Recall that social media was abuzz some weeks back after the exciting news of Nigerian singer’s Grammy Award nomination became public. During the close of his performance at Cardi B’s concert in Lagos, Burna Boy said that he would bring the award home, after which there would be a cause for celebration. In his words, he said: “I go carry the Grammy …
Nominations for the 62nd Grammy Awards has been announced and Ghana seems to be getting steady attention through the likes of new comers Shatta Wale and M.anifest who were featured on The Lion King: The Gift Album and African Giant Album respectively. One budding talent who seems to be raising the Ghanaian flag higher than the above celebrated artists is …
Halsey thinks a fan-voted award is more meaningful. The 2020 Grammy nominations came out last Wednesday and Halsey’s name was absent from the list despite her dropping the biggest song of her career this year. Halsey and her fans were surprised to see that “Without Me”, which spent two weeks at the top of Billboard’s Hot 100, received no love from …
A video making rounds on Twitter is pointing to the fact that Grammy Award nominee, Burna Boy stole and sampled Fela Kuti’s songs. Fela Kuti was a pioneer of the Afrobeat music genre and Burna Boy has always said that he looks up to him. Just that we didn’t know to look up to him meant stealing his songs. In …
Breezy celebrates another Grammy nod. Chris Brown’s relationship with the Grammys is peculiar. He’s racked up nominations over the years but he’s only won one Grammy in 2012 for F.A.M.E. He’s continued to receive nominations but unfortunately, he hasn’t taken home another trophy since. Perhaps there’s a chance he could win this year. Indigo dropped earlier this year which produced his long-awaited collab with Drake, …
Nigerian singer, Burna Boy bags a Grammy Award for the Best Album of the Year and the SA rapper, AKA congratulated him. Despite the ongoing rift between the duo which got the African Giant’s show in SA cancelled, Supa Mega still wished him well. However, AKA was mute about Burna’s nod for the Grammy, until a follower poked him by asking: “@akaworldwide Burna just got …
Megan Thee Stallion and DaBaby did not get nominated in the Best New Artist category. It’s that time of the year when the Academy shares its list of nominees for the Grammys. Of course, there were many grievances about the nominations, especially when it pertained to hip-hop. There were two artists with massive years that seemingly got snubbed for …
DaBaby is ecstatic about his Grammy nominations. Could there have been a better way to cap off his breakout year? DaBaby is experiencing one of the biggest years in music, scoring huge with his hit single “Suge” and continuing to deliver with each subsequent release. People are still bumping both Baby On Baby and KIRK and, when it came …
The Found Boy. From a busboy to a Grammy Nominated artist. The story of YBN Cordae has been a fascinating one to behold. From coming up with the YBN boys to linking with Dr. Dre and J. Cole for collaboration, the self-proclaimed Lost Boy may very well be on the road to discovery. On the heels of receiving the complete …
Nominations for Grammy Awards 2020 is out. Burna Boy got a nod in the Best World Music Album category with his African Giant Album. The Grammy Awards will take place on Jan. 26 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The broadcast will air live on CBS at 5 p.m. PT/ 8 p.m. ET. See the full list of nominees below: …
