I didn’t file for VGMA’s Artiste of the Year – Joe Mettle

Gospel Musician and once Artiste of the year, Joe Mettle has disclosed that he did not file for this year’s Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA but his manager did.

“I didn’t know that my name had been filed for nomination. My manager filed at my back. That made me surprised. My first reaction was like, oh okay” Joe Mettle said.

In an interview on DayBreak Hitz which was monitored by The Chronicle, Mr. Mettle said

“I’m not the one that makes the selection. I don’t know why the people come after me. You see this word deserve is a very big one.”

He added that, it is the organizers of the award that determine the criteria for Artistes to be selected so if they consider his works “fit” for the category, so be it.

He says he tries “as much as possible not to read” the criticisms against his nominations.

He says he has, however, read comments made by Reggae/Dancehall Artiste, Ras Kuuku, who asked ifVGMAs is for Joe Mettle to be nominated in the ‘Artiste of the year’ every year.

“His comment was the one that I saw. I laughed. When he is also nominated, they will do same to him. The point is this, everyone will not be happy with you. People will always have their issues. That thing takes too much energy out of you” the ‘Bononi’ crooner said.

“Anyone that is in the category can win. Don’t underestimate anybody. I can win. Anybody else can also win,” he said.

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