Joe Mettle, who won the Best Gospel Artiste of the Year at the VGMAs last month, said the decision was to make other artists experience how it is to also win. Joe has also won over 10 local and international awards.
“It got to a time I decided to withdraw from the award scheme for some time. The decision was to encourage others to also have the feel of winning the award so that it will make entertaining and serve as a fair playing ground.”
The ‘Bo Noo Ni’ hit-maker said in an interview, that although he mostly receives a lot of backlashes when he wins an award that doesn’t affect him anyway.
“Post-award commentaries, bashing does not worry me at all. Everyone has an opinion and you cannot take it away from them. There are a lot of issues that go into one winning an award but when you try to explain to people, they are not interested, except for the fact that they think you don’t deserve it.
“To be given an Artiste of the Year or any other category, the organizers take into consideration, the work you have done shows you have performed and a whole lot but people are not aware.” Joe Mettle won the Artiste of the Year, Gospel Artiste of the Ye, and the Male Vocalist Artist of the Year at the 2017 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA). His award for Artiste of the Year was considered historical as he was the first Gospel artiste to win in this category since the conception of these awards.
story by Obaapa Janee
