Dear Chris-Vincent,
Is anyone getting tired and depressed about the fact that even though Ghanaian entertainers/celebrities have been receiving nominations for awards’ outside Ghana, they go and come back empty handed?
This is making me sad and yesterday’s D-black’s lost to Nigeria’s 2face and D’banj at the BET Awards nearly got me ill.
After last night’s awards, I asked a couple of friends who I watched the Awards show with a very simple question; Why don’t our Ghanaians win awards outside Ghana?
All the answers I got pointed towards one direction and as much as they seemed harsh, I fully agreed with them. Our Celebrities/Entertainers are the cause of their own inability to get the necessary support and votes to win awards.
In simple terms, all my friends said ‘Ghanaian celebrities or entertainers are stucked up and until they begin to respect their fans and the media, they will never win any award or show that demands some public vote’.
One of my friends said, “Cynthia, imagine how many people will vote for Nadia Buari if she is nominated for an International Award? Come to think about it, which media house will even help her get people to vote? If she is lucky, she may get 5 votes from her family”.
Our Ghanaian celebrities/entertainers have very poor touch and relationship with their fans and media, until these core structures which serve as a wheel to taking them up places and vote them into winning awards are addressed, they will happily go to award shows but come back with sad faces and empty hands.
This is 2 cents, you can add yours!
Sent In By Cynthia Addia/ Finland
EVERYONE WHO has a computer wants to write a blog. mtcheeeeeeew. the only reason Ghanaians will never win any international award is because Ghaians hate each other. they hate to see someone climbing high. the only people Ghanaians like are the people who are mediocre. like Naida is better than jackie, but its Jackie who can get votes even though she cannot act. because she grants air head interviews and says nothing smart so we all love her for being small minded. Ghanaians only support people who are not a threat to them. if you are intelligent and smart and make sense all the time, Ghanaians call you too known and arrogant. only the mediocre go far in Ghana because they are not a threat to anyone.
@aisha menda, hmmm u somehow right …. i agree to some points …
@aisha menda,You got some good points girl
@aisha menda, I DEFINATELY AGREE WITH U ON THIS….AND ITS VERY SAD TO SEE WATS GOING ON…. UNTIL THEN WE CAN NEVA MOVE FORWARD….. ITS LYK TAKING 2 STEPS FORWARD AND BEING DRAGGED A HUNDRED STEPS BACKWARDS….
so why is our almighty jackie dont get those awards ,this is senseless analysis. is nadia the only celebrity in ghana? pls lets stop this nonsense.
@ansah, what are you talking about
@Miyagi, i mean why must the writer use nadia as an example and how many international awards have their favourite or any other ghanaian stars won?
@ansah, yeah you got a point there this topic was about bet awards why gh never win something don’t really know why nadias pics is up there
But 2face hasn’t brought out any major hits in the last few months or the last year. How do they even choose who wins. ridiculous.
@ghallday, are u in this world or u just want to talk because it involves a nigerian,where were u when he released hisTHE UNSTOPPABLE IINTERNATIONAL EDITION last year which had hits like implication,rain drops etc
@flint, yea I remember that one. My bad. That didn’t make so much waves as his other albums did. I like 2face but this time around someone else deserved it a little bit more than him. btw I am not into this gh-naija tug of war that goes on around here.
@ghallday, yes it didn’t make waves as his other album,actually it is his second most successful album since his first because his last 2 albums all floped,but since when has how much wave an album makes been the sole criteria of awarding musicians,what about the content quality,my dear if u are not into such gh-naija tug of war then u shouldn’t have rushed into conclusion in this issue because it makes u look like one.
@flint, Rushed in conclusions. No I wouldn’t say that. As you already have admitted that his last 2 albums flopped. “African Queen” was featured in a big screen movie and that I would say has boosted his popularity in the “BET circles” and that also counts. You can’t disregard that completely. “see me so” is one of the best hits I listen all all the time. This time around someone else deserved it.
