Yemi Alade, Fuse ODG Slam BET Awards

African stars Fuse ODG, Dencia and Yemi Alade have called out BET over its habit of excluding nominated African musical acts from the actual awards ceremony, giving them their awards back stage, or in some cases, five hours before the actual event.

Yemi Alade, who was one of the nominees in Best International Act Africa’ category, which was won by Ghanaian dancehall artist Stonebwoy, criticised BET Awards via her instagram page. She wrote:

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Dencia further shared her thoughts on instagram saying:

“While u were worried about my outfit?your faves were waiting to give a speech in front of empty chairs with pictures at an award show made for black people.I wish y’all will be telling BET to fix that.Two years ago i spoke about that I was called a hater..FYI awards don’t come with money & awards don’t mean anyone is better than anyone (After all I have seen amazing artists get beat by not so good artists) so while u worried about me getting an award I am worried about where I’m gonna drive my Rolls Royce wraith to but for those of you who care I think African artists should be treated equally (like the American artists) how are you bringing cultures together if u aren’t putting them together officially? If the Oscars did the same thing all I’ll hear is racism..now take ur remaining data and help ur brethren (when they show u the awards in Africa it is edited to look like it was given in front of everyone)”