myself, but I can't possibly accept this award and I'm very humbled and I'm very grateful and gracious," an emotional Adele said in her speech at the time, before she went on to give due praise to Beyoncé.

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