{"id":159433,"date":"2024-02-05T11:17:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T11:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=159433"},"modified":"2024-02-05T11:22:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T11:22:58","slug":"why-no-nigerian-artist-won-the-grammy-awards-verydarkman-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/02\/05\/why-no-nigerian-artist-won-the-grammy-awards-verydarkman-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Why no Nigerian artist won the Grammy Awards \u2013 VeryDarkMan [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>VeryDarkman has vented out at the organizers of the Grammy Awards following the loss of Nigerian artists.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">The activist insinuated that the organizers cheated the artists out of their very much deserved award. <\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>VeryDarkman claimed Nigerians didn\u2019t win because the artists have taken afrobeats global and they are trying to shut them down.<\/strong> <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Popular activist, VeryDarkman has examined the grounds on which the Grammy Awards\u2019 ignored all nominated Nigerian artists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Recall that five Nigerian artists were nominated for Grammy Awards in 2024: Burna Boy, Davido, Asake, Olamide, and Ayra Starr. However, none of them took home the award.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/02\/05\/why-davido-should-have-won-grammy-award-though-i-am-not-his-fan-cynthia-morgan\/\">In reaction to Nigerian artists loss<\/a>, VeryDarkMan criticized the Grammys, claiming that they are attempting to prevent Afrobeat from obtaining complete control over them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Buttressing his points, VeryDarkMan claimed that the Shakti\u2019s album, \u201c<em>This Moment<\/em>\u201d that won the Best Global Music Album doesn\u2019t have up to 1 million total views on YouTube.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He also claimed that he had no idea who Tyla was up until yesterday and her song, \u201c<em>Water<\/em>\u201d was hyped by Ayra Starr, who he thought sang the song.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">VeryDarkman claimed that in an effort to make the awards ceremony more exciting, numerous nominations were extended to Nigerian performers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He captioned his post:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201dGrammy is the most yeye award at this point, wtf happened to it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">See video and some reactions below:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C29XXp_ML5r\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C29XXp_ML5r\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Martins vincent otse (@verydarkblackman)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span class=\"s2\">Eyitayo<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"> wrote:<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> \u201cI don\u2019t know about the album own but you see that tyla own na only mumu go say them rob Davido there, am sure Davido himself knows Tyla would get that award coz Water was a hit worldwide na we Africans dey hear Unavailable\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong><span class=\"s2\">Mheracle<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"> said:<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> \u201cMake all man actually leave bant sha. Davido or at least Burna boy suppose carry this award. Fash bants<\/span><span class=\"s4\">\ud83e\udd0c<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong><span class=\"s2\">Levilee<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"> asked: <\/span><\/em><span class=\"s3\"><em>\u201cHow will your rob someone that has nothing.. meaning lyrics and 5x remix of one song that has no meaning . Explain what unavailable means and why it should win a<\/em> <em>Grammy. <\/em><\/span><em><span class=\"s4\">\ud83d\ude44<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VeryDarkman has vented out at the organizers of the Grammy Awards following the loss of Nigerian artists. The activist insinuated that the organizers cheated the artists out of their very much deserved award. VeryDarkman claimed Nigerians didn\u2019t win because the artists have taken afrobeats global and they are trying to shut them down. 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