Ghanaian act, Kelvyn Boy probably thinks if Afrobeat is not created as an independent category at the Vodafone Ghana Awards, he and other specialists of the genre will never win any award, especially since the likes of Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale are always lurking in the Dancehall fraternity.
According to Stonebwoy’s protege, the Afrobeats genre which is an offshoot of Highlife, is climbing fast in the music space and needs to stand alone as an award category instead of being merged with others.
Speaking on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM, Kelvyn Boy insisted that music pundits do not have Highlife at heart if the biggest award scheme, Vodafone Ghana Awards (VGMAs) does not include Afrobeats as a category.
The Burninto Group signed act added if the awards schemes do not have a category for something that is ours “we are lost as an industry and as a nation.”
“We did Afrobeats 50 years back before Nigerians started. It got influenced by hi-life and a lot of songs we jam to now, are Afrobeats songs. Imagine we don’t even have our own Afrobeats,” he told Andy Dosty host of Daybreak Hitz.
He added, Ghanaians should not wait for other countries to carry the genre like Nigerians have done before they own up to it.
Source: www.Ghgossip.com
