Nigerians denigrate Burna Boy on Twitter, Reacting to the Loss Of the Best World Music Album Grammy award Which was awarded to Legendary singer, Angelique Kidjo.
Angelique Kidjo’s Grammy garnered several mixed reactions from Nigerians and they are quite upset. Music fans believe that Burna Boy should have been given the award because his album was more recognized and also had commercial success. On the other hand, some explained that the Beninese legend truly deserves the award and that Burna would surely win the prestigious award in the future.
What’s your take on this? Who should have won, Burna Boy or Angelique Kidjo?
See some of the tweets below:
Y’all I’m screamimg. African Giant was great but jheeze😭 https://t.co/MUK8aWUC4H
— P0liticalbaby (@mao_0k) January 27, 2020
Burna Boy didn’t win the Grammy, so what? He is a living legend, the African Giant. He will come back stronger and better. Long live King Burna 🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍 #Burnaboy pic.twitter.com/6KEOBREiJH
— MONITORING_SPIRIT (@Sonjoe_Kutuh) January 26, 2020
Even though Angelique Kidjo wins Grammy's best world music award, Burna Boy remains the African Giant
Africa is proud of you #Burnaboy pic.twitter.com/e06OuYF2BH
— CllayBaba (@Cllaytus) January 26, 2020
Trust me. No one knows that woman in gh. We are pissed too.
— charsay (@charliebwuoy2) January 27, 2020