This pancocojams post presents two article excerpts about Beyonce's "Cowboy Carter" Winning Grammy's Album Of The Year 2024.
The content of this post is presented for historical and socio-cultural purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Beyonce for her cultural legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
**** ARTICLE EXCERPTS
These excerpts are presented in chronological order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.
ARTICLE EXCERPT #1 From https://variety.com/2025/music/news/beyonce-grammy-album-of-the-year-win-cowboy-carter-1236294687/ "Beyoncé Finally Wins Album of the Year, as ‘Cowboy Carter’
Takes Grammys’ Top Prize" By Chris Willman, Feb 2, 2025 …"Although it was ultimately a multi-genre album, “Cowboy
Carter” was a concept album in representing Beyoncé’s take on how country music
has much of its roots in Black music, and how Black performers continue to make
their way in that genre, including guest stars on the album ranging from
newcomer Shaboozey to Black country pioneer Linda Martell.
Beyoncé became the first Black woman to win album of the
year since Lauryn Hill did it with “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” in 1999.
“Cowboy Carter” had been widely predicted as a winner for
album of the year by a majority of prognosticators — but nervously, given what
a sure thing major albums of hers like “Lemonade” had been in the past. The win
had been forecast all the way back when the album came out last March, with
Variety asking in a headline days after its release: “Is Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy
Carter’ an Unstoppable Frontrunner for the Album of the Year Grammy?”
The cultural import of the album proved indomitable — along
with the factor of people just liking it — even against a lineup of one of the
strongest fields in the category in years.
[…]
It was Beyoncé’s second turn at the podium Sunday night.
Earlier in the prime-time telecast, she had been handed the country album of
the year trophy by presenter Taylor Swift. In the pre-telecast premiere
ceremony, she also won a third award, for best country duo/group performance,
honoring her duet with Miley Cyrus, “II Most Wanted.”
Beyoncé came into the ceremony as both the most nominated
artist of all time and the most awarded artist in Grammy history, yet fans
lamented that she had a history of not coming through in the top three
all-genre categories. Although she won song of the year in the past, she had
never won album of the year or record of the year before Sunday night.
It was her being denied album of the year in the past that
especially stuck in fans’ craw — and, vocally, her husband Jay-Z’s. When
“Lemonade” lost out to what was considered a lesser Adele album, that singer
apologized to Beyoncé that night for beating her, saying it was Bey who really
deserved the award.”
First and foremost, this is a win for Cowboy Carter, not
just vindication for Queen Bey's past losses.
By Kyle Denis, 02/3/2025
…"At long last, the First Lady of Music – as dubbed by one
Clive Davis – had finally won the industry’s most coveted prize.
With her victory, Beyoncé not only extended her lead as the
most-awarded artist in Grammy history (35 wins), but she also joined Natalie
Cole (Unforgettable With Love, 1992), Whitney Houston (The Bodyguard, 1994) and
Lauryn Hill (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 1999) as just the fourth Black
woman to ever win album of the year as a lead artist. It’s that nugget of
history, coupled with her litany of egregious General Field snubs that made
this moment such a sweet one to witness.
But let’s be careful not to let “overdue” narratives
completely obfuscate the artistic merit of Cowboy Carter…As far as many are
concerned, Cowboy Carter’s win is equivalent to a lifetime achievement award; a
mea culpa of sorts for snubs of years past.
There’s nothing inherently wrong with that framing, but it
does belie the fact that Cowboy Carter would have deserved to win whether it
was Bey’s first album of the year nod or her tenth. Less than two years after
flipping the dance-pop world on its head with Renaissance, a record that
illuminated the Black queer roots of dance music and culture, Beyoncé strutted
into yet another new genre and made it completely her own, while venerating
some of its most respected (and overlooked) pioneers.
She opened the album with “Ameriican Requiem,” a Buffalo
Springfield-nodding tour de force that served as a musical funeral for not just
the most limiting visions of America, but also the overwhelmingly white country
music establishment that unfairly made themselves the gatekeepers of who can
lay claim to country music, aesthetics and identity. Over the 26 subsequent
tracks, she assumed and illustrated different Western motifs and characters
(the sheriff, the damsel in distress, the outlaw, etc.), ending with “Amen,” an
anthem of hope for a new, limitless vision of America that interpolates the
album opener.
