- Samklef has resumed his never-ending feud with music star Davido following his defeat to Tems at the 67th Grammys.
- The music producer threw subtle shades at Davido while hailing Tems who now has two Grammy awards to her name.
- Samklef’s comment about Davido spurred a reaction from Davido’s ally and talent manager, Ubi Franklin.
Nigerian singer and music producer, Samuel Oguachuba, better known as Samklef, has thrown jabs shades at Afrobeats star David Adeleke, aka Davido, after Temilade Openiyi, popularly called Tems, won the Best African Music Performance at the 67th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, USA.
WITHIN NIGERIA reported that Tems’ Love Me Jeje won the award ahead of Chris Brown’s Sensational featuring Davido and Lojay, among others.
Following Tems’ win, Davido made headlines after penning a congratulatory message to her amid biting remarks from rival fans.
In a series of tweets that have gone viral, music producer Samklef stated that talent and not money is important when it comes to winning a Grammy award. Throwing shades at Davido, Samklef in a series of posts made on his X platform, mocked the former, while claiming he is talentless. He wrote:
“Please check on 30BGs o! Thank God say dem no dey bribe for Grammy—if not, we for no hear word today! At the end of the day, money can’t save you if you don’t have real talent.
Tems won because she’s truly gifted. Now she has the house, the private jet, the expensive cars—but no unnecessary show-off. Just pure talent.”
In another tweet, Samklef suggested that Burna Boy and Wizkid would be mocking Davido’s loss. He added that neither of Davido’ rivals have posted on social media because they might be scared of being misconstrued. Samklef wrote:
“Burnaboy and Wizkid go Dey one place just Dey laff 😂 he wan win Grammy!😂.”
“E get why burna boy and Wizkid never tweet anything today. Cause anything thing Dem tweet like this people go think say dem Dey sub davido.”
In response to the music producer’s vicious remarks, Ubi Franklin, who is Davido’s wife’s aide, cautioned Samklef, stating that the DMW label boss is not the first person to lose a Grammy, despite nomination.
The talent manager also shared how he had spoken to Samklef privately to quit disrespecting Davido. Ubi Franklin wrote:
“Samklef you actually need to stop this please, David is not the first person who has gotten nominated and hasn’t won yet. Chris Brown after 25 Nominations he just got two.
Stop dragging David into your continuous disrespectful commentary. I am very certain Burna and wiz aren’t even bothered about the outcome yesterday at the Grammy. I have spoken to you in private as my friend, you need to actually stop this rubbish you have been doing, please stop.”
See screenshots of exchange below:
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