This year’s Ghana Music Awards is R2Bees Honour Awards; their trap has caught Ghana Music ‘Bayla’

Posted on February 25, 2013February 25, 2013
by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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I would want to call this year’s Ghana Music Awards R2Bees Honour Awards. ‘Walahi’ the duo has done incredibly amazing over the years.

Surprisingly R2Bees has not received Award from Charter House before ever since their inception into the musical stream. Though they have had several nominations, none of them went to Tema. Made up of Faisal Hakeem (Paedae da Pralem) and Rashid Mugeez, the name R2Bees stands unassailable whenever any Ghanaian is arguing the prowess of a duo from Ghana.

Bringing back the indigenous Ghanaian Musical Culture with ‘Odo’, R2Bees is credited with Cotemporary High Life badges. Honestly, I was not surprised when I saw their name in 9 categories and gracing it with the Artist of Year nomination. They really deserve more than 9, in my own humble opinion.

I’m challenging you to mention 5 hit songs in Ghana at the moment and if you do not mention ‘Odo’ and ‘Life (Walahi)’ then you are a Tourist. Comfortably relaxing on 2 hits songs, the Tema based songsters have attracted the attention of Forbes List where the world’s acclaimed magazine published that, R2Bees is one of the names to watch out for. It seems Forbes’ prophecy is materializing.

In the publication Forbes published “Ghanaian mega-group R2Bees, made up of Faisal Hakeem (Paedae da Pralem) and Rashid Mugeez, is behind some of the biggest hits coming out of West Africa. The hip-hop/hiplife group’s highly anticipated single featuring London-born, Ghanaian artist, Tinchy Stryder is due out in 2013.”

Out of 9 nominations, I can confidently point out that, R2Bees will sweep 7 Awards including the Artist of the Year slot. I would doubt the credibility of Ghana Music Awards if the duo receives anything less than 7.

Indeed, R2Bees deserves a path on their hardworking backs for such spectacular works and they have really proven that their trap has caught Ghana Music ‘Bayla’.

Author: Nana Kwesi Coomson (www.233times.net)

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An Entrepreneur, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Communications Executive and Philanthropist. Editor-in-Chief of www.233times.com. A Senior Journalist with Ghanaian Chronicle Newspaper. An alumnus of Adisadel College where he read General Arts. His first degree is in Bachelor of Arts - Political Science (major) and History (minor) from the University of Ghana. He holds MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Energy with Public Relations (PR) from the Robert Gordon University in the United Kingdom. He is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow who studied at Clark Atlanta University in USA on the Business and Entrepreneurship track.

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