[…]
We don’t even have to get into the historic chart
achievements of the era or the cultural impact it had across fashion and
business – Cowboy Carter is worthy enough based solely on its 27 gorgeous
songs.
Not a single one of the other nominees for album of the year
boasts the archival ambition, depth of research, courage, experimentation, soul
and sheer scope of Cowboy Carter. The album is closer to a master’s thesis than
a standard pop album, but it’s also relentlessly fun.
[…]
Yes, this win is a vindication of her past
losses, a tribute to her towering career, and a nod to the Black women before
her who were denied time and time again, but above all, it’s a win for Cowboy
Carter specifically – and that’s the most important takeaway from last night.
Ayra Starr, Feb. 18, 2023 -snip- Statistics for this official YouTube video as of June 20, 2023 as of 1:15 PM EDT
total # of views - 26,396,062
total # of comments - 7,437
**** This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series about Africans and the United States' Grammy award.
This post features comments from the discussion thread for Nigerian Afrobeats singer Ayra Starr's Feb. 2023 official YouTube video "Stability". Those comments are similar to those that are showcased in Part I of this pancocojams series, except that there is only one comment about the Nigerian award called "Headies" and no other comments about other music awards besides the Grammys. Also, more comments the discussion in Ayra's "Sability" video include reasons why the commenters are critical of the Grammys. At least two commenters in that discussion example described that the Grammys are "a white man's award".
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/06/comments-from-africans-about-grammy.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. The comments in that pancocojams post are from the discussion thread for Nigerian performing artists Asake's and Olamide's official May 2023 YouTube video entitled "Amapiano". That song is a fusion of Nigerian Afrobeats, South African Amapiano, African American Rap, and Nigerian Fuji by those two Nigerian recording artists. However, all of the comments about the Grammys in that particular YouTube discussion thread focus on Asake Many of those commenters predict that Asake will win a Grammy for that song. Some other commenters reject and/or ridicule that possibility for that particular song.
Some other commenters in that discussion thread share their opinion about the kinds of music that the Grammys honor and write that Asake music doesn't fit that criteria. Other commenters question or criticize Africans who believe that winning a Grammys is the highest honor for any African recording artist.
Several other commenters wrote that winning the Grammys is mentioned in (YouTube) discussion threads for other trending African contemporary recording artists.
In addition, several comments in this compilation refer to the Headies, a Nigerian music award or the BET awards, an African American award that includes music categories,or the People's Choice award, another United States award recognizing people in entertainment.
**** The content of this pancocojams post is presented for socio-cultural purposes, including Nigerian and other African cultures, examples of Nigerian Pidgin English, Nigerians and other Africans' opinions about those recording artists, as well as opinions and attitudes about the Grammys and about other music awards.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Ayra Starr and all those who are associated with that song and that video. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post. -snip- An online list of Africans who have won Grammys (as of 2023) is included in the comment section for Part I of this pancocojams series.
How some Africans feel about the Grammys is particularly interesting in light of the decision by the Grammys to add a category for African music starting in 2024 instead of having that music compete in the "world music" category.
These comments are only a sample of the comments on this subject in that discussion thread. All of these comments are from 2023. These comments are presented in relative chronological order with the oldest comments given first except for replies.
Numbers are given for referencing purposes only. Brief explanations about some of the terms that are found in these comments are given below a few of these comments.
1.Kingholyan Miraculous "Ayra star will win a Grammy one day who else think so to ?"
** Reply 2. trizah🤍 "I know right! grammys should do their thingg 😕😌🥲🫶🏼"
** Reply 3. OfficialN69 "That's a fact."
** Reply 4. Toma whyte "More than that a world music awards"
** Reply 5. Stan Pm "Soon"
** Reply 6. Mariam Yussuf "Definitely by God's grace"
** Reply 7. Miracle Owen "She doesnt need one. Shes still a great singer, eitherway"
** Reply 8. Sandy Mwas "of course she has to she is really an icon❤️"
** Reply 9. BLACK BOY 🥺💙 "Still coming in her way Just Chill ❤💯💯💯💯"
** Reply 10. R6mobile America "Grammy is not an achievement there great musicians who never
won Grammy"
** Reply 11. Kennytwrld "@R6mobile
Americaabeg no take dis tin fr public
say grammy no be achievement lol ur not serious she will win one day tho"
** Reply 12. alvin saf "It's never served on a silver plate music ain't the only
thing needed for a grammy"
** Reply 13. nigerccie1 "Don’t be a slave to Grammys. Don’t let Grammys validate your
work. You are bigger than Grammys"
** Reply 14. Daniella "Amen oh ,we will all rejoice and be proud"
** Reply 15. Tehillah Okhawere "I pray she wins a Grammy too❤️❤️"
** Reply 16. Ayanda Wesley "Tssuiiip you no even call rema you call this pikin" -snip- Rema is another popular Nigerian Afrobeats recording artist.
