Afrobeats singer CKay has narrated how some of colleagues turned him down when he reached out to them on the collaboration of his hit song \u2018Love Nwantiti\u2019.<\/p>\n
Speaking in the latest episode of the Afrobeats Podcast, the singer also said he couldn\u2019t understand why \u2018Love Nwantiti\u2019 never won any award in Nigeria despite racking over a billion streams and scooping dozens of awards abroad.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cI have my reservations about awards in general. Because I feel there\u2019s so much involved. And the people who run the awards, I don\u2019t know them or their motives. I have seen so many situations where music that is deserving doesn\u2019t get any recognition. Not just the Grammys, even [Nigerian awards] back home.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s interesting that \u2018Love Nwantiti\u2019 that\u2019s 6x platinum, has no award in Nigeria. I don\u2019t know if I would use the word shameful. It\u2019s interesting because it begs so many questions. That\u2019s why I have my reservations about awards.\u201d<\/p>\n
CKay continued: \u201cI would like to believe that there\u2019s a lot of love in the [Nigerian music] industry, but unfortunately, I don\u2019t think I am correct. I feel I\u2019m very open. I mean, I\u2019m not open like that.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo be fair, I am a reserved person. But in terms of collaborations, I have had so many situations where I tried to collaborate with some people in the industry but they were acting funny even After \u2018Love Nwantiti.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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