By Kamil Opeyemi
Popular Nigerian artiste, David Adeleke, known as Davido has congratulated South African female rapper, Tyla, for emerging victorious in the inaugural Best African Music Performance category at the 66th Grammy Awards ceremony.
Davido who is a first-time Grammy nominee was nominated in three categories.
He, however, lost the ‘Best African Music’ category to Tyla’s ‘Water’, ‘Best Global Music Performance’ to ‘Pashto’ by Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain featuring Rakesh Chaurasia, and ‘Best Global Album’ to Shakti’s ‘The Moment’.
Tyla’s song, ‘Water’ came top against ‘Amapiano’ by Asake and Olamide; ‘City Boys’ by Burna Boy. ‘Unavailable’ by Davido featuring Musa Keys; and ‘Rush’ by Ayra Starr.
Reacting to the development in the early hours of Monday via his X handle, the ‘Assurance’ crooner express his joy, despite losing out on all three nominations.
“Congratulations on your win @Tyllaaaaaaa! Big One for africa! Keep soaring! Davido wrote