Mathew Knowles Belives Race Played a Role in Cowboy Carter CMA Snub

This week pop star Beyoncé failed to receive a single Country Music Award nomination for her genre jumping Cowboy Carter album [click here if you missed that].

Beyoncé father, Mathew Knowles, says race was definitely a factor in the snub...

From TMZ

Bey's dad tells TMZ … he's not surprised his daughter received zero CMA nominations for her "Cowboy Carter" country album, given her history with the awards show.

Beyoncé has one of the biggest country albums of the year, but Mathew says the voters are "showing it still comes down to white and black."

Mathew sees it like this ... "There's more white people in America and unfortunately they don't vote based on ability and achievements, it's still sometimes a white and black thing."

Beyoncé's dad says he isn't calling the CMA voters racist, but he says her snub "speaks for itself."