After two a long time of not partaking within the Vodafone Ghana Music Grants, Stonebwoy is back on the list of chosen people.
Within the modern list discharged by the coordinators, Stonebwoy made his comeback showing up within the Reggae/Dancehall Melody of the Year category.
Two of his hit melodies were designated for the category – ‘1Gad’ and ‘Covetous Men’. He is going against KiDi (Touch It), Samini (Picture), Larusso (New Gen) and Epixode (Odeshie).
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Stonebwoy has moreover been assigned for the Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year grant.
He is up against the 2021 victor Epixode, Samini and Larusso.
Stonebwoy returns to VGMA
This comes a year after the VGMA board lifted the boycott it set on Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale in 2019.
The pair were banned inconclusively from partaking within the VGMAs after an squabble between them defaced the 2019 version.
For the primary time within the at that point 20-year history of the Ghana Music Grants, coordinators fizzled to declare the victor of the ‘Artiste of the Year’ category due to the brawl.
Amid a press conference, the coordinators expressed that the two artistes breached the code of conduct of the conspire.
Stamp Okraku-Mantey, who was a part of the Board, at the time, clarified that the Board has the correct to reject or disqualify any nominee who misbehaves or brings the Grants into notoriety.