Ghanaian Afropop, dancehall and reggae artiste Livingstone Etse Satekla popularly known as Stonebwoy disclosed in an interview that his ‘godfather’ Samini deserves the artiste of the decade award at this year’s Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.
According to the ‘Kpoo k3k3’ hitmaker, Samini deserves the award because he has won many awards and achieved a lot in the music industry.
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He disclosed that the High-Grade Boss won the Music of Black Origin (MOBO) awards when most of the Ghanaian artists knew nothing about it.
He added that Samini set the pace for most of the Ghanaian artists and is of the view that no one deserves the award than Samini.
“Forget about me and give the award to Samini. He won the MOBO when most of us didn’t know about it, and also he is the first artiste to get a telecommunication ambassadorial deal,” he stated.
The organisers of the 2019 Ghana Music Awards recently released the Artiste of the Decade Award.
The nominees are Joe Mettle, Sarkodie, Samini, Efya, Stonebwoy, Becca, Okyeame Kwame, R2Bees, Nacee and No Tribe.
The Artiste of the Decade is honoured every ten years and the 2009 edition was won by Kojo Antwi.
The criteria for the category are those who over the last decade has had the biggest impact, earned multiple nominations across the years in the VGMA’s, have been relevant on the Ghanaian music scene and beyond.
