There is a lot of shock over Wizkid
– the biggest African act in the last
two years – missing out on the BET
Award for Best International Act –
Africa.
And rightly so. Wizkid’s late 2015
single, Ojuelegba was the hottest
single of last summer, even before
Drake and Skepta jumped on a
remix that only served to catapult it
further.
The song enjoyed endorsements
from Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz,
and got recognized by Fader as
12th Best Song of 2015 Globally.
To add to that, this year Wizkid co-
wrote, co-produced and featured
on the hottest song of this summer,
One Dance by Drake.
The song has been the longest
running number one single in the
UK’s digital music history, as well
as the longest running number one
single this year on the Billboard
Hot 100 in 2016.Needless to say, the reach of
– the biggest African act in the last
two years – missing out on the BET
Award for Best International Act –
Africa.
And rightly so. Wizkid’s late 2015
single, Ojuelegba was the hottest
single of last summer, even before
Drake and Skepta jumped on a
remix that only served to catapult it
further.
The song enjoyed endorsements
from Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz,
and got recognized by Fader as
12th Best Song of 2015 Globally.
To add to that, this year Wizkid co-
wrote, co-produced and featured
on the hottest song of this summer,
One Dance by Drake.
The song has been the longest
running number one single in the
UK’s digital music history, as well
as the longest running number one
single this year on the Billboard
Hot 100 in 2016.Needless to say, the reach of
Wizkid’s music has comfortably
reached beyond Africa to the US
with all these features, and also to
Europe where he recently toured
with Chris Brown.
He has brought so much attention
to African music with American
entertainment personalities like
Wale and DJ Akademiks discussing
and defending him on radio and
social media respectively. However,
there is almost no way Wizkid
could have won that award.
reached beyond Africa to the US
with all these features, and also to
Europe where he recently toured
with Chris Brown.
He has brought so much attention
to African music with American
entertainment personalities like
Wale and DJ Akademiks discussing
and defending him on radio and
social media respectively. However,
there is almost no way Wizkid
could have won that award.
Wizkid made it clear last year that
he will never go for a BET Award
where he will be awarded
backstage, away from the live
audience as the media network
does to the recipients of its African
award.He boycotted the awards last year,
he will never go for a BET Award
where he will be awarded
backstage, away from the live
audience as the media network
does to the recipients of its African
award.He boycotted the awards last year,
and rightfully so. He was not the
only one either. Ghanaian
international act, Fuse ODG also
took the same stance, telling BET
they have to stop the disrespect of
African artists. It is quite evident
that there was no way BET would
have awarded an artist who stood
up to them that way.
only one either. Ghanaian
international act, Fuse ODG also
took the same stance, telling BET
they have to stop the disrespect of
African artists. It is quite evident
that there was no way BET would
have awarded an artist who stood
up to them that way.
He also boycotted this year’s
awards and did not participate in
any of the promotion prior to the
event.
This in my opinion, is a stance that
other African artists have to start
taking to preserve their self-respect
as well as that of the African
people.
It is disrespectful that an award
created to honour and award black
people of excellence will segregate
Africans by not giving them their
awards during the main event.
awards and did not participate in
any of the promotion prior to the
event.
This in my opinion, is a stance that
other African artists have to start
taking to preserve their self-respect
as well as that of the African
people.
It is disrespectful that an award
created to honour and award black
people of excellence will segregate
Africans by not giving them their
awards during the main event.
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