There’s A Deliberate Attempt To Deny Davido A Grammy Award – Oyemmyke

Popular social commentator, Oyemmyke, has said that there is a deliberate attempt not to give Grammy Awards to Nigerian singer, Davido. He recently had his say via his social media page, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he can only question why it was Tyla who won the “Best African Music Performance” award at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards because Davido‘s song with Omay Lay owned 2025.

Oyemmyke concluded by blaming Nigerians for placing far too much importance on the Grammys.

His words, “Tyla again?!! Don’t get me wrong, I think Tyla is a fantastic musician but not last year. Davido’s ‘With you’ owned last year.

That was the song of the summer all around the world. At this point, they do not want to give Davido the Grammys.

Sentiments aside. I think he needs to give it up because that’s Davido’s biggest record in the last seven years and that’s because Davido has records but with you?

This would have been a great opportunity for Omahlay and even if Davido didn’t get it at all, I thought this would have been AyraStarr’s turn.

At the end of the day its our fault because we put too much respect on this Grammys.”

WOW.

David Adedeji Adeleke (born November 21, 1992), who is better known as Davido, is an American-born Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. Davido was born in Atlanta, US, and raised in Lagos; he made his music debut as a member of the music group KB International. He studied business administration at Oakwood University before dropping out to make beats and record vocal references. Davido rose to fame after releasing “Dami Duro”, the second single from his debut studio album Omo Baba Olowo (2012), from which six additional singles—”Back When”, “Ekuro”, “Overseas”, “All of You”, “Gbon Gbon”, and “Feel Alright”—were taken. In 2012, Davido won the Next Rated award at The Headies. Between 2013 and 2015, he released the hit singles “Gobe”, “One of a Kind”, “Skelewu”, “Aye”, “Tchelete (Goodlife)”, “Naughty”, “Owo Ni Koko”, “The Sound” and “The Money”.

In May 2014, Davido criticized the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) after missing his flight to London, and accused them of pestering him for money. On May 11, 2014, the PR officer for the NIS denied Davido’s allegations and said they did not issue him an exit permit because he did not have the correct travel documents with him.

On April 6, 2012, Nigerian Entertainment Today reported Davido had signed a ₦30 million endorsement deal with MTN. The deal unveiled him as the face of MTN Pulse, a marketing campaign aimed at Nigerian youth. On October 24, 2013, Pulse Nigeria reported Guinness Nigeria had signed Davido for an endorsement deal. As part of the deal, Davido performed at the Guinness World of More Concert alongside artists including P-Square, D’banj, Wizkid, Ice Prince, Burna Boy, Olamide, Phyno, Chidinma, Waje and Tiwa Savage. On May 9, 2018, Guardian Life reported Davido had signed an endorsement deal with Infinix Mobile, a Hong Kong-based smartphone manufacturer.