“Why I called Blaqbonez and Odumodublvck ‘Upcoming Artistes'”

• BBNaija star, Tacha clarifies “upcoming artistes” remarks about rappers Blaqbonez and Odumodublvck on Cool FM’s Big Friday Show.
• Addressing social media backlash, Tacha emphasizes her words were not meant to be condescending.
• Tacha justifies her use of “upcoming artiste” by quoting a search engine definition, emphasizing it signifies promising artists who have been in the industry for some time.

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In a recent episode of the Big Friday Show on Cool FM, Lagos, Natacha Akide, popularly known as Tacha, took the opportunity to clarify her comments regarding rappers Blaqbonez and Odumodublvck, whom she had referred to as “upcoming artistes.”

The reality show star and on-air personality addressed the social media backlash in a video message, asserting that her choice of words was not intended to be condescending.

In her defense, she turned to a search engine definition of the term “upcoming artiste” to illustrate that her use of the phrase was not meant to belittle or demean the artists.

Tacha quoted the definition, saying, “‘Upcoming musicians are those singers that are no longer new because they have been around for some time and promising to make it big.’”

Elaborating on her stance, Tacha questioned how referring to Blaqbonez as an upcoming artiste could be construed as derogatory, emphasizing her positive relationship with the rapper and others.

In Tacha’s words;

“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…”