. While this may mark a monumental moment in his career, he stills has some reservations about the Recording Academy and he aired them out during a post-show press conference. The 28-year-old multi-hyphenate was asked to share his thoughts on the Grammys’ voting practices, as this is a trending topic in the wake of . Tyler replied:

“I’m half and half on it. On the one side I am very grateful that what I made can be acknowledged in a world like this… but it sucks that whenever we, and I mean guys that look like me, do anything that’s genre-bending or anything, they always put it in a rap or urban category. And I don’t like that ‘urban’ word. It’s just a politically correct way to say the n-word, to me. So when I hear that, I’m just like, why can’t we just be in pop? So I felt like — half of me feels like the rap nomination was a backhanded compliment.”

Many believe that IGOR not being recognized in the Album of the Year category is representative of this issue highlighted by Tyler.  at the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala on Saturday night. “Truth be told, hip-hop has never been respected by the Grammys,” he said. “Black music has never been respected by the Grammys.”