Nigerian Afrobeat singer Ayra Starr has responded to those trolling her for not securing a Grammy nomination.
Kemi Filani reported on Friday that the Grammy released its list of nominations for the 67th Grammy Awards. Rema and Tems had earned nominations for Best Global Album. The 2025 GRAMMY Awards, will take place Sunday, Feb. 2. The ceremony will be held at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Ayra Starr, who submitted her album, “The Year I Turned 21,” for Global Music Album, got rejected by the Grammy Award organizers. Also, YBNL signee Asake, who submitted Lungu Boy for the Global Music Album, was rejected as well.
Following this, many took to Twitter to troll Ayra Starr especially after she claimed she was the one carrying Afrobeat on her back.
Responding to them, Ayra shared several memes as she told them to relax. In another tweet, she noted how Tweeps were seriously cooking her and dragging her.
See some reactions below,
One Oluwa Buzzo wrote, “You all will think she is engulfing cruise, but if she pukes out what’s in her guts you’d be surprised it contains pains
One Onyinye Chukwu wrote, “I like the way she’s not taking it too seriously. She’s just catching a cruise
One Y’all Meet Chuks wrote, “But she really worked so hard this year as she worked so hard. I love you
One Baddie Kimmy K wrote, “Ayra is very talented and super-succesful. A Grammy would never define her or her career! She’s a star and that’s all that matters
One Zalins_01 wrote, “Why stressing her? When their favorite can’t even win the award
One Monal_ia wrote, “Her replies are top notch
One Jenn_oluebube wrote, “But why the shade? She is that girl and that’s on period!!”.
The mockery of Ayra Starr is coming months after she lamented over carrying Afrobeats on her back. The Mavins singer, in a tweet,, revealed that she can’t stand straight again, because her waist was bent from carrying Afrobeats on her back this year.
Despite the Grammy nomination loss, Ayra has made a mark since entering the music industry. The Mavins singer scored a major milestone in her career with a BET Award nomination, this year, for the Best New Artist award category. The ‘Commas’ singer had also gotten a past nomination from the Grammys; although she didn’t win, it remains a huge achievement.
In June, in a sit-down interview with Spotify, Ayra revealed the connecting dots in her life that led to stardom at a young age. She stated that at the age of ten, she knew she would be famous like the fictional Disney character Hannah Montana, even though she didn’t know how she would achieve that.