@ghallday, my dear it very much looks like u rushed into this ones because u are not giving objective points here rather u are giving sentimental points,if we were to go by ur insinuation then every musician whose music have been used as a soundtrack to a hollywood movies should end up winning an award in whatever award ceremony they are nominated in,the last time i checked that is not how it is done at prestigious music awards,and also the last time i checked awards weren’t based on sentiments,it wasn’t like oh u have won before let someone else win it this time,2face and dbanj deserves it because the worked hard for it,even the popularity u are talking about,do u think the just sat back and the popularity came to them,no the worked hard for it,so maybe they should stop giving beyonce awards simply because she is more popular than most artists she will be nominated with or that she has won the awards so many times therefore it is time for someone else to win it, please my dear be serious and admit that 2face and dbanj were the better nominees on that given night.
come on now ghanaians, the fact that these guys won doenst mean they have international recognition. how many people in the african american community here in the Unites States know about Tuface or Dbanj? prolly none. i can bet on my life that majority of people who voted for these guys to win were not african americans. i am african american so i know what i am saying. they were not even recognized on stage, did u noticed that? this prove my point. no one give a damn about them. i guess majority who voted were nigerians. it’s easy chris. just go to BET website and cast a vote on whichever category u are interested it. they have the population, u guys dont. winnings was based on public vote. i guess nigerians voted for their stars. dont see why u shld be sad. my ghanaian friend(Stacy) already knew that the ghanaian artist did not have a chance not because he is not talented but because he doesnt have the population to push him up. i will say it again, african americans did not vote for these guys, they dont know them. nigerians living in the US and other places did. remember they are more than u. they will always have the vote.
@TAMEKA, while i would admit that i don’t know how BET pick there winners, i would like to ask u this,if ur assertion is anything to go by(that is basing winners on the population of their respective countries) then how come neither psquare nor mi that were nominated at last year BET awards won since nigeria is almost three times the population of UK,but the award went to dizzee rascal,please for once u guys should stop calling black white and give credit to whom it is due,2face and dbanj won not because of the nigerian population but because of their talent,not that the rest of the nomines didn’t have talent but on this given night their talent proved worth more than the other nominees.
@TAMEKA, one more thing so if african americans get to know them then the world will come to a still,give me a break.
@TAMEKA, your so wrong don’t no where you get your info from or the kind of 1952 television your watching but D’banje and 2 face have both made their name known in the states buy doing allot collaboration with top artist plus one thing with nigerians is they like an army of soldiers they all each others back their is no hate among them
@Miyagi, doing colaboration with som african american artist doesn’t not mean these guys are recognized in the african american community or america for that matter. they are not popular within the african american community.go to the african american community or america in general and ask them about tuface or Dbanj. u r gonna get answers like Dbanj who? or Tuface who? that what i am trynna say.they dont know them.I hve never even seen any of their videos being played on BET. Dbanj collabo with snoop was never shown on BET. i dont think i will go to walmart or other big stores and find tuface or dbanj CD displayed for sale. honestly i dont see why these record labels here in the US will sign them and not take them all the way there. kinda like signing them, yet they still remain local stars who CD only rotate among the African community alone. that’s the point i was trynna make. the other point i was trynna make was i dont see why the writer of this article should be sad because ghanaians dont get international awards. the winings for the BET awards was not based on judges decisions but rather on public vote. it’s as simple as that. anybody can vote for their favorite artists. u just gotta visit BET website and cast a vote. that’s it. majority that have time to vote are these high school african american or latino kids.they have the time for stuff like this and a few white high kids maybe, but of course u know whites are usually not into hip hop culture like that. Kinda like 106 & Park, where all u see is high schoo kids gracing that show. grown up folks usally dont have time for stuff like that. so the point i was trynna put accross was that these high school kids dont know much about africa or dont not even wanna know much about africa, to talk about knowing about artist from africa. so majority of them prolly did not vote on the best international act category because they dont know them so they wont care for them. if wining was based on judging alone, then trust me only one person woulda won. there wouldn’t be a tie. i just believe majority of nigerian in US or places voted to push their artists at the top. i am not saying they are not talented or they don’t deserve that award. rather i beleive they have a big population backing them which ghana dont have. And no Miyagi, I dont watch 1952 TV. lol. i am only 24 so i’m current. just that i am tynna prove a point that the fact that the ghana dude did not win does not mean he is not talented or that something is wrong with ghanaian artist. no. sometime having a big population behind ur back helps. remember all it took was for one to get on a computer, visit the website and vote or text to cast a vote. thats all it took. even the guy that won the other category who was from the UK was nigerian. come on guys. think. does this means african has no talent besides nigerians? nigerians voted in large numbers to push their guys up. thats a simple truth.
