BET director, Lilian Blankson responds to BET awards backlash from Africa
Director of Programming and Production at BET International, Lilian Blankson, took to twitter two days ago to respond to the backlash from Africans following the 2015 BET Awards. See more tweets after the cut...
and what did she exactly address here other than to tell African artist to kiss ass and be grateful,.......pls African artist,ignore this shit network and their shit awards,black Americans are more racist than the whites.
I like her tweets. There's respect, advice and a calm view of what is expected. Good thing she sees all Africans as one. So now, it's time for Nigerian artist to step up their game. Maybe they could get the front stage they want.
Mumu It's not about being aired on BET. And I believe the BET we watch in Africa is different from what they telecast in the USA. Back to you mumu it's about good music. A music with universal appeal.
WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSE TO MEAN....USELESS FELLOW...YOU GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO WE GOOD AT WHAT WE DO...IMAGINE THIS FOOL SAYING WE SHOULD TRY HARDER GOD WILL PUNISH THAT MOUTH OF YOURS...ANYWAYS I BLAME NIGERIA CELEBRITIES WHO SELL EVEN THEIR MOTHERS JUST TO BELONG INTERNATIONALLY...NA SO THEM GO DEY DO LIKE SHAHSAKPI...NONSENSE..NA WE DEY INSULT OUR SELF...RUBBISH
Mscwewwww,totally crap,she is talking bout music bn aired on the radio while our music's are bn played on the international screen all d time,Trace Tv,MTV all play naija songs,who evn have time for radio craps lately,except wen I'm driving.her reasons are so baseless abeg.we have earn enough international recognition madam,if not how will you pple know us in the frst place.
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She is not 100percent right..even amongst black there is racism..if you want to know more ask those who have been there..honour is due to those who have it
please define quality of music, most African songs are indigenous, so should our musicians only sing songs that are pure English, will that been make you guys play more African songs and respect the African brand?...we all agree that most of these African songs are lyrically bland, so guess that's were they need improvement.
Una see unasef now? Make good music na lie. Na so so sherikoko, baby wind for me, omo your baka dey worry me, omo your bobby na die, yaga (wiz kid) all sorts of BIG TIME JUNK.
And the dim, creatively bankrupt, noise makers think they are all that. Worse is the fact that they will prevent real musicians from giving us good music. The fucktards keep telling us to our faces that its beat that sells now not lyrics. Mtscheeeew!
Motherfuckers!
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Africa!!! Always generalising... there are plenty countries that make up this great Africa for the love of God!!! Lady do listen to the complaints better and like you said, don't assume!. Foolish foolish racists!!! Funny a lot of people will buy this her outburst and start doubting what these artists have witnessed! They can't possibly make up those stories and complain about them and for years now! Please BET/ or lady shut the hell up! Racist!
Linda you had better publish this, expect you are indirectly telling me you are also a racist.
And must we sing to there own standard wen we have our own standard here,nobody listens to foreign shi* here,we have African style and we apreciate it,if you cnt apreciate our standard then dnt evn bother nominating us,even Femi kuti was nominated for the almighty Grammy so why cnt blacks take us as we are.Timi dakolo and all dem praiz wey dey form RndB sef don know watsap wen proper hunger don wire dem,who dey buy der song fr naija bfr,not until dey gave us want we want.
I stand to be corrected, but, I think what African artists are saying is, if u want to gv us awards, gv us infront of everyone, in d midst of everyone, meaning, Yemi Alade might find herself sitting next to Beyonce or Rihanna, all as one, mixed together, deserving, if u think they haven't done enough to deserve the awards, then don't call them out at alllll, afterall, out actors don't gv Grammy awards and no one complains. If they hadn't nominated them, we would hv watched d awards happily, cheer d winners without feeling anyhow cos we'll know it's not for us simple!
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Last go round, I said this, Linda, but you did not approve my comment because you wanted remarks from gassed up people. The show was an opportunity for African artists to broaden their audience, and they didn't take it. Instead, they're trying to get famous in the US through faux outrage, though their problem is their music still isn't known. Beyonce wasn't given her award on stage. The show was more a concert with two awards given to Nikki. If African artists want to break into the US market they should fine tune their marketing. Using BET to create controversy still won't get them what they need, which is more visibility on their music outside of Africa.
So BET sef don dey raise shoulder,BET wey rihanna trash,an entertainment industry dat is not recognised evn in its own place com dey form one thing I dnt knw,do I evn watch BET with der plenty nonsense programes,OMG! Na only Wendy Williams show I dey watch der,my naija artists abeg una dey try wella,i no go lie,we no b folow folow,lets do it our own way and be recognised,Tuface won Great Grammy with his African Queen so who d heck is BET,if u say our artists sing jargon abeg wetin dem chris brown too dey sing?abeg answer me,wetin lilwayne and co dey sing,evn treyz song,no be booty,big fat butt,wiggle wiggle,suck my dick,over rated pussy and co dem dey sing too.
And is Wizkid in any position to be the face of this ourtage? This is the same guy that excluded dark skinned women from his videos. Yet here he is saying the alleged similar treatment isn't acceptable from BET. Hypocrite.
This is a polite insult from an ignorant black American. This is the story of America. They will never i repeat they will never accept songs from outside America no matter how good it sounds. Just because they don't understand the music doesn't make it wack. So all of a sudden Africa should learn music from America? Well for does of us saying she is right I don't blame you, its colonial mentality. Anything they do is the best cos they did it. Smh. Including you Linda nwannem, am still waiting for the day you'll wear an African designer on IG or maybe am wrong...
Confused Director, you call their awards international. International means all around the world. African Artists music gets massive airplay in their home country first off all, All Fuse ODG's music is playlisted on BBC radio One. They sell out shows where ever they perform. African music is the biggest music played in every urban club in Europe right now. In Asia, South America the music is getting a lot of play in clubs. African artistes don't need American Radio politics and payola to play their music. They don't need to be big in America for you to recognize they got big fans following. You only know D'Banj music, you forget we have over 100 D'banj's making music professionally in our continent. Madam don't insult the music over 1 billion Africans enjoy by calling it trash, because black American population is only 42 million, compare the power in numbers. We have not brought in the Oyinbos (Whites) loving African Music right. Please tell your small hip hop artistes to stop using f**k, B*tch in every song they make, before you tell us to improve the quality of Music. Madam why is Jay-z interested in signing Nigerian Artistes? if the quality is not good. That's why MTVBASE is growing in Africa. Like Wizkid said, "Just a bunch of peeps putting together a show" and also he said "Performing to his amazing fans is all i care about". One advise Madam, Try Staging a BET awards show in Africa and see how we do it over here.
