‘Grammy’s African Category Very Competitive’ | General Entertainment

Following the latest inclusion of the Best African Music Performance as a part of the 2 different classes – the Best Alternative Jazz Album and Best Pop Dance Recording class by the Grammy Academy, Afrobeat singer Kuami Eugene says it is going to be tough for Ghanaian acts to win the class if the trade doesn’t spend money on musicians.

Speaking on Entertainment Guide on DGN hosted by Prudence, the ‘Monica’ crooner emphatically indicated that the classes launched by the Grammy Academy weren’t launched to please Ghanaians however to increase its award classes. Therefore, it behooves the music trade to work further laborious to safe the awards.

His feedback are in response to the latest jubilation by some Ghanaian music fanatics following the announcement of the brand new classes which search to recognise genres equivalent to Ghanaian Drill, Highlife, Afrobeat, and extra.

According to Kuami Eugene, the Grammy Academy will not be favouring Ghanaians within the Best African Music Performance class as a result of they’ve private pursuits.

“The new category is making the job more difficult because highlife is not all about Ghana. Other African countries are doing highlife now. So currently it is not about who can do highlife but who can push highlife to the top and we don’t have the funds here in the country to champion the song,” he stated.

Kuami Eugene additionally reiterated that the Ghanaian leisure trade remains to be crawling to safe funding help from buyers to help music and craft on the worldwide stage.

Kuami Eugene has launched his single ‘Monica’ off his ‘Love and Chaos’ album. The music has geared a number of viewers on varied digital music on-line platforms.