A second artist has fired volleys at the process behind the Ghana Music Awards, which announced the list of nominees last week.
While earlier this week Kwaw Kesse cried foul at the ties between industry management and panel judges in charge of the nomination process, Ghana reggae artist Blakk Rasta takes on a much more concrete and problematic issue: one of the songs nominated for the awards was released nearly five years ago.
The artist who shot to fame on the merit of his single, 'Barack Obama' explained that "'Mama Africa' by Black Prophet has been nominated two times. I was one of the first DJs that played the song five years ago. They did another error last year by nominating two songs of Black Prophet titled 'Doubting Me' and 'Mama Africa' and didn't know which title went to which song." Ghanamusic.com has confirmed Blakk Rasta's claims.
Blakk Rasta makes other, more nebulous claims that other reggae songs on the list were far too obscure to justify a nomination.
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