Kwame Nsiah-Apau, known by his stage name Okyeame Kwame and nicknamed Rap Doctor, has told the media about the evolution of Vodafone Ghana Music Awards(VGMA) and also indicates that it was through him, Ghana got the music awards scheme.
The made in Ghana(MIG) hit maker in an interview with one of the presenters of Ameyaw Debra in an interview monitored by Ghanawish Radio disclosed that, in the year 1997/1998 he together with Lord Kenya were having a show at Kumasi, KNUST, but were organised by Charterhouse which was then “Multi-Concept.
With that, these two big artiste didn’t know who to perform first.
“Myself and Lord were chap by then so we didn’t know who to perform first and we were arguing, this gave one the organizers idea and ask, if we come with this award scheme won’t it help for we to know who is the best?” Okyeame Said. This was the emergence of Ghana Music Awards.
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