{"id":64723,"date":"2023-05-07T14:30:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T14:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/07\/vgma-2023-konongo-zongo-goes-gay-celebrates-black-sherifs-wins\/"},"modified":"2023-05-07T14:30:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T14:30:31","slug":"vgma-2023-konongo-zongo-goes-gay-celebrates-black-sherifs-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/07\/vgma-2023-konongo-zongo-goes-gay-celebrates-black-sherifs-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"VGMA 2023: Konongo Zongo goes gay, celebrates Black Sherif\u2019s wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Snapinsta.app_344913183_985842786124278_1668094933121197528_n_1080.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Some residents of Konongo Zongo were joyous on Saturday when Black Sherif was adjudged the Artiste of the Year at the 2023 Vodafone Ghana  Awards (VGMA).<\/p>\n<p>Those who had stayed up to watch the event took to the streets a little after 2 am jumping and celebrating their young talented act.<\/p>\n<p>The residents were captioned in a video shared on social media praising Black Sherif for his achievements on the night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Scenes from Konongo Zongo after Black Sherif was announced Artist of the Year. It appears the \u201cRasta Party\u201d has started already. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/24thVGMA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#24thVGMA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ASq8u0YqTi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/ASq8u0YqTi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hitz 103.9 FM (@Hitz1039FM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hitz1039FM\/status\/1655056210607976450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Black Sherif took home three other awards namely Best Hip-hop Song of the Year, Best  Video and Most Popular Song of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>He was also praised for delivering one of the best performances of the night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Once upon a time \u2728<\/p>\n<p>A little boy from Konongo Zongo\u2728\ud83c\udf89<\/p>\n<p>24th VGMA ARTISTE OF THE YEAR \ud83c\udf8a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blacksherif_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@blacksherif_<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D4D8sB58m1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/D4D8sB58m1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ghana  Awards (@GHMusicAwards) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GHMusicAwards\/status\/1655042453529931777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Remembering his roots, the young artiste thanked his family, friends and Konongo Zongo for their contribution to his success whenever he stood at the podium to take an award.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-myjoyonline-com wp-block-embed-myjoyonline-com\"\/>\n<p><strong><em>Click here to check out the full list of winners.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\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<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; overflow:hidden;margin:20px auto; width:100%; min-height:280px;\">\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<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some residents of Konongo Zongo were joyous on Saturday when Black Sherif was adjudged the Artiste of the Year at the 2023 Vodafone Ghana Awards (VGMA). 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