Musa Keys and Davido’s Hit ‘Unavailable’ Gets MTV VMAS Nomination in Newly Introduced Afrobeats Category

Musa Keys and Davido’s Hit ‘Unavailable’ Gets MTV VMAS Nomination in Newly Introduced Afrobeats Category

  • South African amapiano star Musa Keys and Nigerian singer Davido have been nominated in the MTV VMAs
  • The stars were nominated for their collaboration Unavailable in the recently introduced Afrobeats category
  • Davido and Musa Keys were nominated alongside other heavyweights, including Wizkid, Burna Boy, Rema and Ayra Starr

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Musa Keys is flying the South African flag high, and we are here for it. The star recently made history when he was nominated for an MTV VMAs award alongside Davido for their song Unavailable.

Musa Keys and Davido get nomination
Musa Keys and Davido’s ‘Unavailable’ was nominated in the MTV VMAs Afrobeats category. Image: @musakeys and Getty Images
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Musa Keys and Davido get MTV VMAs nomination

Congratulations are in order for South African singer Musa Keys and Nigerian superstar David "Davido" Adeleke who recently bagged an MTV VMAs nomination for their hit single Unavailable.

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Davido and Musa Keys' song Unavailable was nominated in the Afrobeats category which was introduced this year. The stars were nominated alongside some of the African continent's finest including Burna Boy, Ayra Starr, Wizkid, Rema, Fireboy DML, Libianca and Asake.

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The glamorous event is scheduled to take place on 12 September.

Musa Keys' fans ecstatic over his nomination

South Africans can't keep calm after the news of Musa Keys' nomination. Many headed to Twitter to react to Musa Khawula's post. Some said they also want to see their fav performing the song live with Davido.

@naked_homo commented:

"This time if they perform can Musa also be included in the performance? That BET stint was unacceptable."

@salmamzad7 said:

"Y'all should go and vote please "

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Ami Faku becomes the only South African singer to be featured on Bob Marley's Africa Unite album

In more entertainment news, Briefly News reported that Ami Faku was reportedly hand-picked by the Marley Family to cover Bob Marley's hit song Redemption Song on the much-awaited posthumous album Africa Unite.

Ami Faku has cemented her place among the continent's greatest stars after she was selected to represent Mzansi on Bob Marley's posthumous album dubbed Africa Unite. The star-studded album celebrates the harmonious marriage between reggae and Afrobeats by having some of Africa's finest reimagine the late legend's greatest hits.

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Privie Kandi (Entertainment Editor) Privilege Kandi is an entertainment news editor (joined Briefly in 2022). A Journalism and Mass Communication graduate from the Christian College of Southern Africa (2016), she has been in the arts and entertainment industry for six years. Privie has worked for the Zimbabwe International Film and Festival Trust as a communications officer and a writer and TV producer for lifestyle and entertainment channel CME TV. She passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her at privie.kandi@briefly.co.za.

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