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Voting For 2021 Edition Of Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Begins! – Here Is How To Vote (See Details)

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On April 3rd 2021, the big announcement of the 22nd Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Nominees was made across traditional and new media platforms. From a 1000+ entries, 100+ nominees made the cut in 29 categories.

With each nominee seeking to be picked out as the most outstanding within their respective categories, the Big Question is ‘Who Wins What?’ 

The Vodafone Ghana Music Awards maintains a 3-tier voting system made up of the Board, the Academy and the Public. Honourary Awards are reserved for the Board, and Technical Awards are 50% split between the Board and the Academy.

READ ALSO: Unveiled: Meet Ateaa Tia Daddy Lumba’s Silky-Voiced Backing Vocalist Who Sang In 5 DL Albums (Photos)

For the Public (Popular) Awards, the Board has 30% voting power, the Academy has 30% voting power, leaving the Public with 40% majority voting power.

As it stands, the question ‘Who Wins What?’ can be heavily influenced by true fans; fans who don’t only cheer their artistes on, but fans who also vote their favourite artistes to victory. 

So, are you a ‘True Fan’ or a ‘Cheer Fan’? The voting lines are open, and the following options are available:

SMS Voting on Vodafone Network Only 

  • For artiste of the year, simply text A to 1767. 
  • For Vodafone song of the year, text B to 1767. 
  • For all other categories, text C to 1767 and follow the prompts

Free Online Voting

In the end, we cannot answer the question ‘Who Wins What?’ without asking the question ‘Did You Vote?’.  The latter can influence the former.  

The 22nd Vodafone Ghana Music Awards is Charterhouse production, partnered by TV3, KPMG, DSTV and proudly brought to you by Vodafone, Together We Can! 

Unveiled: Meet Ateaa Tina Daddy Lumba’s Silky-Voiced Backing Vocalist Who Sang In 5 DL Albums (Photos)

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Ateaa Tina, one of the backing vocalists of Ghanaian highlife legend, Charles Kwadwo Fosu famed as Daddy Lumba or DL for short, has opened up about her life and how she got to work with Ghana’s highlife legend.

Tina, in sharing her story, said she grew up in a humble background in Dansoman, a suburb of Accra, living the normal life of any young girl but later discovered that she had the latent for singing.

READ ALSO: Gyakie Is An Overhyped And Lazy Artiste – DJ Slim Blasts “Forever” Singer In New Video (Watch)

Her singing talent got her to be noticed at church as she became an integral part of the church choir until she met sound engineer Kwaku Mensah who became her manager.

She then started training to become a vocalist and became so good at it that got a number of gigs until one day she was told that Daddy Lumba wanted to work with her.

Ateea Tina said when she heard the news, she did not believe it because Daddy Lumba was one of the best artistes in the country at the time.

She continued that at the time, she was in Holland and Daddy Lumba was in Germany, so they had to make a 6-hour drive to meet DL.

Tina revealed that when they met, they immediately started working on Lumba’s projects and her life started changing from then.

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She said she was schooling and at the same time working as a backing vocalist for Daddy Lumba so they mostly recorded when school was on break.

Tina said they literally slept in the studio during recording time and parted ways only after the whole album had been recorded.

The pretty lady whose vocals have been heard in songs like Bubra, Adaka Tea, Medo No, Pony, and Dada Kae, said working with the musician gave her a lot of mileage and also came with a lot of money.

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She however said that she has been living abroad all this while but has come back to Ghana to start her own music career.

Ateaa Tina revealed that she has already recorded a single a-which features Ghana’s ‘rap doctor’, Okyeame Kwame.

Gyakie Is An Overhyped And Lazy Artiste – DJ Slim Blasts “Forever” Singer In New Video (Watch)

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Popular Ghanaian disc jockey and radio presenter, DJ Slim known in real life as Daniel Gyan-Kesse has stated in a video that singer Gyakie is an overhyped or lazy artiste without much talent.

DJ Slim made these comments while speaking on Radio One with a group of industry players and pundits during a radio discussion.