@TAMEKA, thanks for your feedback but ibdont no if the uk BET is the same as the USA but they do show video’s of d’banje on bet including the collaboration with snoop and even the making of D’ banje and kanye west 2 face became popular with “African queen” allot of African American new him from that time already people like big boy, D’banje, ruggedman, wandi coal have made a new in the state already don’t know what part of the USA your staying but I’m sure you know the naija boyz they did allot as well and also by advertising those artist by putting them on the map
@Miyagi, the are two BET channels. one is known for playing international music. but most of the time i see them play music from the carribean. maybe thats what u r talking about. the BET channel here in the US dont play Dbanj or tuface music. that 4 real. i watch BET a lot and have never seen them play anything foreign apart from african american music. i wish u lived here in the US, u woulda known what i am talking about. the african american community doesnt know them. trust me. i live in Atlanta,Georgia, which the mecca of hip hop right now. come here and ask anybody about tuface and Dbanj and u will realize what i am talking about. i dont know where u r getting ur information from.
@TAMEKA, I see but I wouldn’t trade UK in for USA loooool too many confused people down there I love UK
Doing colaboration with som african american artist doesn’t not mean these guys are recognized in the african american community or america for that matter. they are not popular within the african american community.go to the african american community or america in general and ask them about tuface or Dbanj. u r gonna get answers like Dbanj who? or Tuface who? that what i am trynna say.they dont know them.I hve never even seen any of their videos being played on BET. Dbanj collabo with snoop was never shown on BET. i dont think i will go to walmart or other big stores and find tuface or dbanj CD displayed for sale. honestly i dont see why these record labels here in the US will sign them and not take them all the way there. kinda like signing them, yet they still remain local stars who CD only rotate among the African community alone. that’s the point i was trynna make. the other point i was trynna make was i dont see why the writer of this article should be sad because ghanaians dont get international awards. the winings for the BET awards was not based on judges decisions but rather on public vote. it’s as simple as that. anybody can vote for their favorite artists. u just gotta visit BET website and cast a vote. that’s it. majority that have time to vote are these high school african american or latino kids.they have the time for stuff like this and a few white high kids maybe, but of course u know whites are usually not into hip hop culture like that. Kinda like 106 & Park, where all u see is high schoo kids gracing that show. grown up folks usally dont have time for stuff like that. so the point i was trynna put accross was that these high school kids dont know much about africa or dont not even wanna know much about africa, to talk about knowing about artist from africa. so majority of them prolly did not vote on the best international act category because they dont know them so they wont care for them. if wining was based on judging alone, then trust me only one person woulda won. there wouldn’t be a tie. i just believe majority of nigerian in US or places voted to push their artists at the top. i am not saying they are not talented or they don’t deserve that award. rather i beleive they have a big population backing them which ghana dont have. And no Miyagi, I dont watch 1952 TV. lol. i am only 24 so i’m current. just that i am tynna prove a point that the fact that the ghana dude did not win does not mean he is not talented or that something is wrong with ghanaian artist. no. sometime having a big population behind ur back helps. remember all it took was for one to get on a computer, visit the website and vote or text to cast a vote. thats all it took. even the guy that won the other category who was from the UK was nigerian. come on guys. think. does this means african has no talent besides nigerians? nigerians voted in large numbers to push their guys up. thats a simple truth.
