The news that an MTV award for the best African act was wrongfully given to Nigerian musician Wizkid when it should have gone to Tanzanian musician Alikiba has the music press speculating that this will lead to further rivalry between the two stars.
Yesterday MTV issued a statement congratulating Alikiba and apologising for mistakenly announcing on Sunday night that Wizkid had won.
While MTV did not divulge why the error occurred, just saying it was because of "an error", this hasn't stopped the rumour mill.
Nigeria's Bella Naija says that this isn’t the first time Wizkid and Alikiba have been "at loggerheads for recognition". The site points to an incident at Chris Brown's Mombasa Rocks Music Festival where there were rumours that the two fought over who would perform before the US singer.
Some wonder if the rivalry may just be hype
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