The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, March 14, 2021, saw two Nigerian stars Burna Boy and Wizkid, take home the coveted trophy. Burna took home the Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album with his 2020 project Twice as Tall, while Wizkid s win came courtesy of his feature on
Beyonce s Brown Skin Girl , which won the award for Best Video. Big night It was a big night for Nigerian contemporary music, which has come to be known as Afrobeats. Since its recorded start in 1998, the genre has made a quantum leap from national dominance to nods from the most significant music institution.
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Those issues are;
Is Nigeria obliged to consume Cameroonian music?
Given that Nigeria is Africa s leading entertainment nation, is her market and media open enough to embracing other African music?
This comes after
Pancho C.Y International, a Cameroonian comedian and actor, accused Nigerians of refusing to open our market and media space to embrace music from other African nations. In a nationalist action with subtle xenophobic hints, he called for a ban on Nigerian music. He felt Nigerian artists were taking food off Cameroonian tables.
Earlier in January 2021,
Stanley Enow also pleaded with local DJs to prioritize local music over Nigerian music at Cameroonian events.
Social media platform, Twitter, is having a laugh at the expense of the Nigerian presidency on a Friday afternoon, because a band of pigeons released to fly by President Muhammadu Buhari, just wouldn t obey orders from the nation s Commander-in-Chief.
Every year, elected officials lay wreathes on this day to commemorate the end of the Nigerian civil war in 1970 and to honour soldiers who have lost their lives in the defence of the Republic.
One of the rituals on the day the president honours fallen heroes includes opening a cage full of pigeons so they could take to the skies. This symbolizes the ushering of peace and harmony on the land.
In Q2 2020, Facts Only by Pulse featured an episode of how Nigerian Hip-Hop was having a good year.
That run has continued for the rest of the year as Nigerian Hip-Hop has continued to produce the goods; one quality body of work after another. As revealed in the Pulse Picks for ‘Albums of the year,’ COVID-19 has had a role to play in Nigeria’s continued race back to being an album market.
This year, Nigerian rappers have been stupendous at their craft, producing storybooks and worthwhile concepts in form of raps. The music has been dense and resonant, and their words are forever etched on the sands of time. Either they are talking about love, women, society, politics, business or family, the dedication has been the same.
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