@TAMEKA, please do u have a personal vandeta with nigeria or what, did u at all read the artilce very before commenting because the last time i checked it was talking about why ghanaian entertainers do not win awards even after being nominated, it wasn’t talking about why nigerian entertainers were more popular in america than ghanian entertainers,so if african american then like nigerian music will the world come to a stand still or will the heavens come down on earth,the nigerian music industry got this far on its own without help from anywhere,it is just a matter of time before it gets to the zenith with or without any help,just like i asked before why did dizzee rascal win over psquare,mi and other nominees at 2010 BET awards even though nigeria is almost three times the population of UK.
@TAMEKA, true talk tho…
ALLTHAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD SO SHUT THE FCK UP ABOUT GHANAIANS NOT WINNING. DO YOU KNOW THAT AS PART OF THE ILLUMINATI – THAT DBANJ HAS SOLD HIS SOUL TO THE DEVIL BY SIGNING ON TO JAY Z AND ROC NATION. YOU CANNOT BE A SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAINER WHO HIT THE MILLION MARK AND REACH MASSES WITHOUT SELLING YOUR SOUL TO THE DEVIL IN THE WESTERN WORLD. SO PLEASE DI HINI EWO WU KUROMU (BE A KING IN UR OWN LAND) AND STOP CRYING JUST COS GHANAIANS DID NOT WIN AGAINST THESE AKATA UNEDUCATED BAFFOONS – WHOM YOU ALL SEEM TO WORSHIP. I WILL NOT WIPE BY SHITTY ASS WITH ANY AKATA – THEY ARE THE MOST USELESS SPECIES AMONGST BLACK PEOPLE IN THE WORLD SO IT BOTHERS ME WHEN YOU ALL KISS ASS TO THEM. AND FOR THE RECORD WHEN DBANJ AND TUFACE WON – THEY DISRESPECTED THEM AS THEY DID TWO YEARS IN THE ROW AND NOT EVEN SHOW THEIR FACES ON TV – SO WTF. SO SHUT ALREADY – TOO MANY KIDS ON THIS BOARD, 2O SOMETHING YEAR OLDS WITH RETARDED COMPLAINS AND TOPICS
@BREASTLINANAAFOFONUFOUR, damn I like your style hahaha and you have thought me something new never knew he was signed to roc nation
@BREASTLINANAAFOFONUFOUR, i am amused u didn’t think sakodie sold his soul to the devil when he signed on with akon,and if i remember well, last year when dizzee rascal the half ghanaian who is based in the UK won,it was trumpeted here on GC and u all were happy about it,now the story is different this year and u have suddenly taken a 360 degrees turn,i know if it had been a ghanaian that signed on with jay z u will be saying otherwise just like u did with sakodie,my dear learn be a good looser and stop complaining.
NADIA IS ONE OF THE WORST ACTRESS THAT EVER SURFACED GHANA – STOP WORSHIPPING AND PRAISING MEDIORCRITY. GHANA DOES NOT HAVE ANY BEST ACTRESSS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS HORRIBLE. WE DO HOWEVER HAVE A GREAT ACTOR WHOM NO NIGERIAN ACTOR CAN HOLD A CANDLE TO AND THATS MAJID, BUT FOR ACTRESS GC AND THESE CHILDISH MEDIORCRE TASTE FOOLS KEEP MENTIONING NADIA AND JACKIE GETS ON MY FCKING NERVES, IF YOU PRAISE MEDIOCRITY LIKE THAT – HOW WILL THEY KNOW THEY ARE BAD AND AS SUCH HAVE TO IMPROVE. IF NADIA IS YOUR BEST THEN I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU. NKWASIASEM
@BREASTLINANAAFOFONUFOUR, lol
@BREASTLINANAAFOFONUFOUR, its this same girl who helped raised the ghana movie industry. so shut your stinking mouth.
@BREASTLINANAAFOFONUFOUR, u wish majid was better than all nigerian actors but he is nowhere near ramsey,rmd,sam dede etc .