"Pikin" is a Nigerian Pidgin English word meaning "child". Ayra is called a "pikin" because she is very young.
** Reply 17. certifiedtoxicblink "the grammys are PROBLEMATIC"
** Reply 18. Kelvinblog Tv "Yeah one day she will be famous world wide like tems ✌🏻"
She better start singing Grammy worthy kind of Music, and
get a good songwriter, or improve her Pen Skills, I'm only Spilling Facts
Look at TEMs"
** Reply 20. Junior Pj maxlamboy "Nope"
** Reply 21. African Star "She is an amazing African artist and doesn't need the white
mans award to confirm that. Let us as Africans appreciate ourselves and don't
look to the white man to approve us. 1.4billion of us are more than enough."
** Reply 22. Obot Desmond "Dey play! So you think stability is a good song to win
Grammy? For last last everybody thought e go collect Grammy but didn't 😅" -snip- "Dey play" is a Nigerian Pidgin English saying that means something like "You're playing around [talking nonsense] when you say that."
** Reply 23. shantel testimony "I believe and it’s will happen soon by God’s grace"
** Reply 24. Ability white "She deserves it ❤️"
** Reply 25. Ehiaga Victor "Dey play"
** Reply 26. alvin saf "It's never served on a silver plate music ain't the only
thing needed for a grammy"
** Reply 27. geniekid7 "Prolly next year"
** Reply 28. Obinna Yatek "She no fit"
** Reply 29. Austin Kpakol "I don't think so"
** Reply 30. Emmerson Adi "Why all these craze about Grammy? Slave mentality. Mtcheww"
** Reply 31. Abigael Jalali "she will win multiple !!!"
** Reply 32. Hafiz Allotey "We don't think it will happen"
** Reply 33. Rhapor Rum Punch "@Kennytwrld Why are you guys want Americans to give you
an award?"
** Reply 34. Fille du Soleil "Enough with thisgrammi thing
.... Ayraa they sing for America recognition?? Make she move to usa
......stop this mentality of Africa bowing to USA"
** Reply 35. RICH Dude "For where!? This is not international music it’s only naija
gbedu no be emotional" -snip- Here's the meaning of gbedu from https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Gbedu "A Nigerian term, Gbedu means “big drum” . But in the Nigerian urban slang
terms, it means to “groove” or grooving, vibes etc; Fun, rhythm etc
The food was amazing tonight, and now the music is on point.
This gbedu is no joke. It’s lit tonight." by OrangeCountyFTW July 15, 2022
** Reply 36. chidera ife "I really need her ti win a grammy"
** Reply 37. Hawkins "But she'll get after Rema gets one..... That's a fact"
** Reply 38. Amaris Mbam "@iUPLOAD dont u think she can win s grammy"
** Reply 39. RICK ZED "Dey play 😂"
** Reply 40. Collin_Ton "Misson impossible😂🤣"
** Reply 41. The Top 10 Show "Depends which contract she signs 👀"
** Reply 42. Philemon Onyango "Not before remma haha"
** Reply 43. Okwueze Venitius "Grammy useless"
** Reply 44. crystal "We hope so the Grammy's don't really tbh"
** Reply 45. Basil Henry-eyo "@crystal why?"
** Reply 46. THE YOUNG HANDSOME GENIUS "She will u wait, and when it happens, l will make sure l am
there"
** Reply 47. Jacob Samuel "I don't think so"
** Reply 48. Obi Success "Dey play"
** Reply 49. allfires🔥 "2 Grammy's"
** Reply 50. Emmana Immortal "Not with this pattern of hers"
** Reply 51. ybn bestie "With copy copy songs?"
** Reply 52. Zvikomborero Chiriro "Why not just why not"
** Reply 53. Emmana Immortal "@Zvikomborero
Chiriro Mek she calm down do cool music
not noise, then she fit win. Body too dey shark her. She's good But let her
settle her head down."
