You should have rejected the award – Do2dtun criticizes Tyla over VMA acceptance speech

• OAP Do2dtun has slammed Tyla over her acceptance speech at the 2024 VMA Awards.
• The media personality stated that the singer shouldn’t have accepted the award if she felt that way.
• Tyla had stated that she isn’t an afrobeats but an amapiano artiste.

Nigerian On-Air Personality OAP, Kayode Ojuolape Oladotun popularly known as Do2dtun has blasted South Africa singer, Tyla, following her acceptance speech at the 2024 VMA Awards.

Tyla who was nominated alongside Tems, Ayra Starr, Davido and Burna Boy, won the Best Afrobeats Award.

Speaking at the event, Tyla faulted the grouping of African artistes under the Afrobeats label, despite the genre’s significant influence and success.

She further claimed to be an Amapiano singer and not Afrobeats. In her acceptance speech, Tyla said in part:

“This is just so special, but also bittersweet because I know there’s a tendency to group all African artists under Afrobeat[s]. It’s a thing, and even though Afrobeats has run things and has opened so many doors for us, African music is so diverse, it is more than just Afrobeats.

I come from South Africa. I represent amapiano. I represent my culture, and I just want to shout out [to] all the Afrobeats artists in this category with me.”

Reacting to her comment in a series of posts on his X handle, Do2dtun slammed her for receiving an award which didn’t represent her art, considering her Amapiano claim.

Do2dtun wrote:

“Aunty @tyla aka am not Afrobeats, I am Amapiano. We have heard you but your song “Water” is not 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.”