The woman is 100% correct. Most of our artists that we hail everyday and do camp this camp that for, are unknown outside the African communities in diaspora. Their music doesn't feature on mainstream media at all. MorE importantly, they don't make any money (music sales etc) for the international music corporations so they are irrelevant to them. Any artist you see in the billboard top 40 or uk top 40 is making a lot of money for a lot of people, so is valuable. The Nigerian culture of handling out largese in the form of multi million Naira corporate endorsements to Nigerian artists, is making some Nigerian artists more valuable than they actually are. Add to that money from various shows, private parties, gifts from state governments etc, these Nigerian artists start thinking they run things. How much cd sales or paid downloads have they achieved? How many times are their songs played in mainstream media abroad? Let me not even talk about the ethnic angle to the music industry were artists from particular tribes are bound to do better with less effort due to blind tribal loyalty, so long as they pander to the music tastes of their tribe.
the truth is all nigerian artist are super wacked if not for telecommunications that enriches them that pile of junk called album wont sell beyond thier immediate family
God bless this lady, she said it all. This is what Dbanj wanted and all of you low life were trying to put tribalism into it. He saw the way the game is been played and he played it along while "not a Don Jazzy' was so scared and bowed out. Before you think i am not saying the truth and u feel like beating me up, why not look at this scenario, imagine an artist from Congo that wants to come into Nigerian music, he will have to do all what this BET lady said. (knowing that Nigerian music is the biggest in Africa and it will continue if we keep dishing out good stuffs but for us to get into their (US market, the world biggest market musically, we have to do what an average congo,tanzanian, Ghanian or other countries would do to enter 9ja music market. Let us support and embrace some of us that have the courage to break the norm and tred the virgin path. God bless Dbanj for his actions, his name will never be forgotten and God bless Jazzy too for he will also be remembered. Other artist are scared of going out bcos they know they might be backlashed the way they did to dbanj. Let us encourage good move not just movement but good direction and cordinated and well organised movement. I see us getting there
It's the fact that she is saying "we" and "us" including herself in the story. Reporting like she is on our "African side". It's condescending! So what if they take it away. Are you trying to tell me that they make better music? Their lyrics are just as stupid a recycled as most African lyrics. To say we should be humble and all is bullshit. We are not even saying we want to perform,we are saying call us up on stage just like everyone else. Simple! I don't even know why Wizkid and all of them even bother complaining,it's the freaking BET award....ewww!
Thank you oh! Exactly what I was saying! Even in Naija,and their "international BET" who watched it??? I see that channel nd I don't even pause. Until they are doing the award show. I don't think Wizkid and co & co should have even bothered its a freaking BET award! Abegi! They should keep it!
Shooo! Is it cos the BET is an American award so we shud sing our song 2 suit their own life style....buh dey kip rapin with ghetto slangs dt we don't even understand and those artiste stil get awards on BET....is their own universal? Our own can only be universal if they accept it....thats bulshit!!
Upgrade how? Its not easy from here you know, give our artistes some credit for their hardwork and perseverance, its hard for artistes from other continents to break through in the American music industry.
The thing is Nigerians and Africans as a whole like those that lie to them and tell them well done, you're doing well. Lets face the FACT, Do we really have any song that can stand and international competition, Is it the nonsense 'SHOW ME THE MONEY' or 'FANS MI'.
Our video directors are good but the songs themselves are 100% WACK. In as much as we're trying to keep our culture, music business is music business. Lets just IMPROVE and stop complaining
Africans should step up their music simple as abc....oliver twist was good example played across Europe and state,there is a room for improvement that is what she is saying
You are foolish Anon 11:10. Destiny's child Michelle made a Nigerian sounding gospel song using a producer of Nigerian roots and using the exact same Nigerian hook in the song? The song was a hit among Africans and still topped the USA gospel charts for several weeks. Why can't Africans put in the same type of effort if you want BET award in the main show? If you ain't ready to put in the effort then keep your African swagger and don't expect star treatment from people abroad.
The only point she made that made sense was that we need to work on the quality of our music. Be that as it may, we have lots of African stars whose music meet international standards, eg, Asa, Femi Kuti, Angelique Kidjoe, Yessoundo, etc to mention a few. Her team should do a better job of bringing these ones to the fore and acknowledging them. The fact that Wizkid, Yemi Alade, and Davido make us dance in the club and are popular African acts doesn't mean they should be nominated. Sorry guys, but their music really doesn't meet international standards. This babe has just shown that she's a racist pig. Speaking of us being humble, has she forgotten that BET was created to promote black entertainment? What is more black than African music? The fact that African awards are given backdoor means they do not appreciate the source of their unique music as black Americans, which is African music.
I agree with that she is not 100 percent right. Her definition of music with universal sppesly is Nicki minaj opening her boobs, Beyonce stalk naked, Riri into drugs and nudity which former killed bobbl Kristen and her likes. all our musicians may not bad at their best but some are singing songs relevant to their society. She is a racist who forgot her African root
Anonymous please America plays all genre of music from outside, including dancehall, reggae and reggaeton and lot more. It is a country that appreciates diversity. The lady is right and there is nothing colonial about it. If you want to go there, then get off social media because the last time I checked, you are not responsible for it which you are enjoying it is America.
If she says our music has not gained universal appeal, dem dey should cancel the category instead of giving us awards 5hrs before the main even. BET represents black nd Africa is the home of blacks all over the world. U can't be doing award shows for blacks nd den treat d African continent as if it's insignificant by presenting dia award earlier dan the main time. Truth be sed, dis is RACISM.if whites did dis to us, we'll complain. It's time for Africans to boycott BET AWARDS since dey say we don't make universally appealin musics.
If she says our music has not gained universal appeal, dem dey should cancel the category instead of giving us awards 5hrs before the main even. BET represents black nd Africa is the home of blacks all over the world. U can't be doing award shows for blacks nd den treat d African continent as if it's insignificant by presenting dia award earlier dan the main time. Truth be sed, dis is RACISM.if whites did dis to us, we'll complain. It's time for Africans to boycott BET AWARDS since dey say we don't make universally appealin musics.
FREDISTEIN has the best comment so far! I so agree with you! Let them remove that category from the award till they feel it's up to par with their standard!
This stinks!! artistes like Asha who have stepped up their game and have international appeal are not even recognised by the supposed BLACK Entertainment Television Award team. Maybe it should be renamed African American Entertainment Television Awards because its obvious they don't appreciate or understand that Afircan music is uniquely different
Anon 12:02 they will play reggae and dancehall cos they are American genres just from the other side which is Caribbean, they understand what they are saying and BET has given the Caribbean a whole 10mins stage performance at the awards, they don't play indian music, they don't play makosa in clubs pdiddy go to and they don't play afrobeats cos they can't dance to it and they don't understand, why must we conform to there's? Some namibians or even Nigerians in the rural area still like in da club by 50cents without knowing the lyrics, anon 11:51 is saying anon 11:10 is foolish lol becuase of michelle williams! Michelle williams that her career is almost dead, if she was sure that song will be a hit she wouldn't involve destiny's child in the song, give me an eg of a real in vogue black american artist singing a song that's is kinda afro beat or makosa or indian then I will agree with you. Have you ever seen swizz beats or alicia keys or drake or big sean on IG or anywhere listening to makosa, I mean why must the song be in english, why must the beats and dance sound like the nae nae? Why can't people azonto or mapuka? Is english a black language? Does BET not mean Black Entertainmemt TV? The woman is so myopic she doesn't know what she is saying abeg...
