Even though last two years Guru had a couple of hits with “lapaz Toyota”
being a major hit nationwide, his song was not nominated for the 2013
Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.
This came as a shock to a lot of music lovers in Ghana, and even to
those who don’t really pay attention to the Ghanaian music industry. The
song was a huge success in both Ghana and on the international market,
which won him the Best Song of The Year at the City People Entertainment
Awards in Nigeria.
Speaking to Guru up close and personal about his music and the upcoming Vodafone Ghana Music Awards 2014, he stated that;
"Last year when I didn’t get nominated or win any award when it was so
obvious I should have won a couple of awards at the VGMA’s, I did not
insult or disrespect the organizers of the VGMA, instead I went to the
studio with a focused mind and a hardworking spirit and dropped Boys Abr3, NkwadaNkwada, let me love you and Amen, which by God’s grace were all hits nationwide; topping radio charts across the country and beyond.
"All the songs I dropped last year didn’t have any line of profanity to
suggest I’m informing the youth or my fans wrongly, but they are rather
entertaining and motivational lyrics that inform and educate the
country and the world at large.
So if Vodafone Ghana Music Awards is really “Ghana Music Awards,” then
the organizers should factor in the influence of a song nationwide, not
only in Accra or any capital region, but also in all the villages and in
the rest of the country. Which my song did all over the country for
months, and still reigns."
So for this and the other reasons mentioned above, I deserve to win all categories I have been nominated.
Finally, he added; "I really respect the organizers of the VGMA’s and
expect them to do the right thing by awarding those who clearly deserve
the awards.
Am not sure an artiste has to insults organizers or any media house
before they are noticed or are awarded what they deserve; and even if it
happened, it is not right because it proves that the organizers don’t
know what they are doing and also give the awards a bad name. But as I
said earlier, I respect the organizers and believe they will do the
right thing by awarding me what I have worked for.
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