** Reply 54. Anything Sport "Wetin you smoke?"
** Reply 55. RAVER "Not a hater... But she won't win any Grammy for her solo
work except from a big international artiste."
** Reply 56. Handwallah Hudheifa "Yes one day 🎉🎉"
** Reply 57. Young Qee "I don’t think so, I know so ❤💯💪"
** Reply 58. Adesina Mujidat "I think so too🥰🥰"
** Reply 59. fudge... "When I heard the awilo Longomba voice I was so happy cos
Congo is being represented. I love ayra Starr I'm hoping she gets nominated for
a Grammy because she has been coming out with bangers recently. 🇨🇩🇨🇩" -snip- Awilo Longomaba is a very popular Congolese Soukous musician,singer, and composer. Ayra Starr sampled Awilo Longomaba's 1998 hit song "Coupe Bibamba" in Ayra's 2022 record "Sability".
** Reply 60. uche Anadi "This what came to my mind when I saw this video"
** Reply 61. Truedis Media "I don't think Arya starr even dey reason Grammy. The girl na
Vibez. But bro do you know what it takes to win a Grammy"
** Reply 62. Arsene Mugabe "Never"
** Reply 63. Olusegun Salami "Not me tho,,, no hate"
** Reply 64. Dave Ross "Grammy is not that easy"
** Reply 65. Charlotte Mba "She don win already, a Cameroonian fan"
** Reply 66. Okeniyi Ayomide "How??? 🌝"
** Reply 67. Jesh lyrics "Is this the sing you are basing on to say that she will win
a Grammy. Please get serious"
** Reply 68. Dunqan o Khalobwa "Unless she joins illuminati like term's"
** Reply 69. Peaceful Flourish "@Dunqan o
Khalobwa I know right, I just know tems
is initiated because I don't understand, wtf is she singing that will award her
a Grammy 💁🏽♀️"
** Reply 70. SHAINE NWANGWU "Well she won’t bcos grammy criterion is make rubbish songs
then you stand a chance"
** Reply 71. EriZone "To be honest African musicians should just do their thing
and not strive to be or give crap about Grammies. They got this high on their
own and I am sure the organic growth has already shown that people appreciate
the quality of music coming out regardless of Grammies."
** Reply 72. Nelly Legacy "Grammy is not a big deal anyone can win it it's doesn't
she's isn't the best because of that"
** Reply 73. Rebbywealth "Most Nigerian artists give us good music..... Grammy or not
you guys
are the best"
** Reply 74. Edna "She gotta cause she's great"
** Reply 75. BEAU "I hope so 😫"
** Reply 76. Camilleri "She doesn't need Grammy awards.. because she is better than
Grammy award winner 😂😂"
** Reply 77. Kevin Dan "She has the potential to win Grammies but cannot. until she
does more international collabs that tops chart. But if she's playing it well
by climbing the ladder from B-list with that goal in mind then yes she can but
again she needs more international collabs with fellow dope artist in her
league and out perform them. She's a Celestial Being no Joke !!!..let her move
through these stage and phase of success she's worth and deserving of
More...she needs fellow Celestial producers that can produce sounds from the
ether realms out of our earthly aeon!!!.."
** Reply 78. crystal "@Basil Henry-eyo all huge artist don't really get the
grammies, so people actually think they just waste their time on the grammies.
She is better than them anyways and there are other awards bigger that grammies"
** Reply 79. Basil Henry-eyo "@Bhard Barbie to you maybe but to them it means a whole lot"
** Reply 80. Victor Imade "With this kind lyrics?? Dey play 😂"
** Reply 81. Brooke Hiververse "They can keep that satanic rituals to them selfs! She’s in
her own lain !! She good with out it"
