Kanye West - Grammy comment, re Beck

Right to the point - he is not a musician. Will we even be mentioning his name in years to come, I hope to hell we are not and especailly along side of the likes that you have mentioned. I understand and realize at my age different generations contibutions to music are always up for discussion ....the golden age of swing and ajzz...the big band era, the sixtiesand the seventies.....disco and metal hair bands in the eighties ...and so on. But this guy......no way !

Will we even be mentioning his name in years to come

That statement would have applied to Ronald Reagan in 1948. One never knows, does one?

Apples and oranges I am afraid here and a poor comparison if I say so Mr. Onhwy61

All one needs do is watch the South Park "Fish Sticks" episode broadcast earlier in 2015 to vicariously enjoy watching Kanye lampooned in a manner that in different times would be considered crude, immature, vulgar, not to neglect mentioning downright funny.  More surprising than the episode itself was the lack of any response from his camp - perhaps because his self-proclaimed "genius" cannot fathom the intelligence required to respond in a like manner. 

This, aside from being a delayed contribution to the forum, in and of itself does not cast aspersions on the awards part of the music business since that would be akin to looking at a vacuum cleaner and stating that it sucks. 

I, for one, did not know that he was married to Beyoncé. Knowing it now I have to offer that I do not care, either. 

Together and/or apart they're Vegas grade entertainers self designed to keep their stardom shining brightly with little or no regard, nor need, to produce the sort of music the majority of A'goners would appreciate. They are stars, want to be stars, and if recording a sea shanty would sell more of their records you would have heard Beyonce's "roarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" already. 

People who publicly proclaim their genius do so because it's difficult as hell to simply wear it somehow and allow others to bask in the glow of the brilliance.  Scratch a stranger on the street and you may well discover  a genius amongst the crowd, walk along with a crowd of people shouting out loud their genius and you're apt to walk a different route. 

There's a reason you did not know he's married to Beyonce--it's because he's not.  Jay Z is.  I think Kanye is married to a Kardashian.