{"id":873,"date":"2023-04-12T22:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T22:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=873"},"modified":"2023-04-12T22:38:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T22:38:00","slug":"vgmas-hasnt-been-fair-to-us-says-dopenation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=873","title":{"rendered":"VGMAs hasn\u2019t been fair to us, says DopeNation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 18px;\">\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background: rgb(64, 191, 245); border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip-path: inset(50%); clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); color: white; display: inline-block; height: 1px; list-style: none; margin: -1px; outline: none; overflow-wrap: normal !important; 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border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone Ghana Music Awards<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">&nbsp;(VGMAs) has not been fair to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">DopeNation said the organisers of the awards scheme have eliminated the \u201cGroup of the Year\u201d category from the annual event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Speaking on Asaase 99.5 Accra\u2019s&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asaaseradio.com\/meet-amanda-jissih-sit-in-host-for-between-hours-on-asaase-radio\/\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\">Between Hours<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">&nbsp;Show on Tuesday (11 April), the duo said: \u201cWe are twins, we are a group that is what we stand for.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\u201cSo musically, when you take that category off, you take away our recognition and what we stand for.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">It has been three years since the award scheme took the \u201cGroup of the Year\u201d category off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">DopeNation added: \u201cWe are sure they have tangible reasons for that but they should also look at it from our point of view.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; list-style: none; margin: 6px auto; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; z-index: 2;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\u201cWe have been active and we have taken artists up, we have produced artists, we have written for artists, we\u2019ve been dropping our own songs, we\u2019ve been on tours,\u201d they told the host of the show&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asaaseradio.com\/six-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-naa-ashorkor\/\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\">Naa Ashorkor<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\u201cAt least for the efforts that we are putting in and still at the end of the day there is no nomination for \u2018Group of the Year,\u2019 but we rather have to battle it out with solo artists.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\u201cIt really hurts when another country has an award scheme and they nominate us as a group and we have to fly there to represent the country as a group. Meanwhile, back in our home (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asaaseradio.com\/imf-lowers-ghanas-growth-rate-to-1-6-in-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Ghana<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">), we don\u2019t have a group category,\u201d the duo added.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Source: <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asaaseradio.com\/\">www.asaaseradio.com<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 780px;\"><ins data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2753284703313861\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-status=\"filled\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 280px; list-style: none; margin: auto; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><\/p>\n<div aria-label=\"Advertisement\" style=\"background-color: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 280px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 780px;\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TwitteLinkedInShare via EPrint Ghanaian musical duo Michael Boafo and Tony Boafo popularly known as&nbsp;DopeNation&nbsp;have said the&nbsp;Vodafone Ghana Music Awards&nbsp;(VGMAs) has not been fair to them. DopeNation said the organisers of the awards scheme have eliminated the \u201cGroup of the Year\u201d category from the annual event. 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