The 2023 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Artiste of the Year is rap sensation Black Sherif.
He beat stiff competition from seven others namely Piesie Esther, Sarkodie, Joe Mettle, Stonebwoy, Camidoh, KiDi and King Promise to win the award.
This is the ‘Kwaku The Traveller’ hitmaker’s first VGMA Artiste of the Year win.
An excited Black Sherif, following his win, walked to the stage singing Sad Boys Don’t Fold – the song he opened his performance with.
Black Sherif also took home awards for the Best Music Video Award, Most Popular Song of the Year and Best Hip-hop Song of the Year with Kwaku The Traveller.
He thanked everyone that supported him throughout his career stating “I dedicate this award to my mother, father and to Konongo Zongo.”
He later sang the lyrics to Sad Boys Don’t Fold as a goodbye – “sending love to my rastas…We’ll be great ‘nti moda a monda’ (if you sleep, sleep well).
Black Sherif assured his fans to expect his new work in June.
One of the big contenders of the night Piesie Esther walked home with two awards namely Best Gospel Song with Waye Me Yie and the Best Gospel Artiste of the Year.
Stonebwoy also won the Best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year Award and Best Afropop Song of the Year.
Meanwhile, King Promise, to many fans’ delight, won the Best Afrobeats/Afropop Artiste of the Year and Album of the Year Awards.
Sarkodie took home the Best Collaboration and Best Hiplife Artiste awards.
GES update first term reopening date Management of Ghana Education Service (GES) has notified students, staff, parents, and the general public of the first term reopening date for the 2022/2023 academic year. In an official letter dated 7th January, 2023 which was addressed by Cassandra Twum Ampofo, Head of Public Relations Unit at GES, she informed that due to the Statutory Holiday on Monday, 9th January, 2023, the Senior High Schools are expected to reopen on Tuesday, 10th January 2023. BASIC SCHOOLS REOPENING DATE GES said, “Heads of Basic schools are to note that the reopening date for primary and Junior High schools remains 10th January 2023. Ghana Education Service (GES) urged all students, staff, parents, and the general public to be guided by the new development.



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