The singer explained that one reason she sometimes chooses to feature male artistes such as Odumodublvck is because fans tend to promote and stream those collaborations more than songs she records with female artistes.
“When I feature female artists fans don’t promote the songs. So when I feature Odumodublvck, or other male artists, they do, knowing it’ll give me millions of streams, they start complaining,” she said.
Tiwa noted that she has collaborated with several female artistes over the years, including Waje, Simi, Efya, Becca and Ayra Starr, but questioned why those songs did not receive the same level of support and promotion from fans.
“When I did a song with Waje, why didn't they promote it as much as when, I don't know, Davido did whatever with—like, why are they not?” she asked.
She further argued that the lack of support for female collaborations could influence her decision to work with male artistes whose songs are more likely to generate millions of streams.
“Now I'm going to call Odumodu Black because I'm going to be like, ‘Ah, this song is now getting me millions of streams,’ because when I do with females—you guys don't support it,” she added.
The singer also recalled deliberately bringing Yemi Alade on stage during her December concert after fans began comparing the two artistes.
“When they pitted me against Yemi Alade, I brought her on my show,” Tiwa said.
She added that she took a similar approach with Ayra Starr by collaborating with her rather than allowing fans to create unnecessary rivalry between them.
“When they pitted me against Ayra Starr, I made a song with her,” she said.
According to Tiwa, she has repeatedly tried to show support for other female artistes but still faces criticism from people who accuse her of being unwilling to uplift women in the industry.
“I’ve repeatedly—there's so many examples that I could go on and on about, but it's like, you're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't,” she said.
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