British model, Naomi Campbell, has slammed the organisers of the 2022 Grammys awards for pitching Wizkid’s Made in Lagos album in a wrong category.
The actress, taking to her Instgram page on Tuesday, described the Made in Lagos album as a ‘phenomenon album’.
She said the organisers of the awards decided to turn ‘tone deaf’ to the happenings around the world.
Naomi Campbell wrote “To my brother @wizkidayo, #MadeinLagos was beyond a phenomenal album!! WINNER WITHOUT DOUBT!
“You are the KING of the people that have brought AFROBEATS mainstream. That means more than any academy of any sort.
“@recordingacademy, once again you’ve chosen to be tone deaf to what is going on in the universe. Changing World to Global is not not enough.
“Get up to speed on the state of all popular music and include Afrobeats Artist of the year, Song of the year, Album of the year and all the subcategories that this genre so deserves.
“Just as any other respected and recognized musical genre. #MadeinLagos album and song Essence, was clearly in the wrong category.
“How can you ignore the song Essence, the song by Wizkid and Tems that was covered and remixed by Justin Bieber? You seem to isolate it under global when it should have been in Song of the Year category.
“This is a misrepresentation and a neglectful categorization of music once again. Give Afrobeats the representation it deserves.
“You are ignoring 1.3 billion people, it will only make us rise!! Afrobeats in our hearts, Afrobeats to the world.”
