MTVEMAs strips Wizkid of 'Best
African Act' award
In a shocking turn of events, MTV
European Music Awards has
stripped Nigerian superstar,
Wizkid, of the “Best Africa Act”
award he won at the show which
held at the Ahoy Stadium,
Rotterdam, Netherlands, a couple
of days ago.
Wizkid
Alikiba
Wizkid was announced as the
winner of the coveted award
category a day before the actual
ceremony.
The MTV EMAs website now
reflects Tanzanian singer Alikiba
as the winner of the award while
Starboy Wizkid has deleted all
reference to him winning the
award from his social media
pages.
This is not the first time that
Wizkid and Alikiba will be at
loggerheads for recognition as
they are always engaged in a
supremacy battle. The two
artistes had a confrontation at
Chris Brown’s Mombasa Rocks
Music Festival in Kenya a couple
of weeks ago. At the event,
Alikiba claimed to be a bigger
star than Wizkid in Kenya.
An official statement issued by
MTV EMAs as regards the change
reads:
“MTV congratulates Alikiba who
has won Best African Act at the
2016 MTV EMAs. The news was
revealed November 10 after the
incorrect results for Best African
Act were posted late Sunday
night November 6 due to an
error.
“Six Worldwide Act winners,
including Wizkid, were selected
by an international committee of
MTV executives to recognize
current artists who are rising to
have a wider Geographic appeal
beyond their local region.
“The winners were chosen based
off a range of criteria including
international MTV video play,
radio airplay, streams and sales across
multiple territories and regions. The winner
of Best African Act was selected by fans via
votes on MTVEMA.com.”
An MTV spokesperson commented, “Both
Wizkid and Alikiba are great artists and
deserving winners at the MTV EMAS and we
congratulate them wholeheartedly on their
achievements. We apologise for any confusion
we have caused but we are pleased to
recognize the achievements of both these
artists on this global platform.”
“Thanks to MTV for this huge honour . It’s
very exciting to be recognized at the MTV
EMAs and I am delighted to bring home the
award to my fans in Tanzania and East Africa.
Thank you to my family and management,”
commented Alikiba.
Meanwhile, the Tanzanian act has spoken out
in condemnation of the series of attacks on
Wizkid following a mistake made by MTV
European Music Awards in an Instagram post.
It read,
“I am not happy with what has been
going on, on social media .I have a great
appreciation for Wizkid as a fellow artist and
as a fan. I am very disappointed and
saddened by the insults and attacks directed
at him, and I want to be very clear that I
condemn this behaviour and I believe none of
my true fans are part of this irrational
silliness and stupidity as they know I have
always had love for Wizkid