South African singer Tyla has come under fire from Nigerian on-air personality Do2dtun for her acceptance speech following her huge VMA victory.
The “Water” singer had been nominated for the Best Afrobeats Award category and won. She was nominated alongside Davido, Burna Boy, Tems, Ayra Starr and others.
There was a report on Tyla faulting the grouping of all African artists under the Afrobeats label, despite the genre’s significant influence and success.
Do2dtun criticized her for receiving an award that did not accurately reflect her work in response to her statement that she represents Amapiano rather than Afrobeats.
He wrote, “Aunty @tyla aka am not Afrobeats, I am Amapiano. We have heard you but your song “Water” isn’t amapiano either. If you thought you were categorized in a wrong category, you should have given the award back or denounced the nomination. You clearly took an award that didn’t represent you or your sound from that statement you made.”
“Again, you see why you “ESAUS” need to rethink. You all sold our birthright for peanuts. Afrobeat is Afrobeat not Afrobeats hence the confusion…” he added
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