Black Sherif recalls BET dreams from high school days
Ghanaian musician Black Sherif has stated that his nomination for the 2025 BET Awards took him on a trip down memory lane, reminding him of the dreams he shared back in high school.
The “Kwaku the Traveller” hitmaker, who has been nominated in the ‘Best International Act’ category at the 2025 BET Awards, revealed how he received the news and what it meant to him.
According to him, the moment he heard the news, he recalled the many conversations they used to have as teenagers about making it big and one day being recognised on global stages like the BETs.
The Kwaku the Traveller hitmaker noted that his brother was the first person to call and talk to him about the nomination.
“My brother called me,” he said.
He went on to explain that while they were talking, he started thinking about the days when they were in high school.
He noted that back then, they used to dream and talk about big goals, like getting nominated for BET and shooting top-quality music videos.
“You know, two years before this, we won the Best International Award at BET Hip Hop. And when he told me, it’s like, my mind just went back to high school. We used to talk about stuff like this. When we graduate high school, what are we going to do, the type of videos we’re going to shoot, this, in case, maybe BET,” he stated.
Black Sherif has been nominated for the 2025 BET Awards, Best International Act, alongside some international artistes including Tyla (South Africa), Rema and Ayra Starr (Nigeria), Any Gabrielly and Luanna (Brazil), Basky and Ezra Collective (UK), Uncle Waffles (Eswatini), and Joé Dwèt Filé and SDM (France).
Black Sherif won the BET Hip Hop Award for Best International Flow in 2023. His 2025 nomination continues a tradition of Ghanaian representation at the BETs, following past nominees like Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, Kojo Antwi, Fuse ODG, D-Black, R2Bees, MzVee, Kwesi Arthur and Camidoh.
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—Black Sherif (@blacksherif_) On His 2025 BET Nomination For ‘Best International Act.’🌟🇬🇭 pic.twitter.com/F8UtTlTIT5
— AccraGuy🇬🇭 (@AccraGuyy) June 8, 2025
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