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Wizkid Gets First Ever Grammy Nomination
Nigerian hip-hop act,
Wizkid has grabbed a ‘best Album’ nomination at the 59th Grammys, courtesy of 2016 Drake album, ‘Views’. The award is given to the main artiste, the featured artiste(s), the producer, the engineer and/or mixer and the mastering engineer.
Wizkid has credit as both co-producer and featured artiste. The singer also co-produced and featured in the song “One Dance” in the album.
The category for album of the year at the grammy is the most coveted award and was introduced in 1959 by the National Academy of Recording Arts and sciences of the United States of America (USA)to honour artistic Achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry without regard to album sales or chart position.
The award was initially presented to the artiste alone, but now it is given to everyone that contributed in the album like the main artiste, the featured artiste(s). The producer, the engineer and/or mixer and the mastering engineer.
Analysts said the Nigeria hip-hop act may snatch two awards in the Grammys for featured artiste and song production. Wizkid will be the first Nigerian to win Grammy award if he gets the prize on February 2017 when the ceremony would hold.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.