Gospel musician MOGmusic has called on Ghanaians to desist from trolling renowned musicians who did not gain nominations in this year’s Grammy Awards.
According to him, the act is causing disunity among creative arts stakeholders, and he advises Ghanaians to support their own.
In an interview, Nana Yaw Boakye, known privately, noted that the trolling was going overboard and hence urged the citizenry to imitate the Nigerians who support their artistes through thick and thin without false comparison.
“One piece of advice I have for Ghanaians is that I think we need to be very supportive. Davido submitted his work time and time again, but he just got his nominations. I never saw Nigerians trolling Davido or comparing him to Burna Boy. I think what we should do is be more united so that these people will realize that there is a group of people from Ghana who support their people or go all out for their people,” he urged.
Explaining why he got disqualified, MOGmusic said a mistake on his part and that of his team led to his disqualification from the Grammy nomination list when his team included the official Grammy logo on a promotional flyer of his album “Koinonia Phase II,” which was being considered for a Grammy Award.
“My social media handler made a mistake and put the official logo of the Grammys, and it got posted. Some Ghanaians drew my attention to it, and we quickly took it down, but it was too late. That is what went wrong on my side; it’s a mistake that my team made, and I take the bullet for myself,” he explained.
MOGmusic said he earlier built his hopes high that his album would be nominated for categories such as Best Gospel Album, Album of the Year, and Best New Artist. However, he fell short when the final nominations were announced.
Source: Ghana/MaxTV/MaxFM/max.com.gh/Joyceline Natally Cudjoe
