Do2dtun Slams Tyla Over Receiving VMA Afrobeat Award

Following her victory speech at the 2024 VMA Awards, South African artist Tyla came under fire from Nigerian on-air personality Do2dtun.

Tyla received the Best Afrobeats Award. She was nominated with Tems, Ayra Starr, Davido, and Burna Boy.

Despite the genre’s enormous success and impact, Tyla criticized the African artists who are collectively grouped under the Afrobeats umbrella during her speech at the event.

She went on to say that she was an Amapiano singer, not an Afrobeats singer.

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Do2dtun responded to her remark by slamming her for winning an award that, in light of her Amapiano claim, didn’t reflect her art in a string of posts on his X account.

He wrote, “Aunty @tyla aka am not Afrobeats, I am Amapiano. We have heard you but your song “Water” is not amapiano either. If you thought you were categorized in a wrong category, you should have given the award back or denounced the nomination.

“You clearly took an award that didn’t represent you or your sound from that statement you made.”