whether it's the competition the
injustice or simply because they
couldn't care less these celebrities
have had enough welcome to watchmojo.com
acres who either spoke out about their
disdain for award shows or straight up
refused their awards number 10 Snoop
Dogg you all right Sam course I'm all
right I'm with Gianna discovered in 1992
by dr. gray this rap legend and actor
has since sold over 30 million albums
worldwide and has even heard a star on
the Hollywood Walk of Fame shout-out to
dr. Dre for believin
despite winning many awards including an
American Music Award and several MTV and
source Awards he has been nominated
numerous times but never won the much
coveted Grammy Award this may be the
reason he condemned the show in 2015 and
2018 for not representing rap musicians
and even declared that a separate
hip-hop award show is the only solution
I said let's have a hood Awards we give
all black folks what they do and deserve
from yesteryear today and tomorrow to
boot he's even been very vocal and is
discussed with the Academy Awards number
9 bella thorne starting out as a child
model a life in the public eye has been
all of this actress singer and director
has ever known she first gained
recognition on the Disney Channel as
Cece Jones and the TV show shake it up
and with hit songs like watch me I don't
get nervous
I just make sure everyone around here
more recently she can be seen acting in
2018 s Midnight Sun my hair it's it's
it's a mess it's tight please Katie
you're super freaking hot okay despite
her prominence and numerous nominations
though thorn has spoken out against the
Teen Choice Awards on Twitter and
boycotted the show in 2018 yeah I can do
that she's listed the competition among
young people the categories that honor
superficial traits and the fact that
according to thorn the quote
whole thing is rigged anyway as a real
turnoff from the whole event number 8
bang
see this anonymous street artist is most
commonly known for his use of graffiti
to express his views on the social and
political climate often controversial
especially due to the nature of his art
which is essentially vandalism Banksy
has still triggered a cult following and
his works have sold for millions of
dollars altogether of course part of the
attraction here is the mystery while his
work sells for hundreds of thousands of
dollars at auction no one has ever seen
Banksy
he works at night he's never done an
interview his documentary exit through
the gift shop may have been the
highlight of his career and was even
nominated for an Oscar but he was not
allowed to enter the ceremony in a mask
which was his stipulation Austria has a
short lifespan so it needed documenting
he has publicly declared that he doesn't
quote agree with the concept of award
ceremonies and you can be sure he feels
even more strongly after his rejection
number 7 Toby Keith this country singer
songwriter and occasional actor has
enjoyed his share of top 10 singles and
platinum albums he even has the
distinction of having sung the most
played country song of an entire decade
with 1993's should have been a cowboy he
even tried his hand at the acting game
and is remembered for starring alongside
Burt Reynolds and broken bridges
especially the girl you got there
I hope you'll uh
yes sir despite his success he avoided
the Country Music Awards for years
claiming that it just wasn't quote his
bag his reasoning that he had 24
nominations in three years with no wins
convinced him the show was quote too
political and not quote worth his time
number six
George C Scott still viewed today as one
of the greatest American actors of his
generation
George C Scott won numerous awards and
was nominated for many Oscars
oh this was just the first time you were
enough afraid to allow a man to take you
home one of your evening problems some
of his most notable nominations were for
films like anatomy of a murder The
Hustler and the hospital what he said to
me he's standing there landing you know
on the verge of tears
shriek that you all think I can't even
get it up anymore however it was for his
remarkable performance and patent that
Scott finally won the coveted Best Actor
Award americans love a winner and will
not tolerate a loser to the shock of
fans everywhere however Scott became the
first actor to turn down the award
finding the award ceremony quote
demeaning to actors and nothing but a
quote to our meet parade number five
Spike Lee there's something about you
uh-huh this beloved director has been
wowing us ever since directing 1986 is
classic she's got to have it and has
shown he's not afraid of tough topics
like poverty and discrimination
[Applause]
he's also known for films like do the
right thing Malcolm X and black Klansmen
you are just the kind of guy that we are
looking for listen know what can you
meet about Friday night after I get off
work
that's the deal buddy boy we'll get
right back to you with the details take
care now
god bless white America despite winning
an honorary Academy Award in 2015 for
his contributions to filmmaking he
refused to attend the Oscars the next
year due to the absence of racial
diversity in the nominations
he has also called the ceremony quote
whitewash and has publicly called on
television and film executives to give
more opportunities to minorities so
you're not go to the Oscars I'm going to
Nick game number four
Drake is shouting at a record deal
you're scared of me making a name for
myself no not at all rising to
prominence with the TV series Degrassi
the next generation before launching an
all-out attack on the music charts Drake
has never looked back from his early
days
he's currently one of the world's
best-selling musicians and has broken
many Billboard chart records
there's no denying the billboard ranked
that named him as one of the most
successful artists of all time
just hold over
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however the award winner has publicly
spoken out about the way the Grammys
have treated hip-hop artists and was so
upset he didn't even submit his album or
life for consideration for the 2018
ceremony he couldn't even hold back from
dissing the show in a 2019 acceptance
speech look if there's people who have
regular jobs who are coming out in the
rain in the snow spending their
hard-earned money to buy tickets to come
to your shows you don't need this right
here I promise you how you already won
number 3 Kanye West you hear about
slavery for 400 years for 400 years
that's not like a choice although he's
frequently under fire for controversial
statements the rapper and singer has
enjoyed his share of Fame
Kanye's albums have made it on Rolling
Stones greatest of all time list and
he's won more Grammys than any other
artist of his generation despite all the
love West has not shied away from
blasting the award show numerous times
when he felt there was a perceived
injustice he has blasted Beck's win for
album of the year is receiving only two
nominations for his album yeezus and he
even said that he would boycott the show
if his pal Frank Ocean wasn't nominated
I need some help come back and of course
there was the Taylor Swift fiasco go
Taylor I'm really happy for you I'm let
you finish but Beyonce had one of the
best videos of all time
when their best videos are ten
number two katherine hepburn she has
been called the greatest classic actress
in Hollywood
you seem quite contemptuous at me all of
a sudden unmatched for the amount of
Oscars for a leading performance a
whopping four wins Katharine Hepburn
graced the screen for over 60 years in
fantastic roles I hope you're going to
tell me your name I want you for my
first friend in New York she won in 1934
from morning glory in 1968 for guess
who's coming to dinner in 1969 for the
lion in winter and in 1982 for on Golden
Pond essentially mr. shiny was right
behind you holding on tight despite all
of her wins and eight other nominations
she only once attended the Academy
Awards and it wasn't even for a year she
won not one for glitz and glam Hepburn
reportedly said quote as for me
prizes are nothing my prize is my work
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I could have been a contender he still
remains the last man to reject an
Academy Award
although he won an Oscar in 1954 for his
work in on the waterfront and showed up
to the ceremony to accept it the passage
of time changed the way the acclaimed
actor viewed the industry is so fun when
Marlon Brando won for his performances
Vito Corleone in 1972 is the Godfather
which is considered to be as finest he
declined the award due to the film
industry's treatment of Native Americans
in his dead Brando sent Apache actress
and activist little feather in a motion
that was met with both support and
criticism to this day
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