Natacha Akide, also known as Tacha, the Big Brother Naija reality show star and on-air personality, defends her views about rappers Blaqbonez and Odumodublvck being “upcoming artistes.”
She made the clarification during her appearance on the most recent episode of Cool FM’s Big Friday Show With Tacha.
Tacha responded to the outrage on social media with a video statement, emphasising that her words were not meant to be condescending.
She supported her claim further by citing the definition of ‘upcoming artiste’ from a search engine.
“An episode from the Big Friday Show has gone viral and there’s no amount of insult I’ve not gotten. Everybody is saying, ‘Tacha called Blaqbonez an upcoming artiste. Tacha called Odumodublvck an upcoming artiste.’
“If I called them upcoming artistes, tell me, what is wrong with using the term upcoming artistes? I rushed to Google to see the meaning of the term upcoming musician: ‘Upcoming musicians are those singers that are no longer new because they have been around for some time and promising to make it big.’
“Now, how is me calling Blaqbonez an upcoming artiste me putting him down or being condescending? Blaqbonez is my guy, Odumodu is my guy, Shallipopi…”