She makes sense but did Fela's music was made for Africa yet it had universal appeal!! Bob Marley's music was made for Jamaica yet it had a universal appeal and as for Oliver Twist, the only reason it has "universal appeal" is because its video was shot in America and had American dancers and artistes. So I don't think it is anything to do with a universal appeal and more to do with not being up to standards!!
Nigerian musicians are wack! No one thinks outside the box singing the same old shit with stupid ass lyrics as far as dy can dance in clubs dy good we need uniqueness like fela, omawummi is trying too! Don jazzy is too local and so cliche ! Even Taylor swift doesn't do country and nicki doesn't just rap dy diversified! U people don't need to sit down and wait for tins to be handed down to u u need to go get it reason why is like Asa! u can't keep looking for elites attention in all ur songs and expect international recognition! Fashola ds Tinubu dt ! Give quality songs and Ull be recognized if not I'll never smell the Grammys ahan! Like she rightly said if u like boycott the BET na una dy loose d show will still go on ! Bunch of local minded artist hissss!
She is right... no one gives a flying monkey about that categiry so the fact it exists shows that we are getting somewhere. These 'stars' that are boycotting the show has stupidly missed out on a big opportunity. That was the perfect time to network, speak to the American press and get your name out there. When life throws you a lemon, you make lemonade.
Dencia is a perfect example...she goes to these awards and dresses up in the most ridiculous outfits. Do you think she is stupid? No!! She wants to get on the worst dressed list. Thats how you get your face seen and eventually get your name heard.
These artists needs to use their number 6. One person complains and you all just want to jump on the badwagon. You should be glad your ass was nominated in the first place
I think shes talking crap. If BET feels african stars or music isnt worth it yet, why bother giving them a category. Is it to remind them how little they are in the scheme of things? Giving out BET awards doesnt increase popularity for african stars or put more money in their pockets....so treat them as equals or dont bother. african music is growing by itself...when d time comes, its will grow to international level (like oliver twist). So they can start giving out the awards wen it gets to dat level, rather than give the awards 'backstage'. Do it well, or dont do it all.
She ℓ̊S̶̲̥̅ not 100% right if our music ℓ̊S̶̲̥̅ not that standard or not air in the international radio as she said. Why are they including african for the awards. Since they re not qualify or have standard music. All I see ℓ̊S̶̲̥̅ #racism
Truth is, its not a question of quality of music, wizkid that was complaining has won a bet award before, am sure BET tot his sound was good enough if not they wouldnt have nominated him in the first place, so lets not bring in quality of music into this discussion or are you guys saying Future is more talented than Wizkid? I can count 10 Amercian artists that can hold a candle to our naija artist here so pleassseee! This is a matter of respect! They dont respect African artists and thats the truth. Y cant they present best international act during the award proper, MTV eruope awards that is 10 times bigger than BET presented Tuface's award back then during the award proper so y cant BET follow suit. Boycott that shit mennn, BET be acting like their ancestors arent africans..
So, in essence, the awards you give out to Africans are for mediocrity since they have not brushed up their music enough to have international appeal? Why then give them awards at all since they produce mediocre music? Why not wait until they brush up their music to suit your taste before dishing out awards? Young lady, your defense of bet is so lame. There's no way u can justify treating Africans differently from others. When u give someone an award, it means that the person has come of age and has achieved commendable level of excellence. Awards are not for mediocres.
Meanwhile, I have seen Grammy gives awards to musicians from outside of the US, whose music barely have international appeal and rarely played in the US and yet, the awards are given during the main invent not prior.
Why don't Nigerians take useful criticism well,you have no idea the battle they had to fight to even put the African category in the award,she made some point and let's face it a lot of Nigerian music are indigenous and mostly beats and repetitive lines,she has made some point known and I bet you she didn't come to the conclusion alone;how many Americans get nominated for awards? Do you see them complaining?do you include them in your own awards? Pls take her criticism and make them constructive and get your music out there,work hard on it,she mentioned Oliver Twist,that song is old but she still remembers it make yours known finish!!! Quit complaining and work
Hmmm na wa o! We nigerians love insulting ourselves sha, we all want to be right and we will squash the other person if he/she has an opposing view. Unnecessarily rude race we are. Please they should scrap it the category, if they can't publicly appreciate Nigerian music why give awards? Who is voting for these African artist that are being nominated and awarded? You can't expect Olamide now to conform and start singing like Justin beiber cos he wants BET to recognise him, why should we conform? We have crappy songs and artist, there's no denying that but we also have some fantastic songs and artist too like every other country in the world. Of all songs madam BET could use as an example she had to go for Oliver twist! How in God's name is that song universal? What meaningful and sensible lyrics does that song have?????? To me o! BLACK Entertainment Television is being pretentious and racist. The Golden Globe doesn't have a category for African movies cos they don't understand our movies and we are okay with that. Why have a category for Africans and then give them awards back stage prerecorded? No be by force na. Why would madam BET tell our Nigerian artist to conform and start sounding American just so we can get a bloody category on BET? Why should some1 like Terry G waste his time and his money promoting his songs in America when they won't understand him? Or does she want Terry to now start singing like Neyo in other to get an award from BET??? Why would anyone born with a full brain suggest that an African not just any African o, a Nigerian sound American in other to be recognized????? Fuck BET and Fuck the awards. Accept the fact that you are a Nigerian and others might not understand you and be proud of it. Leave our bad and good artist, we love them, we are the ones making them rich by buying the tickets and albums, we will award them.
what has the awards ever gotten anybody, free visa to obodooyinbo??? Why can't the content BET airs in Africa be aired in America? If they can't they should take a page from mtv? Give Africans there own network (mtv base)...they we can have our own award shows.
To be honest, I think Lillian Blankson got it spot on, we need to be able to decipher the truth even through information that hurts. Nigerian music does not have enough international appeal and clearly broadcasting stations will air the pleasure of their audiences, so I definitely thin Nigerian Artists are being a bit entitled to assume they'd get aired. Nigeria has a lot of taleneted musicians who can sing but not so many who understand how to grow with the trend and adapt .... I respect D'banj in some respect for this, cos even though he knew the split would be hard he had to change his sound to get international appeal. I am quite sure he was advised by professionals in this regard , it just may be that the advisers do not have enough of local knowledge of what make songs 'rock' and he may loose out in that. The bottom line is if you want to gain relevance 'Internationally' you have to create appeal.
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Oliver twist abi? Cos kanye west was in the video, racist! Upgrade how to lilwayne's pussy money weed songs, or the likes of it? Can it be compared to asha's songs or tiwa or fuse odg or mira's songs? Fuck off,
She mentioned Oliver Twist cos brits were dancinh to it on britain's got talent n cos they saw white dancers abi. Thats y they were former slaves, inferiority complex
Watever..... I dnt give a crap about Bet. For all I knw yemi alades. Johnny was better than beyonces videos. Music is meant to make u happy and our naija music makes us. Dnt give a shit about what dy say. Its africas brand and we are selling to who wants to buy.
