Supermodel Naomi Campbell has congratulated Beninise legend, Angelique Kidjo on her Grammy win as well as sending a shoutout to Burna Boy, telling the music star that “You are always a winner in our hearts”.
Naomi went further to also point out to the Grammy’s Award organisers the Recording Academy, that the “Afrobeat” is an entire genre on its own and should be treated as such and not fused into the World Music Category any longer.
In an Instagram post, Naomi Campbell who is obviously disappointed in the Grammys misrepresentation of the Afrobeat and placed in the category “World Music”, rather the Afrobeat should have it’s own Afrobeats Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year and all the subcategories that other regular genre have – just as any other respected and recognized musical genre.