Total frustration is boiling over within the Nigerian music scene because the latest American award show completely snubbed local talent.
Economic exploitation and carrot-dangling
Economic exploitation and carrot-dangling
- Cobhams Asuquo joked that the ceremony exists just to pad Californian bank accounts.
- He feels like organizers trick performers by promising trophies that never actually arrive.
- The producer suggested that international validation is basically a trap for his peers.
- Asuquo wants everyone to stop chasing approval from a distant industry board.
- Cobhams Asuquo thinks the country needs to create its own massive recognition system.
- He argued that building local stages would force the world to come here.
- The musician used the Super Bowl to show how Americans celebrate themselves.
- It is clear that he wants a structure where home turf winners matter.