She is so damn correct. One of the biggest stations here in New York is "hot Fm 97.1" it is a bad ass station respected a lot by artistes and they have given tons of them a platform with Ibro, Rosenburg and Laura styles talking to Wale, chris brown, usher , Nicky m, meek mill.... However I have only heard Oliver Twist played once from the radio station and I went wild .... Anyhow she hit the nail on the head
Question is, America did not get your recognised in the first place why play to try to get into that market. It took rap almost thirty years to get some recognition outside of black circles and rap still struggles. Please you make enough money already in africa and with africans in the diaspora.
Nigerians and ignorance, this woman is saying the truth 100%....I personally don't listen to any nigeria songs cos it lacks creativity. I can't believe yemi alade too wants to win bet award with her wack lyrics smh. Our artists only get ratings on twitter after so much tweets and hashtags. Personally, I'm more interested in the lyrics of a song not the soundtrack, and that is what this woman is trying to say. Our artists are not creative with lyrics. Before y'all start talking about how much money they make nd blablabla, then let them stick to their level and stop looking for international ratings
Ladies n gentlemen please note, the only reason bet is in naija is because we all view their channel, thats one. 2 the reason our artist re in any category is because they want us to yarn n view their awards. Theirfore all they are doing is just to take our money. They have no ears for our tunes n they have no regards for views. Please note they actually think we re stupid for loving our stars. N if an artist no matter how myopic, is accepted by his people, that artist is valid. So wen madam america bet tells us they need come america is bcos our money is valueless n our ratings yeild peanut compared to the american artist n soo... y on earth would they bother their high revenue artist with the sight of the "project help africa" Bottomline as far as they re concerned we are just a side attraction, the award-a product of their generosity they re just giving back to africa, dont expect much! Ask ursef why even mtvbase use the word "most gifted..." to qualify their awards for african artist n use "best...." for the american n so on... they actually dont u to devalue the award they give to their stars Our government really need to step up. These channel trunket our indigineuos media channels n media producers. Bcos we allow them to rule us. They dont know our artist bcos their government dont allow it. D american media for american. N so on....
D lady is very correct, thank God for humble guys like two face idibia and davido who are blazing the trail with humility and not trying to turn their nose up at people. Bet giving our African artistes a platform is something we should be proud of and we continue working hard to get ourselves up there. At least we have one foot in the door now.
Dis woman is very stupid nd confused, how com no 1 in dia office is willing 2 show or tell ha how stupid she sounds. Tot dey call it African category nd not universal category, d songs are appealing 2 us, d songs are 4 us nd not 4 dem, dey are d type of songs we like so y shud dey do anytin oda dan wot we like. And by d way, its not also all dia songs dat appeal to us here, like dia country music sounds like crap 2 most of us here. How I wish I ll have d opportunity 2 argue dis, she might be educated but she no get sense really. Like Jeez!!! Must we do tins dia own way? We are Africans nd it makes a lot of sense 2 spare us like 5mins of dia time on BET awards, its not like we are asking 4 d whole day
This an insult with ones intelligence. Playing with words. Tks to your smart lawyers who wrote this. Please its known period the Caribbean's would nit have an audience if they were not given a chance. Lick ass if I was an artist and they invite me I will say busy. Even Rhianna criticised tour management. Very disrespectful invite someone treat them less of help. Keep it moving with your plat of words.
Very True Nigerians are too proud plus over vain and r spoilt by corruption that they thing everything will be handed to them easy...how many of you love and would award Chinco or Indian songs...only ur neighbour's Ghana artist there you insult and don't appreciate them now una dey find BET...come and steal it
Exactly! She said it well.. To keep it simple, our music is not known internationally! who will cheer our artists up when they hit the stage? they are famous here, signing deals, doing shows, taking expensive trips, saying they are going for shows in this and that country, to perform for a 90% black audience.( africans) our Nigerian songs have not even made it to the billboard charts and our artist want to rub shoulders with them. She said it 100% right.. our artist have not worked hard enough to cross over internationally and they want international recognition like that. all they do here is baby mama and baby daddy! fly here and there, buy Range Rover, but G- wagon... Attend this and that gathering etc..
Please tell me again what the likes of rick Ross, wizkhalifa, lilwayne etc talks about except guns,weed,pussy and money? And if that is accepted then all I got from what she wrote is for African artist to come lick their butt till they are pleased #Racism
Initially, It took Akon forever to get airplay in the State. If African artist doesn't like the treatment they should totally snub the award. artist like p square and co are too big for this nonsense. On the order note Afrcan artist need to step up their game.
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This lady is quite confused...av seen some African music aired on BET
Gbam..... u talk am finish and I respect u for that....
100% right. Simply saying Africa needs to improve on the quality of their music
OKAY NOW.....TOMJERRYSWIT
and what did she exactly address here other than to tell African artist to kiss ass and be grateful,.......pls African artist,ignore this shit network and their shit awards,black Americans are more racist than the whites.
Fact!
I like her tweets. There's respect, advice and a calm view of what is expected. Good thing she sees all Africans as one. So now, it's time for Nigerian artist to step up their game. Maybe they could get the front stage they want.
Thank you, but you knw they would not take correction! And will still blame the woman
You'r so dumb! List them?
She spoke well, and I wish her well.
There's truth on dis 1
Mumu It's not about being aired on BET. And I believe the BET we watch in Africa is different from what they telecast in the USA. Back to you mumu it's about good music. A music with universal appeal.
FACT: they should start treating our African celebs as one.
Whatever
Now the record is set STRAIGHT. Yemi ALade, Whiz Kid & Co please take note and upgrade as stated.
Ehimere or na u dey confused , she said BET domestic , or u sincerely think its the same BET broadcast u see here that's been seen in the US
Uhumn!
Nigerian music lacks that super-touch and sound lyrics..all we care about now is just the party beats___Not Good
Toh!
"Slow and steady wins d race"
Reason why dbanj is still getting endorsement with his wack music, he has stepped us his game. The rest should stick to hip TV and fuji awards
WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSE TO MEAN....USELESS FELLOW...YOU GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO WE GOOD AT WHAT WE DO...IMAGINE THIS FOOL SAYING WE SHOULD TRY HARDER GOD WILL PUNISH THAT MOUTH OF YOURS...ANYWAYS I BLAME NIGERIA CELEBRITIES WHO SELL EVEN THEIR MOTHERS JUST TO BELONG INTERNATIONALLY...NA SO THEM GO DEY DO LIKE SHAHSAKPI...NONSENSE..NA WE DEY INSULT OUR SELF...RUBBISH
She's mad
Mscwewwww,totally crap,she is talking bout music bn aired on the radio while our music's are bn played on the international screen all d time,Trace Tv,MTV all play naija songs,who evn have time for radio craps lately,except wen I'm driving.her reasons are so baseless abeg.we have earn enough international recognition madam,if not how will you pple know us in the frst place.
