By Felicia Odom 13.4.2026
Afrobeats singer Kingsley Chinweike Okonkwo a.k.a Kcee has revealed his frustration at being overlooked by the music industry’s award organisers in Nigeria and elsewhere.
Kcee who bared his mind in an interview with Afrobeats intelligence said he is unhappy that awards organisers keep ignoring him despite his contributions to the music industry.
“I grew up in an industry that wasn’t fair to me. There wasn’t any attention given to me at any moment. I was doing a lot that the industry wasn’t recognising,” said Kecee.
However, he noted that music fans were his consolation.
“The fans were the ones who were behind me. I did a lot of work; they were not nominating me for awards. “And I cried; I was pained. Right now, when I win awards, or you don’t nominate me, I don’t care. I prefer the rewards to the awards.”
Kcee also spoke about the success of his track ‘Limpopo’, expressing his gratitude for the global recognition it gave him.
“So, when ‘Limpopo’ came, oh, I was in tears. I was like, no, God has answered my prayer. He took me to the global market straight. After all the years I’ve worked with Presh, that’s like the biggest record I’ve ever done. I dropped ‘Ojapiano’ like today, the next day, it was doing 120,000 videos on TikTok in one day. And it happened for seven days non-stop. That’s organic. The white people were vibing to it.”