Did South Africa's Anatii Win a Grammy For 'Brown Skin Girl'?
Read: Listen to an Hour-Long Mix of Songs Produced by Anatii
Anatii was part of the creative team that worked on writing "Brown Skin Girl" from Beyonce's album Lion King: The Gift. According to TimesLIVE, Anatii was elated to be part of the team that exhibited "pure energy" and were open to cultural shift. Beyonce's songs and videography have since caused a huge wave of success with the album which celebrates Blackness in all its forms. The Black Is King album saw a few of South Africans featured; house music artist Busiswa and Moonchild Sanelly featured on the heavy bass track "My Power" while Nandi Madida played the famous character of Nala from the movie The Lion King.
The prestigious Grammy award took place this past Sunday night. Nigerian artist, Burna Boy, walked away with the coveted award "Best Global Music Album" for Twice As Tall.
Anatii has yet to publicly share his response on the Grammy win but South Africans have gone ahead and celebrated on his behalf. Here are few responses from Twitter. It's unsure whether he will get a Grammy award, since he worked on songwriting for "Brown Skin and this is an award for Best Music Video.
If we're go to by the official Grammy Awards page, it looks like Anatii's name is not listed under the winners for Best Music Video.
Best Music Video category on Grammy.com with Anatii (Anathi Bhongo Mnyango) name not listed.
So proud to be South African rn, congratulations on your big win! @ANATII 🇿🇦 #GRAMMYs https://t.co/O55fNs4aCU— The Real Skinny Chef 👩🏾🍳 (@The Real Skinny Chef 👩🏾🍳) 1615812655.0
Big congrats @ANATII first artist from our hip hop fraternity to win a Grammy!!!!! 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 his not a man of many wo… https://t.co/ONxFkd3Dob— 16V (@16V) 1615807724.0
Our very own Grammy winner... Anatii u continue to make us so proud! We miss u! 🇿🇦 https://t.co/SZZkDRScqq— Lerato Motho Sengadi (@Lerato Motho Sengadi) 1615792780.0
Congrats to Trevor Noah, Anatii, Wizkid and Burna Boy. AFRICAN SOIL!!! #GRAMMYs— R.M Phoolo (@R.M Phoolo) 1615759099.0
Anatii is a Grammy award winning songwriter ❤— Kgatliso (@Kgatliso) 1615751819.0
Congrats @ANATII on his Grammy award ... BROWN SKIN GIRL 😩🏆🔥— AMAWELE 🎹🏆 (@AMAWELE 🎹🏆) 1615757678.0
