Nigerian Afro beats singer and Grammy nominee, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has reacted to his loss at the just-concluded awards, stating that he will continue to deliver.
This was made known in a tweet he shared on his X handle on Monday, with the caption, “I love each and everyone of you!! We Dey game!! We will continue to deliver.”
Eight artistes of Nigerian descent – David Adeleke, aka, Davido; Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy; Ahmed Ololade, aka Asake; Olamide Adedeji, aka Baddo; Oyinkansola Aderibigbe, aka Ayra Starr; Chukwuka Ekweani aka Ckay; Adedamola Oyinlola Adefolahan aka Fireboy DML; and Temilade Openiy aka Tems all lost out of the Grammy in their combined 10 nominations across different award categories.
Davido lost three categories with ‘Feel’ nominated for the Best Global Music Performance category, ‘ Timeless’ nominated for the Album of the Year category, and his ‘Unavailable’ nominated for Best African Music Performance.
Burna Boy lost four. His song ‘Alone’ lost to the trio of Zakir Hussain, Bela Fleck, and Edgar Myer’s song ‘Pashto’, which won the Global Music Performance category.
The second award lost by the Nigerian artiste was the Best African Music Performance category, which was won by South Africa’s female rapper, Tyla.
Nigerians, however, have send their encouragement and love to the Nigerian singer.
Reacting to Davido’s tweet, a netizen known as obajemujnr said, “Once everyone can sing your song word for word, you are already a winner – Drake, Davido is the biggest in Africa and that’s the big deal”
Another netizen identified as, GucciStarboi said, “Congrats on your previous imaginations Davido, we love you.”
Ziyechman said, “You remain the greatest artiste in Africa.”
Spinkyszn said, “What matters the most is that we love you.”
Source: X | davido