** Reply 82. Dr Anggelos "In what category?"
** Reply 83. lambo T "Highly unlikely lol.......Entries are submitted by record
companies as well as members of the academy and are reviewed to determine
eligibility and category placement. The voting members of NARAS, through a
series of ballots, select five nominees for each award and ultimately the
winner; the voters cast ballots only in their areas of expertise.Feb 7, 2023"
** Reply 84. Franck Yound "Winning Grammys or not
doesn’t make you less of an artist. Know that"
** Reply 85. Confidence "Watch me win grammy b4 her"
** Reply 86. Freedom Accelerator: Manifest Your Dreams By FES "@BLACK BOY 🥺💙 Really? You don’t think she’s good enough
woooow. U must have done much more than her in your life. More power to you to
think the Star ain’t star enough for a Grammy hmmm"
** Reply 87. JOSPHAT THUO "Grammies are bought"
** Reply 88. Jessica Baks "She deserves it😍😍"
** Reply 89. Zanzibar "She's worth more than Grammy"
** Reply 90. Benson B "I'd much rather she perform on a world stage than win a
Grammy"
** Reply 91. Augustine zubby "She can but not with her music type unless she collabo with
a foreign artist that does an acceptable music for Grammy, but no doubt she’s
the best female artist in naija now, Tems just has grace"
** Reply 92. nvm nvm "Nope she has to step it up big time or be featured. Aunty
need to still pick a clear direction that can be taken seriously"
** Reply 93. The Nnungi Tv "But what's so big about the Grammys?!"
** Reply 94. Desi Ree "Y’all care too much about the Grammys."
** Reply 95. Rafaela "She don't need thier Grammy she is much more."
** Reply 96. Chukwuebuka Augustine Ude "I don't know what you people see in Grammy award, she don't
need it"
** Reply 97. haerins_meow "She doesn't need a Grammy, Grammy needs her"
** Reply 98. Glam You Girl "Why do you guys want Africans artist to win American awards
? Are their Nigerian award shows equal to American Grammys??"
** Reply 99. Glam You Girl "@Miracle Owen yes it’s nice to have but Grammy is not the
ultimate measure of success."
** Reply 100. TNaijaBoxing "We don't care about Grammy. The more you care the money
power they have over our music"
** Reply 101. Gwalah Early and family "She’s beyond grammy"
** Reply 102. Ayod Mary "abeg rest"
** Reply 103. alexivomwalukisa "Do you think is that easy"
** Reply 104. Linn Law11 "Not with this kind of song.she will win but not this song"
** Reply 105. Daniel Otieno "Why Grammy? To get white man's approval? Ayra has won our
hearts and that's enough. With or without a Grammy she is already Ayra STAR!
You can't take that away!"
** Reply 106. David Lawson "Make una forget Grammy na politics dem dey play now"
** Reply 107. ABDUL HAQEEM ADEGOKE "Last last na headlies she go win" -snip- "Headies" is the name of Nigeria's music awards.
** Reply 108. A_f123ro "She doesn’t need Grammy
Grammy needs her ❤"
** Reply 109. Jimin's flower "Grammys are unfair tho"
** Reply 110. MichaelVasco Iregbu (Mr. Numbers) "Yes Oh .. She sure will win a Grammy soon and even more
awards"
** Reply 111. eddy "She already won our heart"
** Reply 112. okuomose okuns "Naija Awards"
** Reply 113. Oyade A "Who told you she is looking for Grammy"
** Reply 114. Vim 23 "@Oyade A every artist"
** Reply 115. Vim 23 "Yess a Grammy"
** Reply 116. Tim Mouers "Go get your Grammy Ayra Starr, go get em shawty"
** Reply 117. z "You guys need to forget that sick institution"
** Reply 118. Mercy "People keep talking about winning a Grammy etc. That's a nice recognition but doesn't give any money. It is a music award. But there are many other music awards that are highly significant as well. She is already made with the audience, promotion, record label and doing what she loves. Winning a Grammy or not doesn't really do much else., but it is nice to do that too."
** Reply 119. Shamar Hubbard "I think African music should have their own awards the music is going up and we need something to represent it"
ASAKE, May 23, 2023 -snip- Statistics for this official YouTube video as of June 19, 2023 as of 5:19 PM EDT total # of views - 8,021,809 total # of comments - 4,861
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Edited by Azizi Powell
Latest revision - June 19, 2023 4:56 PM EDT
This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series about Africans and the United States' Grammy award.
