Jay-Z sat down with Interview Magazine and talked about the Kanye vs. Taylor drama that happened last September during the MTV Video Music Awards.<\/p>\n
JAY-Z: <\/strong><\/em> I just think the timing of what he did was wrong, and that, of course, overshadowed everything. He believed that \u201cSingle Ladies\u201d was a better video. I believed that. I think a lot of people believed that. You can\u2019t give someone Video of the Year if they don\u2019t win Best Female Video. I thought Best Female Video was something you won on the way to Video of the Year. But, hey, I guess it wasn\u2019t\u2014and that\u2019s a whole other conversation about awards shows and artists.<\/p>\n You seem to stay away from that awards show stuff for the most part.<\/em><\/p>\n JAY-Z:<\/strong><\/em> Yeah, because it ain\u2019t about nothing. It\u2019s cool. It\u2019s acknowledgment. The fans get to see you, and you can do great by your record if you have a great performance or a great night there. That\u2019s all part of the business. But at their core, awards shows are not really a sincere thing. You know, for a lot of years, the artists had to pay to play their own set.<\/p>\n