King Lagazee has accused Stonebwoy, Shatta Wale of killing the Bass Awards, the only awards scheme dedicated to the genre.

Accordingly the award-winning radio presenter the awards scheme died because Reggae/Dancehall artistes were not in support of it.

“From day one when the awards scheme was established, Reggae/ Dancehall musicians were not in support of it. They would not even submit their works and left everything in the hands of the board members.

“We had to do our own research by gathering songs that stood tall in the year under review. On the awards night, the Reggae/Dancehall musicians would not even show up.

“I was a committee member so I know what I am talking about. The artistes made the awards look very bad in the eyes of everyone. The board received a lot of backlashes and we lost interest in being a part of it,” he said.

He stated that the reggae artistes kicked against the board awarding Hiplife artistes who recorded Dancehall songs.

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“When Edem won Popular Song of the Year with Ghetto Arise, the Reggae/ Dancehall musicians who were competing with him in the category got angry and said all sorts of things about the board.

“Ahuma Bosco Ocansey also known as Daddy Bosco, the Chairman for Bass Awards, has been disrespected several times by these same artists,” he said.
He added that Reggae/ Dancehall musicians were not willing to listen to anything the board told them.

“We started talking to the artistes about branding. We told them to be neat always as Reggae/ Dancehall musicians were considered dirty, and they got so angry about it. Most of them stopped attending meetings and disassociated themselves from anything we did. In short, they just killed Bass Awards.

“Two slots at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) were not enough, one of the reasons we set up the Bass Awards, but it’s unfortunate today it is no more,” he concluded.