The comments in this pancocojams post are from the discussion thread for Nigerian performing artists Asake's and Olamide's official May 2023 YouTube video entitled "Amapiano". That song is a fusion of Nigerian Afrobeats, South African Amapiano, African American Rap, and Nigerian Fuji by those two Nigerian recording artists. However, all of the comments about the Grammys in that particular YouTube discussion thread focus on Asake Many of those commenters predict that Asake will win a Grammy for that song. Some other commenters reject and/or ridicule that possibility for that particular song.
Some other commenters in that discussion thread share their opinion about the kinds of music that the Grammys honor and write that Asake music doesn't fit that criteria. Other commenters question or criticize Africans who believe that winning a Grammys is the highest honor for any African recording artist.
Several other commenters wrote that winning the Grammys is mentioned in (YouTube) discussion threads for other trending African contemporary recording artists.
In addition, several comments in this compilation refer to the Headies, a Nigerian music award or the BET awards, an African American award that includes music categories,or the People's Choice award, another United States award recognizing people in entertainment.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/06/comments-from-africans-about-grammy_20.html for Part II of this series. That post features comments from the discussion thread for Nigerian Afrobeats singer Ayra Starr's Feb. 2023 official YouTube video "Stability". Those comments are similar to those that are showcased in Part I of this pancocojams series.Some commenters write that they are certain that Ayra Starr will win a Grammy while others reject or ridicule that possibility. In addition, (as is the case in the discussion thread that is sampled in Part I of this pancocojams series), some commenters criticize the idea that Africans should want African singers/musicians to win Grammys. At least two commenters in that discussion example described that the Grammys are "a white man's award".
**** The content of this pancocojams post is presented for socio-cultural purposes, including Nigerian and other African cultures, examples of Nigerian Pidgin English, Nigerians and other Africans' opinions about those recording artists, as well as opinions and attitudes about the Grammys and about other music awards.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Asake and Olamide and all those who are associated with that song and that video. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post. -snip- An online list of Africans who have won Grammys (as of 2023) is included in the comment section for this pancocojams post.
How some Africans feel about the Grammys is particularly interesting in light of the decision by the Grammys to add a category for African music starting in 2024 instead of having that music compete in the "world music" category.
These comments are only a sample of the comments on this subject in that discussion thread. All of these comments are from 2023. These comments are presented in relative chronological order with the oldest comments given first except for replies.
Numbers are given for referencing purposes only. Brief explanations about some of the terms that are found in these comments are given below a few of these comments.
1. Scenas_ Blog "Asake will win Grammy awards one day if you believe gather
here to appreciate his Talent ❤"
** Reply 2. MakeOutHill "Dey play" -snip- The Nigerian slang saying "Dey Play" means something like "You got to be joking" ("You're playing about what you said"; You can't be serious". A number of commenters wrote that saying in this sub-thread. Click https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/cxwk8ldp7mno Popular
slangs wey trend for 2022 "For 2022, na music and internet viral videos influence wetin
Nigerians bin dey tok pass", 26 December 2022 for a Nigerian Pidgin English definition for "Dey Play".
** Reply 3. Sheyi Bryta "Lol. Grammy is overrated"
** Reply 4. Golden Coast "Grammy is the new gold."
** Reply 5. Esther Vanda "No be with this kind music lol"
** Reply 6. dauda femi daniel "@Sheyi Bryta 💯 and very bias"
** Reply 7. John Tracht "Him boss self never been nominated no be this Typ dem dey
find for Grammy" -snip- This comment refers to Olamide who discovered Asake and signed him to his record label.
** Reply 8. Arata Ayumu "@MakeOutHill 😂, he’s good but he
doesn’t sing Grammy songs , If you are talking about grammy, then talk about
Rema, bnxn, blaqbonez, fireboy"
** Reply 9. Iam Sacrozant "Lol davido we first win the Grammy award before asake David
adeleke to the world 001"
** Reply 10. John Tracht "@Iam Sacrozant I dey tell you I be 30bg normal but Grammy
still never sure for him talkless of Asake"
** Reply 11. Sugar Boy "Him will win Yoruba Grammy awards. Bcuz is only Yoruba dat
understand his music 🎵"
** Reply 12. vovi agnes "Not one day next year ishala"
** Reply 13. Deepcy "You’re mad"
** Reply 14. Sutaye E.j "@Sugar Boy 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I swear down"
** Reply 15. Urom Victor "We dont need grammy.
We are bigger than that."
