Celebrities React and Criticize to the Canal 2021 Awards nomination lists and categories. The Canal D’or 2021 awards have once again drifted from our expectations. This time, the nominees and various categories have left both celebrities and fans with mixed and overwhelming feelings.
While some have praised the awards’ nomination list. Others have been very vocal about their disappointment and loss of faith in the industry.
Criticisms have gone on and beyond the shores of the social media platforms about the bias nature of the award. And how unfavourable it is towards anglophone artists. This has carried on as a couple of celebrities have voiced their disbelief in the list of nominees. Celebrities React and Criticize Canal D’or 2021 Awards.
One of them is popular Artist Magasco who went on to write, ” I feel like my name Bamenda boy worry eh, weda I for just change to Graffi one time?…” Indirectly implying to his belief of the biased nature as he did not make it to the list. Fans have opted for a solution of creating a separate award system for the anglophones.
Cameroonian rapper Askia has voiced her concerns. In her words, “…A country where rappers have zero respect or recognition. So many years of complete disregard. So many things wrong with this country Cameroon…” She went on to advise Cameroonian rappers to look to foreign countries as their target market.
While it is true that the awards featured a variety of categories, it has been stated and brought up that some categories apart from the aforementioned have been left out of the list. Also, some people think that some nominees have been put into the wrong categories.
A clear example is Cameroon Tik Tok influencer Diana Bouli. The TikTok influencer received a lot of backlashes as she took to her social media account to express her joy after being nominated for the category of Best Web Comedian. Many argued that she is not a comedian while others gave different views on the meaning of Comedy and gave their support.
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Facebook users reaction on the point that the Tiktok influencer Diana doesn’t fall under their category (Web comedian)
Below are images of some celebrities reactions and criticisms to 2021 Canal D’or Awards nominations.
Video Director Adah Akenji, a nominee in the Category of “Best Videogram” has decided to boycott the award because Magasco was not nominated.
