A popular disc jokey, who goes by the name Dj
Timmy has reacted to the Headies 2015 awards which has generated a lot
of controversies on the social media.
The respected DJ, in an open letter, revealed that the Headies award
is not one to be rated high as it breeds bad blood among music artistes
and relegates a few others who do not get to win any award.
His letter is coming on the heels of the spat between Olamide, the
YBNL boss and his Mavin records counterpart, Don Jazzy, over who is the
actual winner of the coveted ‘next rated’ award.
Mavin’s Reekado Banks had been adjudged the winner during the
presentation, a development which did not go down well with Olamide, as
he insisted that his boy, Lil Kesh deserved the award more.
According to the ‘Eyan Mayweather’ crooner, Lil Kesh’s three singles
were all hits back-to-back and is a better candidate than Reekado, who
Olamide says has not released any hot track since he began his career.
Read his open letter as obtained by Green News:
When i wrote my first open letter to Headies on December 29,
2013, the majority opinions i got was that i was correct while others
felt i was just an “Attention seeker”.
Headies as an award should be credibile and not just over hyped.
We have hundreds of award shows every year in Nigeria and they are not
as controversial as this one. Headies as an award are still not
appreciating certain artiste, producers, entertainers and Dj’s who work
24/7 to make sure they bring out the best. They give us the impression
that once you are not nominated or you do not win, you have not started
your career;This is a BIG LIE. Over the years, All Ayo Animashaun and
HipTv family have proven that it is Money over Integrity and that is why
he always ignores the choices of majority of Nigerians or could it be
that they innocently don’t even know what they are doing?
I am not here to analyse the faults of headies in full but you
can read the other complains on twitter with the hashtag
#TheHeadies2015.
Firstly, I noticed your hall was half empty. Your live broadcast
that you always brag about had the picture quality of NTA channel 10 and
your technical crew were going offline every time things became awkward
and they immediately have to switch to “lyrics on the go” to cover up
your shame. I watched BET African awards live and Mtv and i can see a
very huge difference in all aspects. You still have a lot to learn.
Another disturbing fact is that headies as an award is
creating bad blood among colleagues in the Nigerian music scene.
Headies is the reason why we have not seen collaborations among certain
musicians. Tell me why Phyno,Davido, Falz, Solidstar and many other
music producers and artiste who have been topping charts this year where
not recognized?
Next Rated
Now Of all the categories, this is the only one worth arguing
over.Even though this is not a voting category, I stand by million of
Nigerians to say that Lil Kesh or Kiss daniel deserve the award. What
are the reasons? Lil Kesh has more hit tracks, Swag, Stage performance,
Composure and in the long run Lil Kesh may last longer for years to
come. Infact, i will rather invest N10m on Lil kesh career than
Reekado’s. That is not to say Reekado is not hardworking or he does not
have the talent but lil kesh has that special something. Infact Reekado
still does not have any Hit track to date. Yes !!!!! I say that with all
sense of authority. Songs like Corner, Sugar baby, Catapult are NOT hit
tracks, they are just popular and they could have gone National but
they are NOT hit tracks. Dont confuse a popular song with a Hit track.
Let me explain, As a DJ if i dont play “Gbese” “Efejoku” “Shoki” “Reggae
Blues” “Woju” “Laye” “Godwin” at any party, i will have loads of people
coming to request for them but people dont disturb me if i do not play
Reekado banks songs.
Do you get the point? In fact another proof Reekado still does
not own a hit track is that an average Nigerian parent who do not follow
music still know songs like “Woju” “Bobo”, “Ojuelegba” and “Efejoku”.
While i was writing this, i played reekado’s songs to the older
generation and they claimed never to have heard them.
YBNL VS MAVIN
This was actually the most interesting part of the show for those
who stayed awake to attend or watch the show. Now the beef is official
and it is part of the bad blood that headies have caused. Olamide was
not referring to anybody in particular during Adekunle Gold’s acceptance
speech but Don Jazzy had to mention Olamide’s name and the beef became
real on twitter with Olamide referring to the Don as a “Bastard”. Don
jazzy should NOT have mentioned Olamide’s name in the first place and
saying “he should come and collect the car if he wants”. Now people are
taking sides and everyone saw when Olamide threw the microphone away and
his beloved “red cup’ he poses with in almost all his music videos. In
my own view, It shows how unruly and empty he is intellectually. Olamide
wants to be a Kanye west so bad and he feels he can do anything and go
scott free. This was the same guy who cursed Linda Ikeji for reporting a
story about his “love child” and claimed it was a rumour till we
confirmed it was actually true. Baba Miliano (Olamide) your alter ego
Kanye west started becoming responsible when he gave birth, when will
you stop sounding like a thug in your songs and be a role model for
those who are watching you? You refer to yourself as a Rapper but i say
it to your face that you are now a bloody singer so shut up. I wonder
why you where not nominated in the R&B category since you are now a
professional singer.
Back to the Mavins, If we look at this from another angle,
Reekado needs the car more than Lil kesh since Olamide already bought
Kesh a black Range Rover sport around March, 2015. Instead of Jazzy to
buy his “children’ (as he refers to his label mates) a car, he will be
giving out free recharge card on twitter to buy peoples heart. At least
Reekado, Korede and Di’ja will stop going around lagos with Cabs. It
should be noted that Davido is also a major cause of this, he tweeted it
some months back that Lil Kesh should pull a “Kanye” on Headies if he
does not win. Kesh was probably too timid so his oga OluwaKanye Olamide
did the dirty job and refered to that as “Fighting for the poor boy”
In conclusion
All Nigerian artiste and producers, do not place your hope on
the Headies which should now be referred to as “The Leggings”. Do not
say because you where not recognized it means you are not trying, keep
doing what you are doing and let the headies keep on doing what they are
known for – NONSENSE.. !!! Do not forget to send your insults and
blessing to the writer @Baddestdjtimmy and tell me exactly how you feel.
I also need someone to clear this please, Don Jazzy said ” The
organizers told him to call Reekado to come…So he left Alibaba’s show”
Does that mean he knew Reeky was going to win that category? Cynthia
Morgan was absent and i am sure the organisers did not tell Jude Okoye
to tell Cynthia Morgan to rush down there. You be the judge !!!!!
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