Ghanaian occasion host and leisure character, MC Portfolio has defined the rationale behind King Paluta’s snub on the Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA) 2025 Most Widespread Tune class.
The MC said that whereas King Paluta’s hit song, ‘Makoma’ meets the requirement for the award class, a current rule change in class nomination was made, which led to the snub on King Paluta’s work.
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The charterhouse board has determined that from the this yr onwards, no two hit songs from one artiste in the identical class which have certified will likely be chosen collectively, we obtained this information simply yesterday as a result of after we had been making use of we needed the rules positioned by them for utility, as a result of we now have seen it earlier than the place two hit songs from one artist has made it into the class.
MC Portfolio additional defined why different nominations for King Paluta had been snubbed, like using ‘Makoma’ for Hip Life Tune of the Yr Class. Consultations from Hiplife legends like Reggie Rockstone proved that the music didn’t qualify for the style in query.
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We had been initially making an attempt to appoint ‘Makoma’ for Hiplife Tune of the Yr, as a result of King Paluta stated he was impressed by hiplife content material to make the music. However in response to the ‘scheme’, the music isn’t a Hiplife music in order that they could not nominate that music. We additionally spoke to Reggie Rockstone, to know his opinion of the matter. Whereas he acknowledged the hiplife affect within the music, he confirmed it didn’t qualify for the class in response to the ‘scheme’, additional labelling it a Highlife music. And the Highlife class too, there’s already the hit music ‘Aseda’ in that class to allow them to’t add ‘Makoma’ to it.
King Paluta had been elevating issues over snubs on his nominations for the 2025 TGMA. He is setting eyes on the final word award, Artiste of the Yr, with a competitive array of fellow nominees.
In the meantime the twenty sixth version of the TGMA is predicted to will likely be held on Might 3, on the Accra Worldwide Convention Centre, preceded by a pre-party on Might 2 to offer social alternatives for the trade’s finest and stakeholders.