{"id":107060,"date":"2023-10-05T12:43:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T12:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/05\/it-was-good-black-sherif-won-vgma-artist-of-the-year-instead-of-piesie-esther-sonnie-badu\/"},"modified":"2023-10-05T12:43:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T12:43:29","slug":"it-was-good-black-sherif-won-vgma-artist-of-the-year-instead-of-piesie-esther-sonnie-badu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/05\/it-was-good-black-sherif-won-vgma-artist-of-the-year-instead-of-piesie-esther-sonnie-badu\/","title":{"rendered":"It was good Black Sherif won VGMA Artist of the Year, instead of Piesie Esther \u2013 Sonnie Badu"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                        \n\n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Award-winning gospel musician, Sonnie Badu, says Black Sherif\u2019s big win at the 2023 Vodafone Ghana  Awards was in the best interest of the music industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u2018Enojare\u2019 hitmaker said even though Black Sherif\u2019s main competitor in the Artiste of the Year category, Piesie Esther, did exceptionally well in the year under review, the former is in a better position to represent Ghana on the international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPiesie did excellent but it was good Black Sherif won it. Black Sherif just received an award in the US and that is what Ghana wants,\u201d he said in an interview with DJ Slim on Daybreak Hitz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It was good Black Sherif won VGMA Artist of the Year, instead of Piesie Esther \u2013 Sonnie Badu\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pL5qi3xtfyA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that the 2023 BET Best International Flow recipient should be supported by the entire music industry so he can heavily represent Ghana on the international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf I was part of the Entertainment fraternity, I would let everybody project that guy because that is what the Nigerians do. Blacko has everything it takes to take Ghana international.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have to be deliberate. If I was the entertainment minister, I would look out for this guy and project him in this season. It\u2019s a Ghana agenda, not an individualistic agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-myjoyonline-com wp-block-embed-myjoyonline-com\"><p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7gVMrWcPhL\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/black-sherif-wins-bet-hiphop-award-for-best-international-flow\/\">Black Sherif wins BET Hiphop Award for Best International Flow<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Black Sherif wins BET Hiphop Award for Best International Flow&#8221; &#8212; MyJoyOnline.com\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/black-sherif-wins-bet-hiphop-award-for-best-international-flow\/embed\/#?secret=8jU752Y9na#?secret=7gVMrWcPhL\" data-secret=\"7gVMrWcPhL\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ghana\u2019s Black Sherif has been projected to win the Best International Flow award at the BET Hiphop Awards 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This comes as pre-recorded snippets that leaked online on Wednesday morning suggested that the \u2018Kwaku the Traveler\u2019 hitmaker was on stage in the US to pick up the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This leaked amateur video was from the show\u2019s taping from the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/p>\n \n                               <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n                <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                         \n                                             \n                    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Award-winning gospel musician, Sonnie Badu, says Black Sherif\u2019s big win at the 2023 Vodafone Ghana Awards was in the best interest of the music industry. The \u2018Enojare\u2019 hitmaker said even though Black Sherif\u2019s main competitor in the Artiste of the Year category, Piesie Esther, did exceptionally well in the year under review, the former is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>It was good Black Sherif won VGMA Artist of the Year, instead of Piesie Esther \u2013 Sonnie Badu - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/05\/it-was-good-black-sherif-won-vgma-artist-of-the-year-instead-of-piesie-esther-sonnie-badu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"It was good Black Sherif won VGMA Artist of the Year, instead of Piesie Esther \u2013 Sonnie Badu - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Award-winning gospel musician, Sonnie Badu, says Black Sherif\u2019s big win at the 2023 Vodafone Ghana Awards was in the best interest of the music industry. 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