Mumu..wich stupid quality..so if dey dnt play ur music on U.s radio u cnt compete wit d lykes of chris brown..na plane crash go kill u idiot
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She is not 100percent right..even amongst black there is racism..if you want to know more ask those who have been there..honour is due to those who have it
please define quality of music, most African songs are indigenous, so should our musicians only sing songs that are pure English, will that been make you guys play more African songs and respect the African brand?...we all agree that most of these African songs are lyrically bland, so guess that's were they need improvement.
Una see unasef now? Make good music na lie. Na so so sherikoko, baby wind for me, omo your baka dey worry me, omo your bobby na die, yaga (wiz kid) all sorts of BIG TIME JUNK.
And the dim, creatively bankrupt, noise makers think they are all that. Worse is the fact that they will prevent real musicians from giving us good music. The fucktards keep telling us to our faces that its beat that sells now not lyrics. Mtscheeeew!
Motherfuckers!
But still on still sha, LIBERS LOVE AND HAIL THEIR KING EVEN THOUGH HE DOESN'T POST REGULARLY.
And for the record, Nigerian music's are wack...
Africa!!! Always generalising... there are plenty countries that make up this great Africa for the love of God!!! Lady do listen to the complaints better and like you said, don't assume!. Foolish foolish racists!!! Funny a lot of people will buy this her outburst and start doubting what these artists have witnessed! They can't possibly make up those stories and complain about them and for years now! Please BET/ or lady shut the hell up! Racist!
Linda you had better publish this, expect you are indirectly telling me you are also a racist.
Who watches BET anyway?
I wish I know wat dis is all about
And U know this how???
Talking drum ko, talkative ni. U sound ignorant. U have just repeated the message she's passing across. Music with universal appeal
And must we sing to there own standard wen we have our own standard here,nobody listens to foreign shi* here,we have African style and we apreciate it,if you cnt apreciate our standard then dnt evn bother nominating us,even Femi kuti was nominated for the almighty Grammy so why cnt blacks take us as we are.Timi dakolo and all dem praiz wey dey form RndB sef don know watsap wen proper hunger don wire dem,who dey buy der song fr naija bfr,not until dey gave us want we want.
Na your generation dey wack...thunder fire you
She has said it all
Our artist needs to go back to their drawing table....it is not about showing us your cars on twitter.....get ur games tight
@Galore
word bro#
I stand to be corrected, but, I think what African artists are saying is, if u want to gv us awards, gv us infront of everyone, in d midst of everyone, meaning, Yemi Alade might find herself sitting next to Beyonce or Rihanna, all as one, mixed together, deserving, if u think they haven't done enough to deserve the awards, then don't call them out at alllll, afterall, out actors don't gv Grammy awards and no one complains. If they hadn't nominated them, we would hv watched d awards happily, cheer d winners without feeling anyhow cos we'll know it's not for us simple!
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Last go round, I said this, Linda, but you did not approve my comment because you wanted remarks from gassed up people. The show was an opportunity for African artists to broaden their audience, and they didn't take it. Instead, they're trying to get famous in the US through faux outrage, though their problem is their music still isn't known. Beyonce wasn't given her award on stage. The show was more a concert with two awards given to Nikki. If African artists want to break into the US market they should fine tune their marketing. Using BET to create controversy still won't get them what they need, which is more visibility on their music outside of Africa.
So BET sef don dey raise shoulder,BET wey rihanna trash,an entertainment industry dat is not recognised evn in its own place com dey form one thing I dnt knw,do I evn watch BET with der plenty nonsense programes,OMG! Na only Wendy Williams show I dey watch der,my naija artists abeg una dey try wella,i no go lie,we no b folow folow,lets do it our own way and be recognised,Tuface won Great Grammy with his African Queen so who d heck is BET,if u say our artists sing jargon abeg wetin dem chris brown too dey sing?abeg answer me,wetin lilwayne and co dey sing,evn treyz song,no be booty,big fat butt,wiggle wiggle,suck my dick,over rated pussy and co dem dey sing too.
And is Wizkid in any position to be the face of this ourtage? This is the same guy that excluded dark skinned women from his videos. Yet here he is saying the alleged similar treatment isn't acceptable from BET. Hypocrite.
Jst lately I discovered BET and BET2,meaning d proper BET is not to be viewed universally or wat?na BET2 we dey view,which is fr Africa only.
YES super wack and shitty songs
we need quality jare.Gangnam style isnt in english and made big headlines in the US
This is a polite insult from an ignorant black American. This is the story of America. They will never i repeat they will never accept songs from outside America no matter how good it sounds. Just because they don't understand the music doesn't make it wack. So all of a sudden Africa should learn music from America? Well for does of us saying she is right I don't blame you, its colonial mentality. Anything they do is the best cos they did it. Smh. Including you Linda nwannem, am still waiting for the day you'll wear an African designer on IG or maybe am wrong...
i do fucktard
yes africa shoud be grateful to even have their categories on bet. its really a shitty continent good songs cant come out of
Confused Director, you call their awards international. International means all around the world. African Artists music gets massive airplay in their home country first off all, All Fuse ODG's music is playlisted on BBC radio One. They sell out shows where ever they perform. African music is the biggest music played in every urban club in Europe right now. In Asia, South America the music is getting a lot of play in clubs. African artistes don't need American Radio politics and payola to play their music. They don't need to be big in America for you to recognize they got big fans following. You only know D'Banj music, you forget we have over 100 D'banj's making music professionally in our continent.
Madam don't insult the music over 1 billion Africans enjoy by calling it trash, because black American population is only 42 million, compare the power in numbers. We have not brought in the Oyinbos (Whites) loving African Music right. Please tell your small hip hop artistes to stop using f**k, B*tch in every song they make, before you tell us to improve the quality of Music.
Madam why is Jay-z interested in signing Nigerian Artistes? if the quality is not good. That's why MTVBASE is growing in Africa.
Like Wizkid said, "Just a bunch of peeps putting together a show" and also he said "Performing to his amazing fans is all i care about".
One advise Madam, Try Staging a BET awards show in Africa and see how we do it over here.
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The woman is 100% correct. Most of our artists that we hail everyday and do camp this camp that for, are unknown outside the African communities in diaspora. Their music doesn't feature on mainstream media at all. MorE importantly, they don't make any money (music sales etc) for the international music corporations so they are irrelevant to them. Any artist you see in the billboard top 40 or uk top 40 is making a lot of money for a lot of people, so is valuable. The Nigerian culture of handling out largese in the form of multi million Naira corporate endorsements to Nigerian artists, is making some Nigerian artists more valuable than they actually are. Add to that money from various shows, private parties, gifts from state governments etc, these Nigerian artists start thinking they run things. How much cd sales or paid downloads have they achieved? How many times are their songs played in mainstream media abroad? Let me not even talk about the ethnic angle to the music industry were artists from particular tribes are bound to do better with less effort due to blind tribal loyalty, so long as they pander to the music tastes of their tribe.
