Nigerian artist Ibrahim Olawale, also known as Brymo, has opened up after losing the All- Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA.
Recall that some social media solicited the award organizers to drop Brymo from their awards nominations after he waged a war against the presidential seeker of the Labour Party, Peter Obi saying that an Igbo administration would be a “ pipe dream ” because of the drive for Biafra.
As long as there( are) addresses by prominent people from Igboland about Biafra, an Igbo administration will be a pipe dream, he twittered.
After about,000 had inked the solicitation to be removed from the award list, Brymo rendered an reason to the public but ultimately lost the awards to Mali- grounded Iba One.
In an interview with Cable, Brymo bared that he wanted to win that award before that solicitation could go viral. He added that his loss wasn't associated with Southeast brouhaha but was the result of a number of factors.
He also blazoned his withdrawal from the music space making him unqualified for the award.
In his words;
“ I suppose, months ahead, I ’d blazoned that I was no longer a musician and that I was rather a sonic artist. It meant I was no longer eligible for awards that musicians get.
“ still, AFRIMA nominated my work ‘ Esan ’, so I forgot all that and looked forward to the event. But in verity, I ’m no longer a songster so I did n’t want it.
“ There’s a songwriting order but they should n’t nominate sonic artists. I was looking forward to it anyway, and also commodity happed. I got into trouble talking about Biafra leaving and staying.
“ So, I stayed out of AFRIMA and did n’t attack the award subsequently. Not winning had nothing to do with southeast fracas. Everything only just came together. ”
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