Gospel musician Joe Mettle has disclosed that he wasn’t aware his management filed for him to be nominated in the artiste of the year category of the 2022 edition of Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA).
He said he only got to know after nominations for the award ceremony were released on Saturday.
The nomination, therefore, came to him as a surprise.
Joe’s revelation comes a day after the VGMA Board was heavily criticised for nominating him in the category.
He is the only gospel act nominated in the category alongside secular acts; King Promise, Kidi, Sarkodie, Kuame Eugene and Black Sherif.
Dancehall artiste Ras Kuuku who is leading a campaign against Joe’s nomination in the category said fellow artiste Fameye rather deserves to be in the category.
“I just want to know what Joe Mettle did this year to merit the nomination in the Artiste of the Year category,” he said on Hitz FM.
“When I saw Joe Mettle in the Artiste of the Year, instead of Fameye, I wondered. Which of Joe Mettle’s songs can match up to Fameye’s ‘Praise’, he added.
Reacting to Ras Kuuku on Tuesday, Joe indicated that he didn’t personally file for the nomination.
According to him, when he first came across Kuuku’s comments about his nomination, he laughed because the nomination also came as a surprise to him.
“There are a lot of things that are happening, but not out there. Regardless, they are there. I saw Ras Kuuku’s comments about my nomination. I laughed when I saw it. He shouldn’t worry.
“People will always have their issues, so if you are always concerned about them, your whole life will be about them,” he told Hitz FM Tuesday.
“I didn’t file for Artiste of the Year nomination. My manager handled that. I think that’s why it came as a surprise to me.
“I think I saw a comment when someone said if the award belongs to me or so. There’s a criterion for which they use to nominate musicians and if the organizers think you fit a certain category, you will be nominated,” he added.
Joe Mettle Doesn’t Deserve Artiste Of The Year Nomination – Ras Kuuku
Dancehall act, Ras Kuuku, is ‘flaying’ the board of the 2022 edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) over its decision to nominate gospel musician, Joe Mettle, in the Artiste of the Year category.
Joe is, so far, the only gospel musician to get a nod in this year’s artiste of the year category after nominations were released on Saturday.
He is competing with secular musicians: King Promise, Kuami Eugene, Sarkodie, Black Sherif and KiDi. Joe is also competing in the Vodafone Most Popular Song of the Year category with the song, ‘Ye Obua Mi’.
But Ras Kuku says he is disappointed in the VGMAs board for nominating Joe in the Artiste of the Year category. This, according to him, is because he doesn’t deserve to be nominated in that category. He expected an artiste like Fameye to be in that category.
“I just want to know what Joe Mettle did this year to merit the nomination in the Artiste of the Year category,” he said on Hitz FM.
“When I saw Joe Mettle in the Artiste of the Year, instead of Fameye, I wondered. Which of Joe Mettle’s songs can match up to Fameye’s ‘Praise’?” he quizzed.
Source: Daily Guide
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