Tbh word.. Our music is only listen by we Africans... Make ur music presentable to everyone one.. Its not about the beat.. Its the content
the truth is all nigerian artist are super wacked if not for telecommunications that enriches them that pile of junk called album wont sell beyond thier immediate family
God bless this lady, she said it all.
This is what Dbanj wanted and all of you low life were trying to put tribalism into it. He saw the way the game is been played and he played it along while "not a Don Jazzy' was so scared and bowed out. Before you think i am not saying the truth and u feel like beating me up, why not look at this scenario, imagine an artist from Congo that wants to come into Nigerian music, he will have to do all what this BET lady said. (knowing that Nigerian music is the biggest in Africa and it will continue if we keep dishing out good stuffs but for us to get into their (US market, the world biggest market musically, we have to do what an average congo,tanzanian, Ghanian or other countries would do to enter 9ja music market.
Let us support and embrace some of us that have the courage to break the norm and tred the virgin path. God bless Dbanj for his actions, his name will never be forgotten and God bless Jazzy too for he will also be remembered. Other artist are scared of going out bcos they know they might be backlashed the way they did to dbanj. Let us encourage good move not just movement but good direction and cordinated and well organised movement. I see us getting there
"even the US artist are not complaining" this woman must be delusional. what rubbish is this? mschewww
Yes that's very true but is also true that our artists should up their game not necessarily leaving pigin out but let the lyrics make sense
It's the fact that she is saying "we" and "us" including herself in the story. Reporting like she is on our "African side". It's condescending! So what if they take it away. Are you trying to tell me that they make better music? Their lyrics are just as stupid a recycled as most African lyrics. To say we should be humble and all is bullshit. We are not even saying we want to perform,we are saying call us up on stage just like everyone else. Simple! I don't even know why Wizkid and all of them even bother complaining,it's the freaking BET award....ewww!
So who is lying then??? Cos as far as I know, more dan one person accused dem of giving Africans their own awards backstage. Linda take note!
Thank you oh! Exactly what I was saying! Even in Naija,and their "international BET" who watched it??? I see that channel nd I don't even pause. Until they are doing the award show. I don't think Wizkid and co & co should have even bothered its a freaking BET award! Abegi! They should keep it!
In dis 1. Thank me later
Shooo! Is it cos the BET is an American award so we shud sing our song 2 suit their own life style....buh dey kip rapin with ghetto slangs dt we don't even understand and those artiste stil get awards on BET....is their own universal? Our own can only be universal if they accept it....thats bulshit!!
WORD!!!
Bae dropped some valid point.
Hahahahaha....2face win Grammy? Bitch where
Upgrade how? Its not easy from here you know, give our artistes some credit for their hardwork and perseverance, its hard for artistes from other continents to break through in the American music industry.
Those fool just dey hype dem sef...even wen dey sing trash dey stil get award 4 it...now dey want us 2 bend 2 der culture!!
The thing is Nigerians and Africans as a whole like those that lie to them and tell them well done, you're doing well. Lets face the FACT, Do we really have any song that can stand and international competition, Is it the nonsense 'SHOW ME THE MONEY' or 'FANS MI'.
Our video directors are good but the songs themselves are 100% WACK. In as much as we're trying to keep our culture, music business is music business. Lets just IMPROVE and stop complaining
Africans should step up their music simple as abc....oliver twist was good example played across Europe and state,there is a room for improvement that is what she is saying
The lady spoke well sha
You are foolish Anon 11:10. Destiny's child Michelle made a Nigerian sounding gospel song using a producer of Nigerian roots and using the exact same Nigerian hook in the song? The song was a hit among Africans and still topped the USA gospel charts for several weeks. Why can't Africans put in the same type of effort if you want BET award in the main show? If you ain't ready to put in the effort then keep your African swagger and don't expect star treatment from people abroad.
The only point she made that made sense was that we need to work on the quality of our music. Be that as it may, we have lots of African stars whose music meet international standards, eg, Asa, Femi Kuti, Angelique Kidjoe, Yessoundo, etc to mention a few.
Her team should do a better job of bringing these ones to the fore and acknowledging them. The fact that Wizkid, Yemi Alade, and Davido make us dance in the club and are popular African acts doesn't mean they should be nominated. Sorry guys, but their music really doesn't meet international standards.
This babe has just shown that she's a racist pig. Speaking of us being humble, has she forgotten that BET was created to promote black entertainment? What is more black than African music?
The fact that African awards are given backdoor means they do not appreciate the source of their unique music as black Americans, which is African music.
I agree with that she is not 100 percent right. Her definition of music with universal sppesly is Nicki minaj opening her boobs, Beyonce stalk naked, Riri into drugs and nudity which former killed bobbl Kristen and her likes. all our musicians may not bad at their best but some are singing songs relevant to their society. She is a racist who forgot her African root
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SHE SAID NOTHING ABOUT THE AWARD BEEN PRESENTED BACKSTAGE, INSTEAD ADVISING ON WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW WE HAVE TO DO. WHAT A DIPLOMATIC IDIOT.
Anonymous please America plays all genre of music from outside, including dancehall, reggae and reggaeton and lot more. It is a country that appreciates diversity. The lady is right and there is nothing colonial about it. If you want to go there, then get off social media because the last time I checked, you are not responsible for it which you are enjoying it is America.
If she says our music has not gained universal appeal, dem dey should cancel the category instead of giving us awards 5hrs before the main even. BET represents black nd Africa is the home of blacks all over the world. U can't be doing award shows for blacks nd den treat d African continent as if it's insignificant by presenting dia award earlier dan the main time. Truth be sed, dis is RACISM.if whites did dis to us, we'll complain. It's time for Africans to boycott BET AWARDS since dey say we don't make universally appealin musics.
If she says our music has not gained universal appeal, dem dey should cancel the category instead of giving us awards 5hrs before the main even. BET represents black nd Africa is the home of blacks all over the world. U can't be doing award shows for blacks nd den treat d African continent as if it's insignificant by presenting dia award earlier dan the main time. Truth be sed, dis is RACISM.if whites did dis to us, we'll complain. It's time for Africans to boycott BET AWARDS since dey say we don't make universally appealin musics.
Don Jazzy has been making us dance since 1800....We are fine and whatever improvements will be to our (Africans) benefit...
Anonymous 11:51 million likes.
Nobody is talking about nigerian music here,..there have been so many African musics aired on BET
It wont stop toolz and all other gbaza queen oaps from attending the event next year. Boycott or not
Mumu. Its nt the same mtv,trace we see here they see o. Even in close cotonou here,our trace is different from theirs!
THANK YOU!!!
FREDISTEIN has the best comment so far! I so agree with you! Let them remove that category from the award till they feel it's up to par with their standard!
