Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Two Other Nigerian Stars Bag 2022 NAACP Award Nominations
Nigerian music artistes, Wizkid, Fireboy, Tiwa Savage, Omah Lay, including Ghanaian singer Kidi, were on Tuesday night nominated for the NAACP Image Awards in the Outstanding International Song category, organised by the National Association for Advancement of Colored People.
Wizkid was nominated for his “Essence”, featuring Tems and Justin Bieber, while Fireboy DML was nominated for his hit song, “Peru”.
Tiwa Savage’s “Somebody’s Son”, featuring Brandy, gained her nomination, while Kidi and Omah Lay received nominations for their song, “Touch it”, and “Understand” respectively.
The 53rd NAACP Image Awards celebrate outstanding achievements and performances of people of color all over more than 80 competitive categories from film, television; plus streaming, music, literature, and podcasts.
The 2022 NAACP Image Awards were announced on Tuesday in a virtual event on NAACP’s Instagram channel, hosted by actress Kyla Pratt, Black-ish actor, Marcus Scribner, and singer Tinashe.
The winners will be announced during the two-hour live television special, which will be hosted by seven-time NAACP Image Awards winner, Anthony Anderson, showing on Saturday, February 26, 2022, at 8:00 PM ET/PT on BET.
