Drama As Portable Mocks Asake, Davido, Others For Losing Grammy Award
Controversial Nigerian singer Habeeb Okikiola, also known as Portable, appears to have made disparaging remarks about his colleagues Ahmed Ololade, alias Asake, and other Nigerian artists who did not win Grammys on Sunday.
Tyla of South Africa won Best African Music Performance with her song “Water” over the artists.
Asake and Olamide received a nomination for their popular track “Amapiano.”
Although Portable did not mention name, he indirectly aimed the dig especially at Asake who is well recognised for singing Amapiano beat in Nigeria.
Also about two weeks earlier, Portable had made a video where he was mocking Asake, saying, “lonely at the top.”
In the recent viral video, he said “Make una too promote afro, when afro blow, you go blow too.”
He advised that artistes should go back to afro and call themselves ‘Afronation’.
Portable also said that if Afro did not ‘blow,’ “Nigerian artistes cannot collect [win] Grammy. South Africans have won Grammy, so leave them alone. The amapiano beat doesn’t belong to Nigerians, it belongs to the South Africans.”
This video came two days after Nigerian Grammy award nominees: Davido, Burna boy, Asake and Ayra starr failed to win the grammy award.
Portable concluded by saying “Ti afro o ba blow, e o le gba Grammy” translating to If Afro does not blow, you cannot win the grammy award.
