Headies denies rejecting Wizkid’s ‘More Love, Less Ego’ nominee application
Organisers of the Headies Awards, have debunked rumours that Nigerian superstar singer, Wizkid submitted his latest album, ‘More Love, Less Ego’, for the 16th Headies’ nominations but got declined.
Headies released the nomination list for the 2023 edition of the annual award show on July 12, with Burna Boy having the most nominations which amounted to 11. Netizens couldn’t help but notice that Wizkid’s name was conspicuously absent from all the categories.
The news triggered mixed reactions on the internet, as this is the first time in 12 years that Wizkid has not been nominated for a Headies award.
A Twitter user @DerrickBugatti shared a screenshot of an alleged Instastory post by Animashau, where the CEO allegedly explained that Wizkid submitted his album for nomination..
“To everyone complaining, Wizkid’s MLLE album was actually submitted to Headies but got declined because we are not accepting just anything, maybe he should work hard for next year!” the Instastory post read.
In reaction through his verified Instagram page, Ayo Animashaun, the CEO of Smooth Promotions dismissed the viral report credited to him, adding that it was photoshopped.
Sharing a screenshot of the post, Animashaun wrote; “This is malicious! It’s photoshop. Fake! Not me.”
See the post below:
Also, in a video making the rounds online, content creator and artiste, Carter Efe lashed out at the organisers of the 16th Headies’ award over the released nominations list.
Carter Efe broke down in tears while talking about how his name deserves to be on the list of nominees. He bragged that Machala was the biggest song in the country.
He issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the Headies to change the entire list and include his name, warning that they ‘should not try me’.
In the same note, Erigga took to his Twitter account to speak up after he was allegedly snubbed by the Headies.
According to Paper Boi, the Headies Awards failed disrespects the south-south too much and it failure to recognise musicians from the region was something he could not tolerate.
He shared a poster of his 2019 EP, The Erigma II and noted that he’s been boycotting the Headies award since that time.
“Na from here I don take boycott all these fuckers (headies) the disrespect was too much for the south-south to take …. If you don’t like us and not going to respect our craft then it’s fxck you and everything u represent that’s it,” Erigga tweeted.
