Lojay, a Nigerian recording artist, has stated that the Nigerian-owned award platform, the Headies Awards, is more important to citizens of the country than the world-renowned Grammy Awards event and other international award platforms.
Lojay argued that Nigerian artists would never be prioritised by international award bodies.
Speaking in a recent interview with Hip TV, the Grammy-nominated singer emphasised the need for Nigerian artists to embrace local awards.
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Lojay, who won the Best Male Vocal Performance award at the 17th Headies, said, “As much as the Grammys and other international awards are sweet, as a Nigerian, you can never becomea priority in a space that is not your own. We are advocating just to be put in Pop categories in the Grammys for actual pop songs. Tems made one of the most beautiful R&B albums last year, and they [Grammys] gave her Best African Music Performance award.
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“Why is she not being spoken about in the R&B, pop and Best Female categories? Because they have people from their own country that they feel deserve these awards and that’s okay. But what would help me as a Nigerian artist, is for example, for The Headies to be so well recognised that American artist win Headies award and come to Nigeria to receive the award. I would love a world when Travis Scott comes to Nigeria for the Headies. I don’t gain anything from the Grammys being bigger than The Headies. We here don’t gain anything from the Grammys being bigger. Everybody gains something from The Headies being bigger.
“I’m a big believer in Nigeria. I believe in Nigeria being better, I believe in Nigeria being stronger. I believe in our people and the things that we are doing going global. So, we should not look down on our own things.”
