The Recording Academy, organisers of Grammy Awards have received harsh criticism on social media for calling Wizkid and Rema, two of the biggest names in Nigerian afrobeat music an "up-and-coming artiste".
The Academy faced harsh criticism from Nigerians on Instagram after designating two of the top artists with global recognition as up-and-coming.
In an Instastory post that questioned, “Who is an up-and-coming Black artist everyone should have on their radar?” the Recording Academy mentioned Wizkid and Rema.
However, many Nigerians found the choice offensive, especially Wizkid's fans, who saw it as insulting given the singer's position as one of Africa's most talented musicians.
A social media user wrote in reaction, “Forget stanship this is actually disrespectful considering Wizkid is a top three afrobeats artiste.”
Another user added, “Wiz kid up and coming ke? Is Grammy mad?”
“Wizkid isn’t up-and-coming, tf?” one @oxfybi wrote.
