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Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by endy4oxide(m): 9:11am On Feb 11, 2015
100Cents:


That is why D banj relocated to US.

Snapping selfies..




lol badt guy.....
Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by verygudbadguy(m): 9:15am On Feb 11, 2015
alexlee50:
Poster get your facts right.The first nigerian to win a grammy was Sade Adu and that was in 1985.The other nigerian is seal.

Seal isn't a Nigerian. He is British born to a Brazilian father and a Nigerian mother..

Sade Adu is actually d first real Nigerian to win a grammy as she was born and trained alittle in Naija.
Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by 100Cents: 9:18am On Feb 11, 2015
Preciousjoz:
Nigerians ehn, always claiming achievers that live abroad. funny thing is those guys may have never stepped there foot in Nigeria, they may not even know if Nigeria is a big ghetto like Western media paint her. well, as far as I'm concerned, this guy is an American.
modified: this reminds me of how some Kenyans were celebrating when Obama won the election. inferiority complex at its peak! let our home grown guys like 2face win and we go celebrate!


Grammy is an american entertainment award.

Why should Grammy be a yardstick for a Nigerian entertainer ? That is where the inferiority complex comes in...

We all know that artists like P square, Phyno, Wizkid and Tuface are doing great. Why should we celebrate them only with a Grammy.
Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by Creamish(f): 9:27am On Feb 11, 2015
100Cents:


Nah fight ?

d'u know wat this emoticon " tongue " means?
Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by kay29000(m): 9:37am On Feb 11, 2015
olillywales:
The biggest annual music award, The Grammys in its 57th edition, went down on Sunday, February 9, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California and guess what a Nigerian went home with an award. Yes you heard right! A Nigerian won for the first time!

Nigerian, Kelvin Olusola, went home with the award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or Acapella.
kevin-olusola-57th-grammy-awards-premiere-4v8nzz5iefil



Kelvin picked up an award alongside his acapella band, Pentatonix taking home the award in the ‘Arrangement, Instrumental or acappella’ category for their medley ‘Daft Punk’, a remake of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.



Here are few things you need to know about the record breaker, Kelvin Olusola:

Born in the United States to Nigerian father and Grenadian mother, Kelvin is a 26 year old beatboxer.

He is a graduate of prestigious IVY League college, Yale University from where he graduated in 2011 with a degree in East Asian Studies.

Kelvin is not just a musician, he’s super smart too. He also plays the cello, piano and saxophone.

He also speaks fluent Chinese & Spanish.

http://www.metroparrot.net/2015/02/photos-first-nigerian-to-win-grammy.html

As far as I concerned, no Nigerian has won a grammy. This dude was born in the states, and has never been to Naija before, he just happened to have Nigerian parents. This is like claming any Grammy Wale wins as a Nigerian win.

I'm still waiting for the day a Nigerian will win a Grammy...This is not that day.
Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by kay29000(m): 9:44am On Feb 11, 2015
endy4oxide:
nice but this is a group award......


we still hoping on our indigenous, naija born nd breed artist to bring home GRAMMY


EXACTLY!!! This dude probably doesn't even know how to speak any Nigerian Language, and has never been to Naija before.
Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by Mhudi: 11:31am On Feb 11, 2015
Gmajor:
born in america n most probably has not visited Nigeria.
#just saying

The claim for the first Nigerian to win a grammy can only rightly be given to seal because he was born in Jos and attended a secondary school there, before migrating to the USA.
Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by Mhudi: 11:36am On Feb 11, 2015
Egbagirl:
We too dey like claim o. African-american is more like it.

See his profile here: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Olusola

The guy was born in California. He owes who he is to the education and opportunities he got abroad. There is no mention of Nigeria or Nigerians in his profile.
Thank God we have Seal, who was born in Jos, did his secondary school education there, migrated to the USA and won a grammy many years ago.

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Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by simdam500(m): 1:30pm On Feb 11, 2015
Congratulations to them
Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by khalid6ix: 2:05pm On Feb 11, 2015
9ice will bring us grammy embarassed9ice will bring us grammy
Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by khalid6ix: 2:06pm On Feb 11, 2015
kay29000:
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EXACTLY!!! This dude probably doesn't even know how to speak any Nigerian Language, and has never been to Naija before.
9ice will bring us GRAMMY
Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by davemike1(m): 2:47pm On Feb 11, 2015
born in d u.s, by a foriegn woman, schooled In d u.s, speaks Chinese and Spanish, (wat append to Yoruba? ) started a life and career in d u.s, and would probably end his lyf and career In d u.s without knowing wia Nigeria is located.


and u ar happy he is Nigerian,

bro, he is jst almost Nigerian...
KPAKAM!!!!
Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by rhames(m): 3:55pm On Feb 11, 2015
olillywales:
The biggest annual music award, The Grammys in its 57th edition, went down on Sunday, February 9, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California and guess what a Nigerian went home with an award. Yes you heard right! A Nigerian won for the first time!

Nigerian, Kelvin Olusola, went home with the award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or Acapella.
kevin-olusola-57th-grammy-awards-premiere-4v8nzz5iefil



Kelvin picked up an award alongside his acapella band, Pentatonix taking home the award in the ‘Arrangement, Instrumental or acappella’ category for their medley ‘Daft Punk’, a remake of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.



Here are few things you need to know about the record breaker, Kelvin Olusola:

Born in the United States to Nigerian father and Grenadian mother, Kelvin is a 26 year old beatboxer.

He is a graduate of prestigious IVY League college, Yale University from where he graduated in 2011 with a degree in East Asian Studies.

Kelvin is not just a musician, he’s super smart too. He also plays the cello, piano and saxophone.

He also speaks fluent Chinese & Spanish.

http://www.metroparrot.net/2015/02/photos-first-nigerian-to-win-grammy.html


American citizen not Nigerian.
Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by kay29000(m): 4:32pm On Feb 11, 2015
khalid6ix:

9ice will bring us GRAMMY

9ice way don abandon music for politics?
Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by Jasperwhizz(m): 6:14pm On Feb 11, 2015
Congrats!!! I KNOW ONE DAY I WOULD BE THE BEST IJN AMEN.
Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by KingTom(m): 6:52pm On Feb 11, 2015
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Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by ggrin(f): 7:18pm On Feb 11, 2015
KingTom:
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Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by KingTom(m): 7:31pm On Feb 11, 2015
ggrin:
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Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by johnjon: 9:48am On Feb 25, 2015
Egbagirl:


Smh

Oh my! Oh my!

Egbagirl, oju e re
Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by Egbagirl(f): 8:52pm On Feb 25, 2015
johnjon:


Oh my! Oh my!

Egbagirl, oju e re

grin grin. Hi, se e n wa mi ni?
Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by Temsol00(m): 7:49am On Aug 25, 2016
Great proud of naija grin grin
Re: Kelvin Olusola, Grammy Award First Nigerian Winner [Photo] by Zedoo(m): 9:08am On Aug 25, 2016
Please dont claim what you didn't help build.... When he was a nobody did anybody care as much to even pay a listening ear to his "Acapella"? All the people doing name checking do not even know what the so called Acapella sounds like. .... Naso Dem leave dream team to toil on their own....now bronze medal wan turn "everybody" own....
why wont people nationalise in other countries?
Slave mentality doesn't praise anything until that thing has achieved something, you forget the place of support and encouragement....
I am sure some blood suckers hav followed him on twitter and are begging him for all kinds of favours.....
Like the girl asking e-money to dash her money.....when im dey hustle where u dey

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