** Reply 16. flowkidd "Everything is not Abt Grammy it's an ordinary award"
** Reply 17. Hijackstudios "@MakeOutHill he will and you will cry."
** Reply 18. MakeOutHill "@Hijackstudios lmao let’s be blunt here. What category do
you think he’ll get nominated in? Hell no bro there’s no way . He could get
recognized internationally but he winning a Grammy? Lmao y’all should wake up
na"
** Reply 19. Hijackstudios "@MakeOutHill the same way you didn't believe in yourself,
that left you stranded now, now putting the same negative energy on others.
Continue. Hope you have data, he will win grammy one day and you will watch it
with heart break."
This is another Yoruba pidgin street slang, ‘Werey’ in
Yoruba means acting irrationally or crazy. In totality “werey dey disguise”
means, the act of camouflaging or appearing or speaking out in contrast to what
you really mean people can see right through their being fake.
“Werey dey disguise” is usually accompanied by several
mimes, it is used when someone is acting up but you see through them.”…
** Reply 22. Tilly "You people are still on about this Grammy thing? Seeking
validation from the western world 🙄"
** Reply 23. Hundredz Investment Limited "U think say na one one word lyrics them Dey take win
Grammy?? With this one pattern 😂😂" -snip- I believe the standard American English transcription of that Nigerian Pidgin sentence is "You think that he'll win the Grammy with his one word lyrics?
** Reply 24. NARCO 1804 "He don’t need that sh-t!* That for them folks. He will be a
winner as long we support him❤" -snip- *This word is fully spelled out in this comment.
** Reply 25. Adetipe Abiodun "@MakeOutHill you will hear ad see it don't worry he will
win one day"
** Reply 24. MakeOutHill "@Adetipe Abiodun just Dey play"
** Reply 25. Faidat "We don't care. He has already made history!!!🎉🎉
Grammy is overrated"
** Reply 26. Mr Priceless "Real talk"
** Reply 27. Linda Waters "I believe too"
** Reply 28. Sammy Hero "How come I don’t believe"
** Reply 29. Rhod "With which song exactly??"
** Reply 30. danie 🦋 "Are you the one who said this on Rema too? cause y'all have
the same pfp and errthing
😂"
** Reply 31. David O. Daukoru "Your head empty"
** Reply 32. Abdulwasiu Toyin "How he wan win it person wey dey sing traditional song"
** Reply 33. Joseph Philemon "Him go win Grammy for sure him video them bad"
** Reply 34. McValiant23 "Àṣàkẹ́ occupies, satisfies and caters for a niche genre of
Afrobeats, not necessarily Grammy-level...but who cares!? We still love his
vibes, Grammy or not! ❤🤗👌"
** Reply 35. EnRobotics "How he wan take win am with this song?????!"
** Reply 36. iayyam "Guaranteed"
** Reply 37. Fabulous Empire "Inshallah u will on god"
** Reply 38. SAMNESS "Dey play 😂"
** Reply 37. SAMNESS "Na headdies be his calling" -snip- "Na" is a Yoruba word that means "is".
** Reply 38. Blackrock trading academy. "Grammy award na luck oo"
** Reply 39. KAMWEFU "His winning one this year"
** Reply 40. sammysamuel "For your mind" The standard African American way of saying this sarcastic saying is "In your mind".
** Reply 41. Kamogelo Meso "If he keeps at the rate he is at, it's a given.
He's an amazing act, a breath of fresh air in the Afrobeats
movement. ❤"
** Reply 42. Ebbah Precious "4 sure"
** Reply 43. Dera Silver "For your dream 😂😂😂" -snip- The standard African American way of saying this sarcastic saying is "In your dreams".
** Reply 44. Prince Chifundire "Nope"
** Reply 45. AIG "Stop looking outward for validation. If he wins, good, but
we don't need grammy to be our standard
please."
** Reply 49. owolabi amos "He can’t, he can win headies though"
** Reply 50. Kehinde Akomolafe "Dey play na bread"
** Reply 51.Abdul raheem olamide "Depending on the foreign artist features or was features by"
** Reply 52. TNaijaBoxing "African artist don't need Grammys. We don't need any
affirmation from America"
** Reply 53. onyejekwe oluchukwu "He will surely win. I believe in him 😊"
** Reply 54. Muritala Abiola "He will definitely get nominated this year if not wining sef"
** Reply 55. ephraim sakachi "Nah bro. My gee don't need that satanic award he good 💪💪🔥"
** Reply 56. Classic Gee "Ode .. u think Grammy
awards is fufu that any artist in Nigeria can win Abi when there's davido and
WizKid and Burna boy even rema can win this Grammy awards than to talk of him 😅" -snip- I think that "fufu" in this sentence means that something that is basic (ordinary). Fufu is a vegetable dish that is a stable in West Africa.
