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What to know about Between Meetings With Sowetan

Pop group Dey Say chasing global stardom, Grammy Dey Say is the next up-and-coming band to watch.

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What happened

Pop group Dey Say chasing global stardom, Grammy Dey Say is the next up-and-coming band to watch.

Why it matters

The Joburg quintet, comprised of Jo, Dre, Fabian, Dean and Chad, dream of the kind of global success once enjoyed by fellow boy band One Direction.

Common ground

Formed in 2022, Dey Say talk about their latest single, Better Off Without You, gracing big stages and their dream of winning a Grammy.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “just three years after it was introduced”
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Multiple sources confirm the category was introduced in 2023 and removed for 2026, which aligns with a three-year run.
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web search NEUTRAL — MTV VMAs quietly scrapped the Best Afrobeats category ahead of the 2026 awards ceremony. This comes after Tyla had won the category two years in a row, making her the only artist to claim the title.
https://briefly.co.za/entertainment/celebrities/250435-2026-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The 2026 VMAs will air live on CBS, with a simulcast on MTV and streaming on Paramount+. Fans can vote in most categories daily until September 25 at 6 p.m. ET. Notably, the Best Afrobeats category, w…
https://westafricaweekly.com/burna-boy-tems-earn-2026-mtv-vm…
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web search NEUTRAL — MTV has officially scrapped the Best Afrobeats category from its Video Music Awards nominations, following South African star Tyla's remarkable back-to-back wins.
https://iol.co.za/entertainment/music/2026-08-20-mtv-vmas-dr…
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Claim 2: “The category is absent from the nominations announced on Tuesday for the 2026 ceremony”
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Two independent web sources explicitly state that the nominations were announced on Tuesday and that the Best Afrobeats category is absent from the 2026 list.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nigerian music stars Burna Boy and Tems have secured nominations at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), with Burna Boy receiving two nods and Tems earning one. The nominations were announced on Tu…
https://westafricaweekly.com/burna-boy-tems-earn-2026-mtv-vm…
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web search NEUTRAL — The nominations were announced on Tuesday ahead of the awards ceremony scheduled to hold at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 27.Notably, the Best Afrobeats category, which featu…
https://www.channelstv.com/2026/08/19/burna-boy-tems-earn-20…
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web search NEUTRAL — Awards. Madonna Leads 2026 MTV VMA Nominations: Full List.The best dance category returns for the first time in seven years. Madonna has yet to win in the category, which was first presented in 1989. …
https://www.billboard.com/lists/2026-mtv-vma-nominations-lis…
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Claim 3: “Formed in 2022”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results regarding YouTube TV memberships and an unrelated song by Nelly. No evidence regarding the formation date of the group Dey Say was found.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Suit is the fourth studio album by American rapper Nelly. It was intended to be released on August 17, 2004, before being delayed and released on September 13, 2004, by his label Derrty Entertainemt, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suit_(album)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Jimmy Crack Corn" or "Blue-Tail Fly" is an American song which first became popular during the rise of blackface minstrelsy in the 1840s through performances by the Virginia Minstrels. It regained cu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "N Dey Say" is a song by American rapper Nelly. It was released on January 24, 2005, as the third and final single from his album Suit (2004). The song uses a musical sample of "True" by Spandau Balle…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N_Dey_Say
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Claim 4: “The MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) have dropped the Best Afrobeats category from their 2026 nominations”
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Multiple independent news sources (The Citizen, Briefly.co.za, and other web results) confirm that the MTV VMAs have dropped the Best Afrobeats category for the 2026 awards.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards were held at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, on September 7, 2025. It was broadcast for the first time on CBS and available to stream on the premium tier of Paramoun…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_MTV_Video_Music_Awards
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards will be held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, on September 27, 2026. It will be broadcast live on CBS, simulcast on MTV and streamed on Paramount+. Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_MTV_Video_Music_Awards
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The MTV Video Music Awards, commonly abbreviated as VMAs, is an award show presented by MTV to honor the best in the music video medium. The ceremony has often been called the Super Bowl for youth, an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Awards
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Claim 5: “following two consecutive wins by South African superstar Tyla”
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Multiple sources confirm Tyla's consecutive wins. TikTok reports her 2025 win as her second consecutive win, and other web results mention her 'back-to-back wins' leading to the category's removal.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards were held at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, on September 11, 2024. The ceremony was originally scheduled to take place on September 10, 2024, but was rescheduled to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_MTV_Video_Music_Awards
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tyla Laura Seethal ( TY-luh; born 30 January 2002) is a South African singer and songwriter. Dubbed the "Queen of Popiano", her musical style is characterised by a fusion of pop and amapiano. Born and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyla
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Water" is a song by the South African singer Tyla from her debut album, Tyla (2024). It was released on 28 July 2023 by Fax and Epic Records as the album's lead single. An amapiano song with elements…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_(Tyla_song)
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Claim 6: “The Joburg quintet, comprised of Jo, Dre, Fabian, Dean and Chad”
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Two different web sources provide conflicting member lists for the group Dey Say. 'The Front Row Gazette' lists Jo, Dre, Fabian, Dean, and Chad, while 'Jozi Gist' lists J, Dre, Chad, and Elim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jonathan Reuven Rotem (born September 1, 1975) is a South African-born American record producer, songwriter and music publisher.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._Rotem
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable people reported as having died either from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as a result of infection by the virus SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic, from its initia…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Supergirl is an American superhero drama television series developed by Ali Adler, Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg that aired on CBS from October 26, 2015, to April 8, 2016, and The CW from October…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergirl_(TV_series)
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Claim 7: “their latest single, Better Off Without You”
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The existence of the single 'Better Off Without You' by Dey Say is confirmed by both 'The Front Row Gazette' and a YouTube official visualiser link.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The First Klan is a retronym which is used to describe the first of three distinct operational eras in the history of the Ku Klux Klan, a White supremacist domestic terrorist group in the United State…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Klan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lunenburg English is a moribund, German-influenced dialect of English, spoken in the town of Lunenburg and Lunenburg County in the province of Nova Scotia. It is sometimes called "Lunenburg Dutch". Th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen who were all former employees at PayPal. He…
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