Highlife artiste and songwriter, Kofi Kinaata, believes he deserves the 2020 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards ‘Artiste of the Year’ more than any other artiste.
He said he would have won VGMA ‘Artiste of the Year’ and ‘Most Popular Song of the Year’ if not for the coronavirus outbreak that called for the postponement of the show.
The ‘Things Fall Apart’ hit maker said he rocked more shows, released more hit songs and had more ambassadorial deals than any other artiste in Ghana.
“As for 2019, hands down without sounding arrogant I am by far the artiste of the year and I’m not saying 2020. I did more than any artiste in that year with hit songs, several ambassadorial deals, numerous shows that I performed and on top of all I was adjudged the most influential youth”, he said on Radio Central in Cape Coast.
He also stressed that he deserves the accolade and the opinions of others doesn’t matter to him.
“This doesn’t mean that if the awards scheme should happen today I would be expecting to win the artiste of the year by hook or crook. I believe I’m the artiste of the year in 2019 and anyone’s opinion doesn’t bother me”, he addeed.
When asked if he’s not scared of Sarkodie’s monster banger ‘Oofeetso’, the singer said his song crossed more boundaries.
“Oofeetso is a good song and I really respect my senior colleague Sarkodie. But when we say most popular song then it means that song crossed boundaries which I believe my song ‘Things fall apart’ stands tall”
“There is an alcoholic drink called Bailey’s which is very expensive but you can only find it at night clubs. There is another drink called Coca Cola which is not expensive but you can find it at night clubs, churches, mosques and even Saudi Arabia where alcoholic beverages are not sold.
“That’s the horizon that ‘things fall apart’ attained, it was everywhere and that’s what we call most popular song” he explained.
Kofi Kinaata is out with a new tune titled ‘Behind the Scenes’ released on his birthday April 15.