** Reply 57. Daniel Ubokudom "Not with this please"
** Reply 58. Rotimi Adido "Probably but not with this kind of music"
** Reply 59. Popcorn 🍿 comedy "Bro you write this comment on every trending song"
** Reply 60. Kelex Official "You just posting that everyone will win award"
** Reply 61. Victor ola "I've seen this comment on like 2 other naija artist song"
** Reply 62. Ebinezer Sillá "😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊"
** Reply 63. Chidi "Seriously sha"
** Reply 64. Taiwo Oluwatobi "If I have personal Grammy award I will deliberately give it
to Awake has the best amapiano afrobeat worldwide number one..as for me😊"
** Reply 65. Uriel Yo "You dey talk nonsense Sha intop amapino where rema dey Rema
way go Indian tour 🤣🤣🤣🤣
go rest"
** Reply 66. Bernard Wongibe "Understatement. Create a different award for him."
** Reply 67. Dankan Kandash "Kkk😮😮😮" -snip- “Kkk”= laughter (another way of writing "ha ha ha"
** Reply 68. Kaycee Collins "We neva see rema na asake 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄💀💀💀💀👎👎👎👎or
ayra starr,fireboy, buju,kizz daniel ,johhhy drile mtchew e wan like 🙄😂😂😂"
** Reply 69. Strive For Excellence " @Sugar Boy what kinda
nonsense is this. I’m Igbo and understand his music fully lol tf"
** Reply 70. 21.1K Views COLOZ
NICK " @Sugar Boy am a kenyan And I love his music very much"
This is a term used to describe someone regarded as a fool
or someone who is very gullible or being conned. For example, ‘you be maga’
means ‘you’re a fool’. But in this context – ‘my maga promise me hundred
thousand Naira’, it shows that the person who’s being referred to as the maga
is being conned."
** Reply 72. Dope Kholoski "Wtf thought he got grammyd already
Give him 2grammys 2asake❤"
** Reply 73. Ayomide Kayorde "Indeed Asake will surely have the Grammy Award with the way is getting over is mate Artist"
** Reply 74. Femi's Creativity "ASAKE will definitely win GRAMMY"
** Reply 75. Ibrahim Kargbo "Asake really you deserve to Grammy ❤❤❤❤❤❤ this song"
** Reply 76. Dannie Nellie "TBH this guy must win either a Grammy or BET"
** Reply 77. Evangelist christopher ayella "Asake is my one and only artist in 9j, Grammy Award winner next after Danini, wait and see"
** Reply 78. DarK TaleS "What's with Grammy thing that people keep mentioning,we are bigger than that"
** Reply 79. Marissa Hearne "EXACTLY... Grammy is NOT the standard!"
** Reply 80. Mallor Vee "On behalf of my Grammy winners ,is time for this master
piece to take over ❤"
** Reply 81. Deborah Fadoju "Asake will win Grammy😍🥰😍😍🥰"
** Reply 82. Brandy Crystal "Yes he used AUTHENTIC VIEWS to get the boost initially but now he is super talented that he will win Grammy one day !!! -snip- This is how this comment written in that discussion thread.
A few other commenters mentioned AUTHENTIC VIEWS. Based on those comments, my guess is that those are views are those that the record labels paid people to make.
** Reply 83. ntibuteba bolly "This's year Grammy it's yours"
** Reply 84. charles kawuma "He keep messing around will end up with a Grammy for sure"
** Reply 85. Kayode Seyi "Asake is really talented... 2024 Grammy awards owes you one..."
** Reply 86. Y. A. "Another good one from Asake ..... 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾.
This guy deserves the people's choice
award any and every time it is given ✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾.
He has no bad song or coloration. They are all 🔥🔥🔥🔥"
** Reply 87. Jakub J "And this year's psychiatric ward Grammy goes to Asake. I miss back in the days when you got somewhat smarter out of music."
