Some Nigerians on social media have expectedly reacted to Tiwa Savage’s savage response to Motolani Akale, an entertainment journalist, with online platform Pulse that criticized her “Celia” album and referred to her as a “struggling brand”.
THEWILL recalls that Time Magazine 2020 nominated Tiwa’s album as one of the top 10 albums of the year.
Motolani however, wrote a controversial article where he also described her career as “failing”.
He wrote: “In the wake of @TiwaSavage’s inclusion on @TIME’s list of the best albums of 2020 and the twitter storm she created, it feels like the right time for this opinion piece on her brand and the larger issue of ‘Mungo Parking’.
According to Motolani, Tiwa’s recent inclusion in UK Time Magazine’s Best 10 Albums of 2020 is “Mungo Parking”, meaning a feat achieved through “Paid promotion, misinformation and/or ignorance”.
Tiwa however responded via Twitter as follows: “You know how to diss out but you no fit take am when someone speaks up. Struggling brand ke. Even my son bagged more money than your whole company @OneMotolani @PulseNigeria247.”
“Guy you came to my house to do interview then you asked for pictures. Bitch you are a fan. Fuck you @onemotolani.”
Below are some reactions from some fans on Twitter:
Chi baby@Lauretta_Ogbu wrote: “I really don’t like the disrespect Tiwa savage goes through in the industry. If it’s not undermining her work, it’s the hateful criticisms. I can’t help but feel that people see her as an easy target because she’s a woman.”
HG2@HG2films wrote: “Somebody should tell TIWA SAVAGE THAT I LOVE HER. Titans like fight sha… we left our tag to go and attend to Tiwa Savage’s violence.”
Slay Queen@duchesskk wrote: “The articles about Tiwa read like an attack on her person, nothing concrete about her music, just shots and shots.”
SelfLove@Ms_Fej wrote: “But what’s Tiwa Savage’s offence to Pulse and Motolani? That article obviously came from a place of hate.”
Lord Ozai@Danielmayowa7 wrote: “Honestly, the person, motolani goes after everyone indiscriminately. And he had some harsh but fair points.”
MOELOGO@moelogo wrote: “The hate a few people give Tiwa is unwarranted. If you don’t like the music or it ain’t your taste or the norm you’re used to it’s fine but to say otherwise is just pure hate. She’s no1 and nothing / no1 will change that or her glory.”
#EndSars@Olayinkanath1 wrote: “If you understand music well, you will know that Tiwa’s album is far better than any other album you can think of in this last quarter of their year.”
Mz Kiss@OfficialMzKiss wrote: “The rate at which women are being disrespected in our industry is alarming. how can you sit and write such hateful and disrespectful thing about Tiwa, Motolani!!! Shame on you.”
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