David Adeleke Davido, a Nigerian music singer, continued to face criticism on social media hours after the 67th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, USA.Cultural fashion
Tems won the Best African Music Performance category, beating out Chris Brown’s Sensational featuring Davido and Lojay, Burna Boy’s Higher, and Asake’s MMS with Wizkid, among others.
As of the release of this report, Davido is the only member of the main three music industry who does not have a Grammy to his name, either as an individual or through collaboration.
The DMW label boss also received three nominations for the 66th Grammy Awards but did not win any.
Amid the criticism, some rival fans dug up an old tweet by the musician in which he professed his desire to win a Grammy.
A short investigation revealed that the tweet was shared on X, formerly Twitter, in March 2011, 14 years since it was originally written.
As of the time Davido shared the tweet, he was signed to the HKN label and was also considering bagging a Bachelor’s Degree. “Jus signed up for summer school TIME 2 GET THIS GRAMMY AND BACHELORS DEGREE AT THE SAME TIME LEGGO!!!! HKN WE DO THIS!!!!” Davido wrote.
See post below:
Jus signed up for summer school TIME 2 GET THIS GRAMMY AND BACHELORS DEGREE AT THE SAME TIME LEGGO!!!! HKN WE DO THIS!!!!
— Davido (@davido) March 25, 2011
See some comments below:
@samheughanrol8: “I am from the future.. u lost ur nominations hahahaha.”
@baresi_23: “If Burna can do it definitely u can.. just put in more work… you too dey catch cruise…”
@mikeofdelta: “I’m from the future and wizkid and burnaboy have just won the award…we’re waiting on you.”
@WaziriNazalah: “FrigiDo. Just Give up ~ Nike.”
@frn6ix: “In your Dreams… This one no be blinks, you no fit buy am.”
@Bigwiz_001: “Delay was denied, see who go music school 14 years in the industry shame no dey catch u??.”
@fineboywill: “I’m from the future and I’m telling you, don’t give up You’ve not gotten the Grammy but soon you’ll get urs OBO.”
@Big_wiz_Legend: “I think you have to go back in time and change it, I’m from the future. you have failed yourself and your crew.”
