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Pls can you pls stop bringing this dude headies bullshi here.

EntPublisher001:
Its really unfair

They are not serious and indiscipline so they didn't know him well enough before they nominated him even if he kill somebody that is not ground for disqualification, Tupac and co with their thug life were still nominated and won awards.

Am I supposed to be sad by His Disqualification

Him body dey rest??

Headies Award is For Outstanding Performing Musicians And Not For NURTW Members . portable Should Wait For MC Oluomo NURTW Award

It is not only fair, but the Right thing, how can u threaten other normines , who does that, it is to discouraged such behavior from any quarter in d future.

If we nor they like bad thing,wetin concern portable and music talk less of nominations..Johnny Drille, 2face,Simi , Ebenezer Obey music done finish?.

He deserves to be reprimanded for threatening to kill other contestants.

We don’t give a Bleep

This is a very good decision. We should know we talk. Talking thrash does not make one a star. Promising death on other contenders should not be condoned. I support the decision with my full chest!
Portable should be advised to be calm, make his money, provide for his future instead of courting troubles

EntPublisher001:
Nigerians Woke up on the 26th of July to meet an announcement from The Headies Award stating their Disqualification of Nigerian Singer Portable from all Nominated Categories in the forthcoming Award Ceremony: the Headies 2022 scheduled to hold on 4th September. The news made the headline and trend for a few days and the Nigerian Music Listeners were divided between those who support the Disqualification of Portable by the Award organizers and those who don't. TrendyBeatz, as an unbiased platform, analyzes the disqualification and why it might be unfair in this article.


Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable and whom the streets adore as Omo Olalomi, came into the music limelight last December after one of his videos went viral. It was the perfect time when the street sounds needed a street music evangelist to reboot the wobey sound that has suffered a decline after the emergence of the afro-pop new generation of artists.

The video garnered massive acceptance and the lingua laced with the song "Zazoo Zeh" became the new slang. He enjoyed fame to the point that Olamide Badoo, whom the industry knows as the voice of the street collaborated with him, alongside Poco Lee. And ever since then, he has been the subject of virality - always in the news.

If portable isn't on the road creating scenes, he's somewhere behind his camera creating videos on Instagram throwing abusive words in Yoruba laced with curses and with the usual word standing out - "Akoi" (whatever that means)

Portable And Headies Disqualification Saga: The Backstory

Recall that on May 24, Portable bagged two nominations in two categories for the Headies Awards. One of them is the Rookie Of The Year category, in which are also nominated Fave, Ugoccie, AV, and Magixx. The other nomination is the Best Street Hop Artiste category, alongside the likes of Bella Shmurda, Mohbad, Naira Marley, etc.


Unfortunately, the usual Portable drama series got another plot twist on Tuesday when his usual antics of controversy took its toll on him. Earlier before the plot twist, Portable had received a public warning message from Headies to retract a statement he made after he released a controversial video on May 28. In the video making rounds on social media, Portable was seen uttering death-threatening words at his co-nominees, the singer said: “Those are my awards, anybody else who wins I will ask for them to be killed. I will ask them to kill the person. If the organizers give my award to someone else, they will die,” he said in Yoruba. “No go give my award to another person, he go die o.”

Immediately, Portable quickly released another video of him apologizing to Smooth Productions, the organizers of the Headies Awards, refuting everything he said and also acclaiming his craziness. He said: “Headies don nominate “madman” olorin. Streets ti take over. So make una give us our award o.

“No vex, bros! Bros, no vex! If I f*ck up, no be me first dey f*ck up. Plenty people don dey f*ck up. Abeg, I wan collect my award.”
It didn't stop there. Recently, Portable released another video of him shouting with all confidence that he established the notorious vicious gang, popularly known as "One million Boys". The video triggered a lot of online reactions and also made the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, order the Lagos police commissioner, Abiodun Alabi, to investigate Portable’s claim of being the leader of the two vicious gangs, and to take necessary legal actions on his claim.

Sometimes in June, a video also showed him and some of his guys seemingly assaulting a man called DJ Chicken. This scene was recorded somewhere in the Ilogbo area of Ogun State. This also got the state police’s attention. On June 20, Portable was ordered to turn himself in at the nearest police station which he complied with and was interrogated, then released on bail.


Headies Resolution: A Right Decision?

After the accumulations of all Portable's drama and controversial behaviors, The Headies finally announced that they have disqualified the singer from the categories in which he was nominated for the 15th Headies Awards scheduled to take place in Atlanta this September.