This stinks!! artistes like Asha who have stepped up their game and have international appeal are not even recognised by the supposed BLACK Entertainment Television Award team. Maybe it should be renamed African American Entertainment Television Awards because its obvious they don't appreciate or understand that Afircan music is uniquely different
Anon 12:02 they will play reggae and dancehall cos they are American genres just from the other side which is Caribbean, they understand what they are saying and BET has given the Caribbean a whole 10mins stage performance at the awards, they don't play indian music, they don't play makosa in clubs pdiddy go to and they don't play afrobeats cos they can't dance to it and they don't understand, why must we conform to there's? Some namibians or even Nigerians in the rural area still like in da club by 50cents without knowing the lyrics, anon 11:51 is saying anon 11:10 is foolish lol becuase of michelle williams! Michelle williams that her career is almost dead, if she was sure that song will be a hit she wouldn't involve destiny's child in the song, give me an eg of a real in vogue black american artist singing a song that's is kinda afro beat or makosa or indian then I will agree with you. Have you ever seen swizz beats or alicia keys or drake or big sean on IG or anywhere listening to makosa, I mean why must the song be in english, why must the beats and dance sound like the nae nae? Why can't people azonto or mapuka? Is english a black language? Does BET not mean Black Entertainmemt TV? The woman is so myopic she doesn't know what she is saying abeg...
She makes sense but did Fela's music was made for Africa yet it had universal appeal!! Bob Marley's music was made for Jamaica yet it had a universal appeal and as for Oliver Twist, the only reason it has "universal appeal" is because its video was shot in America and had American dancers and artistes. So I don't think it is anything to do with a universal appeal and more to do with not being up to standards!!
Nigerian musicians are wack! No one thinks outside the box singing the same old shit with stupid ass lyrics as far as dy can dance in clubs dy good we need uniqueness like fela, omawummi is trying too! Don jazzy is too local and so cliche ! Even Taylor swift doesn't do country and nicki doesn't just rap dy diversified! U people don't need to sit down and wait for tins to be handed down to u u need to go get it reason why is like Asa! u can't keep looking for elites attention in all ur songs and expect international recognition! Fashola ds Tinubu dt ! Give quality songs and Ull be recognized if not I'll never smell the Grammys ahan! Like she rightly said if u like boycott the BET na una dy loose d show will still go on ! Bunch of local minded artist hissss!
She is right... no one gives a flying monkey about that categiry so the fact it exists shows that we are getting somewhere. These 'stars' that are boycotting the show has stupidly missed out on a big opportunity. That was the perfect time to network, speak to the American press and get your name out there. When life throws you a lemon, you make lemonade.
Dencia is a perfect example...she goes to these awards and dresses up in the most ridiculous outfits. Do you think she is stupid? No!! She wants to get on the worst dressed list. Thats how you get your face seen and eventually get your name heard.
These artists needs to use their number 6. One person complains and you all just want to jump on the badwagon. You should be glad your ass was nominated in the first place
I think shes talking crap. If BET feels african stars or music isnt worth it yet, why bother giving them a category. Is it to remind them how little they are in the scheme of things? Giving out BET awards doesnt increase popularity for african stars or put more money in their pockets....so treat them as equals or dont bother. african music is growing by itself...when d time comes, its will grow to international level (like oliver twist). So they can start giving out the awards wen it gets to dat level, rather than give the awards 'backstage'. Do it well, or dont do it all.
She ℓ̊S̶̲̥̅ not 100% right if our music ℓ̊S̶̲̥̅ not that standard or not air in the international radio as she said. Why are they including african for the awards. Since they re not qualify or have standard music. All I see ℓ̊S̶̲̥̅ #racism
I wish I know what this is all about...
#TeamBlessed#
We need improve our music; so true. But we do better of a lotta guys they celebrate. Fuck retards. We should ignore them too
Truth is, its not a question of quality of music, wizkid that was complaining has won a bet award before, am sure BET tot his sound was good enough if not they wouldnt have nominated him in the first place, so lets not bring in quality of music into this discussion or are you guys saying Future is more talented than Wizkid? I can count 10 Amercian artists that can hold a candle to our naija artist here so pleassseee! This is a matter of respect! They dont respect African artists and thats the truth. Y cant they present best international act during the award proper, MTV eruope awards that is 10 times bigger than BET presented Tuface's award back then during the award proper so y cant BET follow suit. Boycott that shit mennn, BET be acting like their ancestors arent africans..
So, in essence, the awards you give out to Africans are for mediocrity since they have not brushed up their music enough to have international appeal? Why then give them awards at all since they produce mediocre music? Why not wait until they brush up their music to suit your taste before dishing out awards? Young lady, your defense of bet is so lame. There's no way u can justify treating Africans differently from others. When u give someone an award, it means that the person has come of age and has achieved commendable level of excellence. Awards are not for mediocres.
Meanwhile, I have seen Grammy gives awards to musicians from outside of the US, whose music barely have international appeal and rarely played in the US and yet, the awards are given during the main invent not prior.
Chyke
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shes mad. im not an artist sha. but which one is started from the bottom
She is not making sense at all!!!
BET award is not mainstream and have not helped any artist. Grammy is the place to be. That's all
Why don't Nigerians take useful criticism well,you have no idea the battle they had to fight to even put the African category in the award,she made some point and let's face it a lot of Nigerian music are indigenous and mostly beats and repetitive lines,she has made some point known and I bet you she didn't come to the conclusion alone;how many Americans get nominated for awards? Do you see them complaining?do you include them in your own awards? Pls take her criticism and make them constructive and get your music out there,work hard on it,she mentioned Oliver Twist,that song is old but she still remembers it make yours known finish!!! Quit complaining and work
Lmfaooooooo . Mogbe
Hmmm na wa o! We nigerians love insulting ourselves sha, we all want to be right and we will squash the other person if he/she has an opposing view. Unnecessarily rude race we are. Please they should scrap it the category, if they can't publicly appreciate Nigerian music why give awards? Who is voting for these African artist that are being nominated and awarded? You can't expect Olamide now to conform and start singing like Justin beiber cos he wants BET to recognise him, why should we conform? We have crappy songs and artist, there's no denying that but we also have some fantastic songs and artist too like every other country in the world.
Of all songs madam BET could use as an example she had to go for Oliver twist! How in God's name is that song universal? What meaningful and sensible lyrics does that song have??????
To me o! BLACK Entertainment Television is being pretentious and racist.
The Golden Globe doesn't have a category for African movies cos they don't understand our movies and we are okay with that. Why have a category for Africans and then give them awards back stage prerecorded? No be by force na. Why would madam BET tell our Nigerian artist to conform and start sounding American just so we can get a bloody category on BET? Why should some1 like Terry G waste his time and his money promoting his songs in America when they won't understand him? Or does she want Terry to now start singing like Neyo in other to get an award from BET??? Why would anyone born with a full brain suggest that an African not just any African o, a Nigerian sound American in other to be recognized????? Fuck BET and Fuck the awards.
Accept the fact that you are a Nigerian and others might not understand you and be proud of it. Leave our bad and good artist, we love them, we are the ones making them rich by buying the tickets and albums, we will award them.
what has the awards ever gotten anybody, free visa to obodooyinbo???
