Goya Menor slams Portable for berating his win at Headies

Nigerian hype man and entertainer, Goya Menor has taken to his Instagram stories to respond to controversial musician, Portable’s outburst on social media a day after the 2022 Headies Award ceremony took place.

On Sunday, September 4, the 15th edition of the music award ceremony took place in Atlanta, United States of America, one of the major absentees from the event was Portable who was disqualified from the program for threatening his fellow contestants should he fail to emerge winner at any of the nominated categories.

Despite initially issuing an apology to the academy and his colleagues in the music industry, Portable went live on Instagram 24 hours after the ceremony to berate the award organizers for ‘canceling’ him before he went on to mention that those who emerged winners are not worthy.

Read also:Portable tackles Headies Award organizers over disqualification (video)

Portable, who was nominated in the same category as Goya Menor, also took a swipe at the ‘Ameno Ampiano’ crooner for emerging victorious in the “Best Street Hip Hop”.

Addressing Portable’s statement, Meyor took to his Instagram stories on Wednesday afternoon to state that he will not be engaging in any form of altercation with Portable.

Speaking further, he noted that he cannot compare himself with someone who is a degree holder to someone who cannot locate their kindergarten results.

He concluded by saying he has class as the ‘Street Hop holder.’

Read his statement below.

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