‘Music industry was not fair to me,’ Kcee cries out

Afrobeats singer Kingsley Chinweike Okonkwo, popularly known as Kcee has spoken up on being snubbed by award organizers in the music industry.

The artist, while speaking in an interview with Afrobeats intelligence, explained that being overlooked despite his contribution to the music industry took a toll on him.

Kcee added that although he learnt to detach himself from seeking external validation, there was a time he cried because of the lack of attention.

“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. 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,” he stated.

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,” he added.