Reacting during a recent interview with The Beat 99.9 FM, Lagos, Nigerian singer, Inetimi Alfred Timaya Odon, simply known as Timaya, said Nigerian awards are even worse than the Grammys in terms of credibility.
There are reports that some Nigerians have accused the Grammy organisers of complicity after the Recording Academy snubbed all the Nigerian nominees at the 66th Grammys, with Tyla, the only non-Nigerian nominee in the maiden Best African Music Performance category, winning the award.
When asked about the accusation of Afrobeats being used by Grammy Organisers for PR, TIMAYA responded by saying;
“We don’t need to come back home. Even our own, which credible awards? Is it the Hip-hop awards, Hip TV awards [The Headies]? I don’t even know. They are not credible either. They are even worse than the Grammys.”
“If we have a homegrown award that is credible, people would gravitate towards it. But for now, whether you like it or not, Grammy is still Grammy. We don’t have to back down [because Nigerian artists lost this year]. We are going again.”
Netizens have reacted and while some goes with his views, there are others with divergent opinions.