@BREASTLINANAAFOFONUFOUR,tell demmmm ooooo,dis people dont know what is being gud actress i swear,Nadia or jacki dont know shit..the only good ACTOR IN GHANA is majid Micheal das yet no body else..so get ya fact straight pliz…
GOSH GC HAS SOME CYTO EDUCATED FOOLS I SWEAR. HOW THE FCK DO YOU PRAISE MEDIOCRITY LIKE THAT – NADIA IS A GREAT ACTRESS, JACKIE IS A GREAT ACTRESS, JULIET IBRAHIM IS A GREAT ACTRESS. YOU GUYS ARE SO DAMN SICK – MU ABODAM PAPA. MU TASTE YE HORRIBLE TO SAY THE LEAST
@BREASTLINA-FOFO-NUFOUR hmmmm
@BREASTLINA-FOFO-NUFOUR, If u can act soooo well why dont u be an actress instead of insulting Jackie,Nadia and co. People like u are those who bring GH down, instead of u to show your love and support our celebrities u are rather saying they dont know how to act. If u keep on saying things like this how are they going to get the encouragement to keep on working hard in oder to make GH known? If Nigerians where that mean and ungrateful to their stars will they have gotten this far? They showed love and supported their stars thats why they are where they are right now, so stop insulting them and show them love.
the reason why ghanians cant win is because our music is not as popular as the nigerian music. and nigerian music is much better and nicer den gh music be honest. any if a nigerian is nominated they will always win
@merel, I dont agree with u. There are lots of people in africa who love ghanaian songs but the fact that they didnt win does not mean nigerian songs are better than ghanaian songs.
i do know too that nigerian music is also good .as a matter of fact ,ido listen to their music ,and i really like it.they do have this flavour in their music that makes it fun to listen to.and over the bet award ,do not forget that 2face also has the blessing of r.kelly,akon and the rest of them..the thing is they know how to till their ground and be able to reap from it.ghanians can also be better if they will stop seeing things in term of nigeria / ghana.you are all one and more will come from africa if we remain focused.
@aida, thats exactly my point , I am half ghanaian and nigerian but I hate to see it when both ghanaians and nigerians argue about who the best is, I think we are all one and we ought to behave like brothers and sisters instead of yawaing ourselves.
YOU CANNOT BE A SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAINER WHO HIT THE
MILLION MARK AND REACH MASSES “WITHOUT” SELLING YOUR
SOUL TO THE DEVIL IN THE WESTERN WORLD. really??? u an asshole,
Not all the enterainer in the western world worshiping the devil,
Some of them worked really HARD for their millions, and yes some
Do worship the devil, but not all.
I think with time Ghana will get there, Nigerians has been out there for a long time…. so lets have patience in God’s own time everything will be possible, Ghana will do it, and do it big.
@Akata, AMEN
@Akata, oh! how time runs,i remember there was a time ghana was claiming that they were better than nigerian in music and that the taught nigerian music,the nigerian music scene exploded around 2004 when 2face came out with his first album,and no nigeria has not always been out there,they worked hard to get to that place,tell ur ghanaian musicians to work hard in other to get there and stop giving all kinds of excuses for the nigerian music success and the ghanaian music failure, its all about hardwork.
@flint, im 100% Ghanaian and i agree with you. Ghanaians dont really work hard toward their music.. Nigerians loves competition and being successful and they will do anything possible to get there. Ghanaians are not like that. They care less about competition but sometimes when you compete with others, you always want the best to come out of you and you try to do that. Ghanaians dont do that. thats why.
The only person who really make sense here is
@merel,,, POPULARITY. is the key here. both 2face and dbanj
Have appear on Bet before.
Bet just started adding african entertainers to their list,
This just the beginning people gosh,
So let me get this right @lu you are saying popularity and not necessarily achievements or community “role model index”.
Stupid
@Akata thanks honey, patience people, patience,
BET just started this, I think this the 2yr or3yr african
Entertainers was Nominated, ghanaians will win one day.
