South Africa has another winner on the global stage after Tyla won the inaugural African Music Performance Award at the Grammys. Image: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP
Tyla: ‘My father told me the Grammy is going in his room”
South African singer Tyla revealed in an interview that her father planned to keep her Grammy in his room.
South Africa has another winner on the global stage after Tyla won the inaugural African Music Performance Award at the Grammys. Image: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP
Grammy award winner, Tyla reveals that her father has decided that he’s going to place the award in his room.
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TYLA: FATHER TO KEEP AWARD
Sowetan reports that the 22-year-old singer revealed in an interview backstage: “My father already told me that it’s going in his room.”
The singer who won a Grammy on Monday morning, 5 February was the youngest South African to win the award.
NewTelegraph reports that Tyla defeated Nigerian stars Davido, Burna boy, Asake and Ayra Starr in the Best African Music Performance category.
“Oh my! What the heck? What? Oh my gosh! Guys, this is crazy. I never thought I’d say I won a Grammy at 22 years old. Guys, you don’t know me. my name is Tyla. I’m from South Africa, and last year God decided to change my whole life.”
“So, thank you so much to God, thank you to my team, my family, I know my mother’s crying somewhere in here,” said the singer after winning.
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SOUTH AFRICANS CONGRATULATE GRAMMY WINNER
@TheRealAJ_: “@Tyllaaaaaaa is an amazing artist! Her single “Water” is amazing! Congrats to her on her very first GRAMMY win for Best African Music Performance!”
@DanielC69147829: “Congratulations Tyla … Let the sky be your starting point always. God be with you in all aspects of life.”
@KeyshiaMash1990: “We are talking about a Grammy you’re telling us about performance. You’re comparing those old niggas to this young gal that she doesn’t even have two years in this but already got a Grammy. She achieved what they didn’t, and they’ve been in the game for so long, so you can’t compare.”
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