Afrobeats singer Skales has commended his female colleagues in the entertainment industry, saying it is not easy to thrive as a woman in the Nigerian music scene.
The ‘Shake Body’ crooner gave the remarks on his X handle, amid a viral podcast interview where singer Fave spoke about the challenges faced by female artistes.
‘Big up all the females in the entertainment industry… it ain’t easy being a woman in this industry… big up to y’all for real,’ Skales wrote.
His post came after Fave, on the Afropolitan podcast, claimed that female artistes face more hurdles because they are judged not only by their talent but also by their sex appeal.
Fave also claimed that she, alongside Tems and Ayra Starr, changed the narrative for women in Afrobeats.
‘When Tems, I and Ayra Starr came into the scene, we came with different voices that were different from the very feminine voice people were used to. Before us, female artistes used to sing in a very feminine way,’ she said.