There is one entertainer in ghana who I think should
Really be awarded, he got real talent, ghanaians ur really need to
Support him, I read comments and people always hating on him,
Saying he’s everywhere, he’s overrated,,if ur ghanaians really support
Him, he gonna be the male Genevieve or even bigger them her,
Over the yrs I have watched talented african actors, like RMD , Ramsey Noah,
Jim ike, etc but majid michel is really Talented, if ur like it or not, that’s the turth,
Majid is the proud to ghana,
My friends and I have been emailing the AMAA’s, he need best actor award,
He’s the best to ever come out of Africa, (FYI I’m not from Ghana or Nigeria).
And I’m a John and van vicker fan.
@lu, Ohh i know. Ghanaians we hate ourselves way too much. I know majid will bring something home oneday
@ghallday… honey u saying 2things, I dnt understand.
Ok I said popularity cuz someome said HOW THEY WON OR something
Like WHY THEY WON? That why I said Popularity and also talent.
I think Everyone of them is talented that why they was Nominated. win or not.
First off…Ghana didn’t win because Ghanaian music is mostly very “in-house” music, and can only be understood by Ghanaians or people leaving in Ghana. D-BLACK is an average emcee,and hasn’t come with anything original (Even the “YES BOSS” he says is a common slang in Lagos he stole from Naeto C).
Give Nigeria the respect its due. Compared to the Other artists Tuface and D’BANJ have made strong moves in the last one year. Tuface’s Unstoppable album has sold over 200,000 units (at 1000 naira a copy,do the maths, thats GH10 a copy) and D’banj collaborated with Snoop and has just signed a $3,000,000 deal with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D music imprint. This isn’t a Nigeria, Ghana thing but truth be told is that Ghana music apart from Hi-life in the fifties and sixties (big ups ET Mensah and Jerry Hanson and the Ramblers!) does not transcend the rest of Africa, and even the ones that have a bit of “buzz” these days copy Nigerian Pidgin or slangs.
Ironically 3 of the Nominees from the UK and the winner of the international act award for the UK are “Nigerian British”. Tinie Tempah (winner), Skepta( Joseph Adenuga), and Laura Ikazuboh are all of Nigerian descent. Even the person who won last year, Dizzee Rascal…has a NIGERIAN FATHER.
You Have to admit or acknowledge that Nigeria musically is going places….can you see the trend?
@9JA BOY, so what?
@9JA BOY, you do have a point…..i admire how the nigerians are pushing and most importantly SUPPORTING each other.That is a concept we a re yet to learn.We like to stifle those who try to come out with something original because we are afraid of change and narrow minded.Ofcourse not everyone,but a significant some.Too bad they are achieving their desired effect.
Hmm….
you are all a bunch of losers…from writer to readers…get a life!!
@zion, then u are also a loser because u read, why dont u rather get a life.
oiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii you guys are to funny
@TAMEKA, I see but I wouldn’t trade UK in for USA loooool too many confused people down there I love UK.
@Miyagi looooooooooooool your so funny, you’re the best complainer in this forum your comments always make me laugh and always make my day, i think you should be a comedian. ghanacelebrities should give you an award
@mee, blimey you don’t no what your missing hahaha land of sausage, bacon pint beer there is more chicken N chips shop here than anything els 🙂 UK ALL THE WAY
Please, Ghana has pidgin too. Ask the numerous nigerian students in our universities. Nonsense!
I also think that the Ghanaian celebrities do not have any charisma and they have bad relationship with stars. You meet some of them and they think they are Jesus, they will not even smile or when you say Hello, they don’t look at you even. However, when they need your vote or something, they come out for you.
@mich, u guys keep consoling urselves with lies to feel better, i will ask this question again,how come dizzee rascal from UK won over psquare,mi and others at 2010 BET award even though nigeria has almost three times the population of UK.
THIS IS JUST COMMON SENSE.. NAIJA= BIGGER COUNTRY , POPULATION =4TIMES THAT OF GHANA… WE CANNOT WIN.
@mich, genau