Supermodel Naomi Campbell slams Grammys over Wizkid snub
Tobi Adebayo
British Supermodel, Naomi Campbell has slammed the Grammys over Nigerian singer, Wizkid, at the award show which was held on Sunday, April 3rd.
Wizkid was nominated in the Best Global Music Performance category and Best Global Music Album. However, he lost both nominations to Arooj Aftab, Mohabbat, and Angelique Kidjo, Mother Nature, respectively.
Reacting to the loss, Campbell blasted the Recording Academy, describing them as “tone deaf”.
She took to her Instagram page to share the singer’s achievements and wrote: “To my brother @wizkidayo, #MadeinLagos was beyond a phenomenal album !! WINNER WITHOUT DOUBT !! You are the KING of the people that have bought AFROBEATS mainstream which means more than any academy of any sort.
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“@recordingacademy Once again you choose to be tone-deaf to what is going on in the universe. Changing World to Global is not Enough.. get up to speed on the state of all popular music and include Afrobeats Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and all the subcategories that this genre so deserves – just as another respected and recognized musical genre.
“#MadeinLagos Album and song Essence was clearly in the wrong category. How can you ignore the song Essence? The song by Wizkid and Tems was covered and remixed by Justin Bieber. You seem to isolate it under global when it should have been in the song of the year category.
“This is a misrepresentation and a neglectful categorization of Music ONCE AGAIN. Give Afrobeats the representation it deserves. You are ignoring 1.3 billion people. It will only make us Rise !! Afrobeats in our hearts Africa beats to the world.”
