Ghanaian reggae artiste, Rocky Dawuni, has claimed that his 2015 Grammy nomination paved the for others to be nominated.

The veteran insinuated that he was the one who put Ghana on the world stage with the style of music he gathered from the legends of Ghanaian music admitting that he fused the styles he learned from them as a young artist.

He told Prince Benjamin on the Class Drive on Class91.3FM on Thursday, 18 June 2020.

“Even when I was nominated, the statement I made on the red carpet when they asked me, I told them that my nomination was a testament to all the great artistes I learned from, upon whose footsteps I learned from, upon whose footsteps I learned from - the Ampadus and all of those Ghanaian legends, whose music when I was a child I was learning, cutting my chops and all of that kind of stuff." He explained.

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“The tribute was to them because that was where I learned from and acquired a lot of different ideas and moved forward. So, it’s not a nomination that was self-serving for me, it’s a nomination for all of us, it’s opened the door. Other people can go get more nominations and win. It’s open but the only thing people have to know is that we’ve opened the door and that’s a very important thing.” 

"The thing is that Grammy should not be the yardstick for judging our music. It should not be the yardstick for judging music but it is also a yardstick to be able to acknowledge the great works of art that happen within a certain generation. So you’re able to put it in historical context but you can imagine artistes like Fella, Bob Marley were never nominated. Ever, but through the works that they did the works grew. They’re grammy worthy but they were never nominated." He concluded.

Rocky Dawuni is currently promoting his new song titled ‘Beats of Zion’ which is enjoying airplay on Black Entertainment Television (BET) and Voice of America (VOA).