Just after the news of the final resolution by the most reputable and biggest global awards for Afrobeat Music in Africa, The Headies, the news sparked a lot of discussions and reactions online about how the resolution is the best and how it's not.
The Unpopular Opinion: Is It Not The Right Decision? One good thing to note is that, while this looks like a good move, Headies Award criteria, however, have never stated anywhere near the requirements that good character off the mic, is also a prerequisite for the honors. And if we are taking a moral stand now, and not separating the art from the artist, then fairness should swing the hammer fairly.

If we look across the nominations list. Are those people on the lists all saints and angels? Sugar, spice, and everything nice? A real salt of the earth collective?

Award shows like The Headies should not be gatekeepers of morality. The job is to cast shiny trophies and hand them over to people who have shown artistic distinction. A music award show.

A platform to celebrate artistic brilliance and not a moral tool for censoring behavior.

However, a second thought on the matter says otherwise: If such acts displayed incessantly by Portable are indulged, will it not be a bad representation of the value culture in the music industry? A bad influence on the little ones?

Do you think that's the best punishment for Portable's waywardness? Or do you think instead of punishing him with disqualification, he should be banned from traveling to the United States with the team to attend the award ceremony? Thereby, reprimanding the artist instead of the art.

What are your thoughts?

Source: TrendyBeatz

Inasmuch, I am not a fan of his sick music and lifestyle. It is unfair for disqualifying him.

They should delete him entirely from the NIGERIAN musical scene.

harmonyglobal:
Seriously unfair, the poor guy was probably catching Cruz with his words, don't think he really meant those words. We have had more real ones in the US and nobody got disqualified

Catching Cruz, by saying he is the founder of a notorious gangs, one million boys abi? Somebody wey dem suppose arrest and question.....
People close to him need to talk to him. Before he end up in serious tears....

Lol

Okobola146:
bed of the same feathers

your view

It is not period!

Whoever wrote the write up need to be intellectually examined. I didn't read it full to conclude that it was the ranting of a mad man.

You are talking about disqualification when he should be fully facing the justice in a court of law.

EntPublisher001:
Its really unfair

It is unfair to ban someone issuing death threat to rivals and organizers?
So is fair to be threatened by an 1DIOT,for daring to be nominated for an award?

Sleekfingers:
Inasmuch, I am not a fan of his sick music and lifestyle. It is unfair for disqualifying him.

So it is fair to threaten others with violence and death?
Una sense of fairness must be very warped..

Why was he even nominated in the first place

donbenie:
So it is fair to threaten others with violence and death?
Una sense of fairness must be very warped..

Whatever. That's my opinion

Advancedman:
They are not serious and indiscipline so they didn't know him well enough before they nominated him even if he kill somebody that is not ground for disqualification, Tupac and co with their thug life were still nominated and won awards.

How many of his co nominees did Tupac threaten to eliminate?
Una do just get am?
It is one thing to be a low life thug..
Like you said,it is not a good character contest..
It is another thing entirely,to start dishing out death threats to your co nominees
This Vagabond should not be pampered..

Sleekfingers:
Whatever. That's my opinion

You opinion sucks..
But then,what do you expect from someone with Portable as a role model..
Birds of a feather..

Him dey fly colour,@ last pics. You want collect!

EntPublisher001:
Nigerians Woke up on the 26th of July to meet an announcement from The Headies Award stating their Disqualification of Nigerian Singer Portable from all Nominated Categories in the forthcoming Award Ceremony: the Headies 2022 scheduled to hold on 4th September. The news made the headline and trend for a few days and the Nigerian Music Listeners were divided between those who support the Disqualification of Portable by the Award organizers and those who don't. TrendyBeatz, as an unbiased platform, analyzes the disqualification and why it might be unfair in this article.




The video garnered massive acceptance and the lingua laced with the song "Zazoo Zeh" became the new slang.

What are your thoughts?

Source: TrendyBeatz

I don't see how that song can be described as having "massive acceptance". It may have been made popular, but not necessarily accepted in that sense.

IT HAPPEN TO zinadan Zidan so no be big deal.

Life threatening messages is dangerous for all

He should be disqualified

Morals MUST begin to matter even in giving awards.

if only Portable could have sense lol

Hezmatosky:
You don chop since morning so?

You want feed am?

Looking deep into this the disqualification kind of seems unfair because He wasn't proven guilty yet just like Burna Boy had a case of a shootout at Club Cubana but wasn't disqualified. The disqualification also seemed like it was the correct punishment because a brand would disassociate itself if one of it brand influencers were to mention something like being the one that started the notorious "One million boys" group.