{"id":435521,"date":"2017-11-09T16:24:22","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T16:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/09\/grammy-award-is-a-done-deal-for-me-blakk-rasta\/"},"modified":"2017-11-09T16:24:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T16:24:22","slug":"grammy-award-is-a-done-deal-for-me-blakk-rasta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/09\/grammy-award-is-a-done-deal-for-me-blakk-rasta\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammy award is a done deal for me \u2014 Blakk Rasta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Music of Thursday,  9 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Graphic.com.gh <\/p>\n<p>2017-11-09<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/82440819.295.jpg\" alt=\"Blakk Rasta7\" title=\"Blakk Rasta7\" width=\"295\" height=\"142\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Reggae artiste, Blakk Rasta<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151021601420295\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151021601420295\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1510244662_763_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Although Reggae artiste, Blakk Rasta, is yet to be nominated for a Grammy award, the Barack Obama hitmaker says winning a Grammy award is a done deal.<\/p>\n<p>His current and eighth album, Kuchoko Revolution distributed globally by VP Records has been selected for consideration for nomination for the 2018 Grammy Awards in the Reggae Album category.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Showbiz last Sunday, Blakk Rasta said, \u201cthere is no turning back, I know that we are going to get nominated and we will go ahead to win. Kuchoko is the most daring Reggae album in the past 20 years, it is original and authentic.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, he released his Kuchoko Revolution album in February this year in the United States of America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd while on tour in the USA, I mentioned at every university I lectured that I will be the very first artiste to bring a Grammy to Ghana and the first Reggae artiste in Africa to do so.<\/p>\n<p>I said the same thing in Ghana so I am not surprised the album is being considered for nomination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVP Records wrote to me to say the Grammy people are showing interest in the Kuchoko album and were considering it for the Reggae Album category or the World Music category. And I said it could go for both but they wrote back to say the organisers have considered the Reggae Album category, so we are just a step away from a nomination. I know that we will bring home the award, Rocky Dawuni was the first Ghanaian to be nominated two years ago. The only way forward for Reggae and Dancehall is Kuchoko,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On how he feels about the whole Grammy thing, Blakk Rasta proudly said \u201cI feel really really excited because that is the highest kind of award, I feel recognised. I am glad that we were able to push this agenda, Kuchoko is making a very big impact, a Ghanaian Grammy deserves a holiday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throwing more light on the album that is set to do the magic, Blakk Rasta said he fused Reggae with African music and decided to name it Kuchoko. \u201cThis album is supposed to revolutionalise reggae music in the world. It has Serwaa Akoto, an original Highlife song with a Reggae feel, giving it a certain flavour&#8221;. It was produced by Zapp Mallet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this kind of originality and creativity, it was well received, there are lots of African beats in my reggae so people started to appreciate my music. Everything was recorded live &#8211; the guitar, the flute, the gonge etc. We also have songs with Calypso feel; Kuchoko is the authentic sound of reggae music,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Blakk Rasta is scheduled to headline one of the biggest concerts in the world, MASA, which comes off in Cote D\u2019Ivoire in March 2018. \u201cOut of about 700 artistes who applied to perform, only 20 were chosen and I am the only Ghanaian and only Reggae artiste on the bill,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He had a message for his fans; \u201cThey should get busy with social media, the moment the nomination is opened, they should welcome Kuchoko, we shouldn\u2019t be the last to support our own,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 65 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music of Thursday, 9 November 2017 Source: Graphic.com.gh 2017-11-09 Reggae artiste, Blakk Rasta Although Reggae artiste, Blakk Rasta, is yet to be nominated for a Grammy award, the Barack Obama hitmaker says winning a Grammy award is a done deal. 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