Naomi Campbell Reacts To Wizkid’s Grammy Loss 

Following Wizkids’ Grammy loss, Naomi Campbell criticises the Recording Academy for failing to pay attention to what is going on in the universe.

By Omotayo Olutekunbi

Wizkid, a Nigerian singer, was defeated by Arooj Aftab, a Pakistani vocalist residing in Brooklyn, at the 64th Grammy Awards on April 3, 2022. Since then, key individuals in the music industry have widely debated the snub.

The newest reply comes from Naomi Campbell, a British model, actress, singer, and entrepreneur who also happens to be Wizkid’s friend. She is upset over the loss. She didn’t hold back when it came to criticising the Recording Academy on her Instagram page, accusing the board of ignoring what was going on in the cosmos.

Wizkid lost his two Grammy nominations at the 64th Grammy Awards, which were held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Los Angeles, barely 24 hours ago.

In her words, Naomi said, “To my brother @wizkidayo ,#MadeinLagos was beyond a phenomenal album !! WINNER WITHOUT DOUBT !! You are the KING of the people , that has bought AFROBEATS mainstream , that means more than any academy of any sort .. ❤️🇳🇬🦅

“@recordingacademy Once again you choose to be tone deaf to what is going in the universe”.

Afrobeats, she believes, is deserving of a Grammy category. To avoid isolating the genre under the global music category, she requested the Recording Academy to create subcategories such as Afrobeats Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year, among others.

She said, “Changing World to Global is not Enough.. get up to speed on the state of all popular music and include Afrobeats Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year and all the subcategories that this genre so deserves – just as an other respected and recognized musical genre. #MadeinLagos Album and song Essence ,Was clearly in the wrong category how can you ignore the song Essence , The song by Wizkid , and Tems that was covered and remixed by Justin Bieber , you seem to isolate under global , when it should have been in song of the year category

“This is a mis representation and a neglectful categorization of Music ONCE AGAIN . Give Afrobeats the representation it deserves . You are .Ignoring 1.3 billion people It will only make us Rise !! Afrobeats in our hearts Africabeats to the world.’