Sarkodie
Ghana’s fastest rapper and 2012 Artiste of the Year, Sarkodie has said he is certain of being the first Ghanaian musician to win a BET award.
The talented musician has been nominated alongside other African artistes for this year’s Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards.
He has been nominated in the Best International Act (Africa) category and will have to beat other strong contenders, including Wizkid and Ice Prince from Nigeria, Lira from South Africa, Camp Mulla from Kenya, and Mokobe from Mali.
Speaking in an interview with Hitz Entertainment News, Sarkodie said “I think I stand a chance of winning because there is a new crave in town…I’ve seen the new trend everywhere, it’s Azonto everywhere and talking about the originators, you can talk about Sarkodie, so I think I have a huge following out there and I know my fans, they are always in support, I know they will vote, things will happen.”
He said winning the Artiste of the Year in the just ended 13th Ghana Music Award was a clear proof that he is good.
“If you win a BET award, it puts you on a different level because you don’t have to tell people what you do, all you have to say is that you won a BET award and I think we need it to keep us going”.
Sarkodie said he has 12 awards in his room and it will be nice to add one more to crown it all and his next target is on the Grammy awards which he is working hard towards.
This year’s BET Awards is scheduled for the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, July 2 and Sarkodie is hoping to follow the footsteps of D’banj and 2Face Idibia who were joint winners of the awards last year.
Source : The Accra Daily Mail
