Rapper Guru believes that local awards schemes’ lack of credibility has forced Ghanaian artists to desire to win foreign awards to feel relevant.
He warned that every award scheme loses its credibility and eventually fades out if it does not recognize people based on their hard work.
According to Guru, the lack of credibility being witnessed regarding the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) has made Ghanaian artists hungry for BET awards and Grammy awards.
“We had the Channel 0 and Quora award schemes but where are they now? One day, even the BET will fade away. It is written nothing will live on forever”
”Everyone wants to pick a Grammy now. These award schemes are failing because they had some mistakes and lapses they didn’t work on. The credibility of VGMA keeps dropping every day” he stated.
Guru also said the VGMA thinks it is rewarding some favorites but end up opening up these artists to curses.
Guru feels if this is not checked it might also affect the next generation of artists.
“It’ll be like a curse for those you think you’re honouring when the right people are not awarded. You’re rather killing their honour and ego. We will all move from this earth and sadly the next generation will repeat this agenda and there will be no growth”, he said on Happy FM.
The rapper believes there are some anomalies when it comes to the selection process of the VGMA.