READ ALSO: All Those Who Criticised Me Over The Outfit I Wore To Receive My Range Rover Gift Are Shallow-Minded – Kuami Eugene Fires (Watch)

The Radio One presenter indicated that Gyakie, known in real life as Jackline Acheampong, was being lazy and was not really showing her talent for music.

He said: “Gyakie to me is not even a recording artiste or she is just being lazy because all her songs are flat”

According to DJ Slim, there was so much hype around Gyakie and it was overshadowing that of other artistes who are really doing a great job but are not being heard enough.

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DJ Slim went on to say that he was not enthused about GYakie’s hit song, Forever but as a radio presenter, he had to play the song on his show for the listening pleasure of his fans who might like the song.

His comments follow a recent show that pitched artistes Gyakie, Amerado and Yaw Tog on the same show where they all had the chance to show off their musical prowess.

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DJ Slim indicated that he was happy with Gyakie’s delivery because according to him, the Sor Mi Mu singer had just only one style of singing.

Mark Okraku Mantey Nominated Deputy Minister-Designate For Creative Arts

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President of the Creative Arts Agency, Mark Okraku Mantey, has been nominated as the deputy minister-designate for Creative Arts in President Akufo-Addo’s government.

The announcement was made after a list of deputy ministers-designate was released from the presidency and made public.

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Mr Okraku Mantey would soon start working as the deputy minister for Creative Arts should he undergo and pass a vetting process.

Up until his nomination, Mark Okraku Mantey has been an active player in the creative arts industry having served on many industry-related boards and panels.

Prior to the announcement, Mark Okraku Mantey was tipped to be appointed after many people recommended him highly for the position.

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Following the recommendations, he took to social media to thank all those who expressed confidence in him for the top job.

All Those Who Criticised Me Over The Outfit I Wore To Receive My Range Rover Gift Are Shallow-Minded – Kuami Eugene Fires (Watch)

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Reigning Vodafone Ghana Music Awards ‘Artiste of the Year’, Kuami Eugene has described all those who spoke against outfit he wore to receive a car gift from the CEO of Angel Group of Companies as “shallow and light-headed”.

The Lynx Entertainment artiste who was speaking in an interview with Doreen Avio on “Let’s Talk Showbiz” , said people should rather discuss how hard he has worked to earn that gift rather than his clothes.

READ ALSO: I Sent A Song To Strongman Three Years Ago; He Has Still Not Worked On His Verse – Rapper Awal ‘Cries’ In Video (Watch)

On Thursday, 15th April, 2021, the CEO gifted Kuami Eugene a brand new 2020 Range Rover Velar for his role as brand ambassador for Adonko Next Level energy drink.

However, critics jabbed Kuami Eugene because according to them, the outfit worn by the singer was inappropriate.

“It is actually very shallow and very light-headed for people to think about how somebody will have to look to go and take his gift. I think it is very light-headed if you are not thinking about how he has been able to work hard to attract this blessing to himself and you are thinking about how he has to look to go and take his own gift?

I think it is light-headed so anyone that channels their energy into the positive aspect of it, and that’s what their energy was geared to, is slow for me. It is my gift, I choose to go and take it in a pyjamas because it is my gift. I was dressed in all black with black boots and a black t-shirt, how else do you want me to look for my own gift?”, he quizzed.

The ‘Open Gate’ hitmaker also revealed that he feels “big” whenever people talk about him and likened himself to other personalities like colleagues Sarkodie, Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy.

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“I have realized that every great person in the country experiences that (criticism). Even our late Jerry Rawlings experienced it, some were saying “he is good, some said he was wicked, some were saying he is too wild, if Rawlings was around, this thing wouldnt have happened, when Rawlings was around, this thing won’t happen….”

“And we come to Akufo-Addo, they have said everything about the man, it happened to Mahama, they said everything and it even happened to the late Atta Mills, it happened to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, it happened to Sarkodie, either he is this…he is stingy, he is that.

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Shatta Wale, he is arrogant, he is proud and insults everybody. Any big person in the country, it happens to them, so if I’m experiencing this, it makes me feel like Oh, I’m big because if they talk about me and talk about these big people, it means I can one way or the other be part of the legacy they have been able to leave for this country.”

“So I feel good, at the end of the day, if they don’t talk, it is their job about us” he told Doreen Avio.

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