Why can't the content BET airs in Africa be aired in America? If they can't they should take a page from mtv? Give Africans there own network (mtv base)...they we can have our own award shows.
To be honest, I think Lillian Blankson got it spot on, we need to be able to decipher the truth even through information that hurts. Nigerian music does not have enough international appeal and clearly broadcasting stations will air the pleasure of their audiences, so I definitely thin Nigerian Artists are being a bit entitled to assume they'd get aired. Nigeria has a lot of taleneted musicians who can sing but not so many who understand how to grow with the trend and adapt .... I respect D'banj in some respect for this, cos even though he knew the split would be hard he had to change his sound to get international appeal. I am quite sure he was advised by professionals in this regard , it just may be that the advisers do not have enough of local knowledge of what make songs 'rock' and he may loose out in that. The bottom line is if you want to gain relevance 'Internationally' you have to create appeal.
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'One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain'
Well, for Me, Gongo aso Over 7/11 beyonce song......mtsheww
Oliver twist abi? Cos kanye west was in the video, racist! Upgrade how to lilwayne's pussy money weed songs, or the likes of it? Can it be compared to asha's songs or tiwa or fuse odg or mira's songs? Fuck off,
She mentioned Oliver Twist cos brits were dancinh to it on britain's got talent n cos they saw white dancers abi. Thats y they were former slaves, inferiority complex
Americans r just too proud, right here in britain they play n love nigerian songs evn more than their native songs
All of u talking....do u like Indian songs, can u appreciate it. Put urselves in their shoes they jus tryin cos they repping black entertainment
can we appreciate Chinco songs? U look down on odrs so dnt vex wn odrs look dwn on u
Watever..... I dnt give a crap about Bet. For all I knw yemi alades. Johnny was better than beyonces videos. Music is meant to make u happy and our naija music makes us. Dnt give a shit about what dy say. Its africas brand and we are selling to who wants to buy.
She is so damn correct. One of the biggest stations here in New York is "hot Fm 97.1" it is a bad ass station respected a lot by artistes and they have given tons of them a platform with Ibro, Rosenburg and Laura styles talking to Wale, chris brown, usher , Nicky m, meek mill.... However I have only heard Oliver Twist played once from the radio station and I went wild .... Anyhow she hit the nail on the head
Question is, America did not get your recognised in the first place why play to try to get into that market. It took rap almost thirty years to get some recognition outside of black circles and rap still struggles. Please you make enough money already in africa and with africans in the diaspora.
Nigerians and ignorance, this woman is saying the truth 100%....I personally don't listen to any nigeria songs cos it lacks creativity. I can't believe yemi alade too wants to win bet award with her wack lyrics smh. Our artists only get ratings on twitter after so much tweets and hashtags. Personally, I'm more interested in the lyrics of a song not the soundtrack, and that is what this woman is trying to say. Our artists are not creative with lyrics. Before y'all start talking about how much money they make nd blablabla, then let them stick to their level and stop looking for international ratings
Ladies n gentlemen please note, the only reason bet is in naija is because we all view their channel, thats one. 2 the reason our artist re in any category is because they want us to yarn n view their awards.
Theirfore all they are doing is just to take our money. They have no ears for our tunes n they have no regards for views. Please note they actually think we re stupid for loving our stars. N if an artist no matter how myopic, is accepted by his people, that artist is valid.
So wen madam america bet tells us they need come america is bcos our money is valueless n our ratings yeild peanut compared to the american artist n soo... y on earth would they bother their high revenue artist with the sight of the "project help africa"
Bottomline as far as they re concerned we are just a side attraction, the award-a product of their generosity
they re just giving back to africa, dont expect much!
Ask ursef why even mtvbase use the word "most gifted..." to qualify their awards for african artist n use "best...." for the american n so on... they actually dont u to devalue the award they give to their stars
Our government really need to step up. These channel trunket our indigineuos media channels n media producers. Bcos we allow them to rule us. They dont know our artist bcos their government dont allow it. D american media for american. N so on....
BET is a cult.
D lady is very correct, thank God for humble guys like two face idibia and davido who are blazing the trail with humility and not trying to turn their nose up at people. Bet giving our African artistes a platform is something we should be proud of and we continue working hard to get ourselves up there. At least we have one foot in the door now.
Dis woman is very stupid nd confused, how com no 1 in dia office is willing 2 show or tell ha how stupid she sounds. Tot dey call it African category nd not universal category, d songs are appealing 2 us, d songs are 4 us nd not 4 dem, dey are d type of songs we like so y shud dey do anytin oda dan wot we like. And by d way, its not also all dia songs dat appeal to us here, like dia country music sounds like crap 2 most of us here. How I wish I ll have d opportunity 2 argue dis, she might be educated but she no get sense really. Like Jeez!!! Must we do tins dia own way? We are Africans nd it makes a lot of sense 2 spare us like 5mins of dia time on BET awards, its not like we are asking 4 d whole day
This an insult with ones intelligence. Playing with words. Tks to your smart lawyers who wrote this. Please its known period the Caribbean's would nit have an audience if they were not given a chance. Lick ass if I was an artist and they invite me I will say busy. Even Rhianna criticised tour management. Very disrespectful invite someone treat them less of help. Keep it moving with your plat of words.
Very True Nigerians are too proud plus over vain and r spoilt by corruption that they thing everything will be handed to them easy...how many of you love and would award Chinco or Indian songs...only ur neighbour's Ghana artist there you insult and don't appreciate them now una dey find BET...come and steal it
She specifically wrote BET domestic, meaning the USA channel.
They are trying to Help Us Out bro.... Music is more than the Dope Videos you see o Brother!!!
Hehehe, you are a Psycho!
Looool.... U Are just an Idiot.... Hehehehehe, Plane Crash Bawo... LMAO
Exactly! She said it well.. To keep it simple, our music is not known internationally! who will cheer our artists up when they hit the stage? they are famous here, signing deals, doing shows, taking expensive trips, saying they are going for shows in this and that country, to perform for a 90% black audience.( africans) our Nigerian songs have not even made it to the billboard charts and our artist want to rub shoulders with them. She said it 100% right.. our artist have not worked hard enough to cross over internationally and they want international recognition like that. all they do here is baby mama and baby daddy! fly here and there, buy Range Rover, but G- wagon... Attend this and that gathering etc..
You nailed it. Her ignorant statement is just a wake up call for our artist to work harder but not for some stupid BET award
Please tell me again what the likes of rick Ross, wizkhalifa, lilwayne etc talks about except guns,weed,pussy and money? And if that is accepted then all I got from what she wrote is for African artist to come lick their butt till they are pleased #Racism
U wey dey talk dense about Oliver twist 4get oo d song reign tire ova dere more dan Nigeria sef #dumb ass
Initially, It took Akon forever to get airplay in the State. If African artist doesn't like the treatment they should totally snub the award. artist like p square and co are too big for this nonsense. On the order note Afrcan artist need to step up their game.
Where are U frm?
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