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The genre possesses some powerful messages, and I think it has evolved over time, but I won\u2019t say we are sleeping on it.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201cMore artistes can take us to the Grammys looking at what they are doing in the industry now. The likes of Rocky Dawuni have set the pace, and all they need is our support and not just praises but media, the industry to propel them to the Grammys.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201cWe need to invest in them because they have some unique style that would make Ghana well represented on the international stage,\u201d he said.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Chizzy Wailer also pushed for more Ghanaian reggae and dancehall to be played on radio and television in order to rekindle people\u2019s interest in the music, given its potent themes.\u202f \u202f\u00a0<br \/>GNA\u202f\u00a0<br \/>WE\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Simon Asare\u00a0\u00a0Accra, Oct. 14, GNA \u2013 The 2009 Reggae-Dancehall Artiste of the Year, Chizzy Wailer, believes Ghanaian reggae has a bright future and could win a Grammy awards for the country.\u00a0\u00a0According to the veteran Ghanaian reggae artiste, the genre\u2019s potential was yet to be fully realised, but he was impressed by the current crop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":232406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ghanaian reggae, dancehall can win us Grammys - Chizzy Wailer - 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\/2024\/10\/14\/ghanaian-reggae-dancehall-can-win-us-grammys-chizzy-wailer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ghanaian reggae, dancehall can win us Grammys - Chizzy Wailer - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Simon Asare\u00a0\u00a0Accra, Oct. 14, GNA \u2013 The 2009 Reggae-Dancehall Artiste of the Year, Chizzy Wailer, believes Ghanaian reggae has a bright future and could win a Grammy awards for the country.\u00a0\u00a0According to the veteran Ghanaian reggae artiste, the genre\u2019s potential was yet to be fully realised, but he was impressed by the current crop [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/ghanaian-reggae-dancehall-can-win-us-grammys-chizzy-wailer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-14T19:33:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Entertainment-Reggae-Wailer.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"341\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"291\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/14\\\/ghanaian-reggae-dancehall-can-win-us-grammys-chizzy-wailer\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/14\\\/ghanaian-reggae-dancehall-can-win-us-grammys-chizzy-wailer\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Ghanaian reggae, dancehall can win us Grammys &#8211; 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