The veteran musician has shed light on why Stonebwoy and other artists who got featured on a work nominated for Grammy awards have never been recognized as nominees
Ghana’s Grammy Award nominee Rocky Dawuni has shed light on why comments that Reggae Dancehall artist Stonebwoy has gained a Grammy nomination is not accurate.
Dawuni, whose album has been nominated for the 64th edition of the awards explained that any artist who gets featured on an album nominated in the Grammy’s does not make him a nominee.
He further stressed that it feels good to be part of a project which has been globally recognized but that doesn’t mean you have a nomination for yourself or you have won an award should the work finally wins the category it was nominated for in the process.
“There is a lot of confusion, as you would understand, Grammy nomination is for a body of work, so there is a difference between a nominee for a Grammy and also featuring to be part of a song of a Grammy-nominated album,” Dawuni told Citi TV.
“You have contributed to the song, but you are not a nominee. The thing is, I am not the one saying it. You should go to the Academy website and see who the nominees are,” he added.
He added: “I think that sometimes…been featured on a record is a great achievement. It’s really great, but we have to also recognize what is… we can’t create our own rules here and be using those rules.”