{"id":159394,"date":"2024-02-05T06:45:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T06:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=159394"},"modified":"2024-02-05T06:45:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T06:45:51","slug":"grammy-sparks-outrage-as-they-play-fela-kutis-water-while-announcing-tyla-as-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/02\/05\/grammy-sparks-outrage-as-they-play-fela-kutis-water-while-announcing-tyla-as-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammy sparks outrage as they play Fela Kuti&#8217;s &#8216;Water&#8217; while announcing Tyla as winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong> During the 66th Grammy Awards, a mix-up occurred in the announcement of the Best African Music Performance category.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>South African singer Tyla won for &#8216;Water,&#8217; but Fela Kuti&#8217;s &#8216;Water No Get Enemy&#8217; was played during the announcement, causing confusion.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tyla beat Nigerian artists Davido, Asake, Burna Boy, and Ayra Starr to win the award.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Recording Academy faced backlash, particularly from Nigerian fans and music critics, for what they deemed a &#8220;silly mistake.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The organizers of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/tag\/grammy-awards\">Grammy Awards<\/a><\/strong> caused a serious buzz online when they awarded South African singer Tyla for her track &#8216;Water.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>However, controversy arose when the late Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/?s=fela+anikulapo\">Fela Anikulapo-Kuti&#8217;<\/a><\/strong>s classic &#8216;Water No Get Enemy,&#8217; was played during the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>The Recording Academy declared Tyla&#8217;s &#8216;Water&#8217; as the recipient of the first-ever Best African Music Performance award, triumphing over notable tracks by Nigerian artists such as Davido&#8217;s &#8216;<em>Unavailable<\/em>,&#8217; Asake&#8217;s &#8216;<em>Amapiano<\/em>,&#8217; Burna Boy&#8217;s &#8216;<em>City<\/em> <em>Boys<\/em>,&#8217; and Ayra Starr&#8217;s &#8216;<em>Rush<\/em>.&#8217;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_159395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-159395\" style=\"width: 714px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-159395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-05-073530.png\" alt=\"Grammy Awards face backlash over mix-up in Best African Music Performance announcement\" width=\"714\" height=\"954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-05-073530.png 614w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-05-073530-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-159395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">South African singer, Tyla.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, the celebratory moment turned into confusion and disappointment as Fela&#8217;s timeless masterpiece echoed through the venue instead of Tyla&#8217;s sexually-themed mid-tempo track.<\/p>\n<p>The mix-up sparked a wave of reactions from fans and music critics, particularly in Nigeria, who took to social media to express their discontent with the Recording Academy&#8217;s apparent blunder.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_159396\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-159396\" style=\"width: 713px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-159396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-05-073411.png\" alt=\"Grammy Awards face backlash over mix-up in Best African Music Performance announcement\" width=\"713\" height=\"901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-05-073411.png 513w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-05-073411-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-159396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Late Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Fela Kuti.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many criticized the organizers for what they deemed a &#8220;<em>silly mistake<\/em>&#8221; that overshadowed the significance of the award and disrespected the memory of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, a towering figure in African music history.<\/p>\n<p>Netizens Reactions&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AlvinAdegoke<\/strong>\u00a0penned:\u00a0<em>\u201cAbi Grammy think say nah tyla water be this \ud83e\udee0\ud83d\ude39.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>iam_Daposh<\/strong>\u00a0noted:\u00a0<em>\u201cYou sure say no be Fela Anikulapo Kuti\u2019s \u201cWater\u201d Tyla submit to #Grammy\u2019s.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>adepromise<\/strong>\u00a0said: \u201c<em>Abi Tyla submitted Fela Water to Win Grammy. We need to do our investigation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mayo6Tee<\/strong>\u00a0reacted<em>: \u201cThey Submitted which Water lol \ud83d\ude02 \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 .. @RecordingAcad you\u2019ve done it again.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>bruzieee<\/strong>\u00a0wrote:\u00a0<em>\u201cThis is pure foolishness, why use Fela song titled Water? Are they ashamed to play the song that got the award?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>See below;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fela Kuti\u2019s \u201cWater\u201d was played when Tyla was announced winner of \u201cBest African Music Performance\u201d at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Grammys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Grammys<\/a> \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hzjjynvBKA\">pic.twitter.com\/hzjjynvBKA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud835\uddd4\ud835\udddf\ud835\uddd5\ud835\udde8\ud835\udde0 \ud835\udde7\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udddf\ud835\uddde\ud835\udde6 \ud83d\udcc0 (@AlbumTalksHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlbumTalksHQ\/status\/1754292379207561661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the 66th Grammy Awards, a mix-up occurred in the announcement of the Best African Music Performance category. 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