Nigerian recording artiste, Tiwa Savage has claimed she is more talented than the foremost coterie of Afrobeats’ biggest exports, Wizkid, Davido and Burna Boy.
According to pundits and fans of Nigerian music, the aforementioned recording artistes have been able to take the Afrobeats music genre and culture outside the shore of Africa.
Though Tiwa Savage is one of the most celebrated female recording artistes in Nigeria, she has never been acknowledged as a part of the ‘big 3’. In a recent interview with The Beat 99.9 FM, Lagos, Savage shared her thoughts on being on the elite list.
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She boasted that she was more talented than Wizkid, Davido and Burna Boy who are widely placed on the list.
The host asked, “Do you feel like you’ve to be part of the ‘Big 3’ or even ‘Big 4’ conversation? How do you feel about that?”
Savage replied, “Don’t get me started. If we are to go talent for talent, mic for mic, I am the big 1. If you take off the numbers [streams], and whatever you want to judge the big whatever with, you can’t see me on the mic. But again, it [the ranking] is not based on that [musical talent].”