Legendary Ghanaian artiste, Okyeame Kwame, has declared that he has never been bothered - even after being on the scene for over 20 years - over his lack of major international awards (BET and Grammy Awards).

According to him, awards do not define the levels of success of a musician.

He pointed out that there are tons of sublime artistes that do not have a cabinet filled with awards and he considers himself as one of them.

“I’m not worried that I have never gotten a BET or Grammy Awards nomination throughout my entire music career. I’m an artist and the reason I do produce songs is to inspire people to help in the development of the country but if we win awards that’s a bonus."

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“I will be lying to you if I say my ambition has been to win a Grammy Award because that’s not where my focus is. My success depends on how my songs bring love, unity,and national pride amongst Ghanaians” he said.

He went further to establish that Ghanaians only value things outside of Ghana because they think local things automatically mean irrelevant things. 

“We don’t value what belongs to us but rather we depend so much on external stimuli in order to realize that we are making giant strides in the music industry, Okyeame Kwame said all these while speaking to Amansan Krakye on GBC Radio Central.

“How about us also doing our Ghana Music Awards so well that those who are abroad would also yearn to win it. Why do we always value things that come from abroad and recognize that we are doing well only when we win international awards.

“That’s the same concept that’s why our Cedi can’t compete with the Dollar. It’s the same concept that’s why when an Ashanti marries a Fante we say it’s a long journey marriage but when a Ghanaian marries someone in Abroad we say that’s a good marriage.

“All is because we’ve tied our hopes, aspirations,and success to external stimuli so let’s focus on what we have and be proud of it,” he concluded.