Known to be a very outspoken gentleman who always speaks his mind, King Lagazee, host of “Yaad Settingz” on Asaase 99.5fm in Accra, he has also lashed out on VGMA Board for not doing things ‘right’.
King Lagazee lambasts the VGMA Board for not respecting the Ghanaian Reggae/Dancehall Community enough. Pouring out his bitter words under a social media post, below were the words he typed (unedited).
Salute!!
The only thing is that, VGMA’s doesn’t rate Reggae the Industry people. None of us pushing Reggae Dancehall to the core was called to present an Award. We have the Likes of Ahuma Bosco Ocansey, Bibio Black Santino, Cultureb Gh Afrika, Blakk Rasta, Kwasi Nyarko Ofei etc, etc…
The VGMA’s always cut out reggae people and I don’t know why ? They invited Gosple people to come present Awards to their follows, same to the other genres but look at the people who came there to present for reggae ???
The sabotage and bias against reggae and reggae people in Ghana is becoming unbearable and we need to look into it…#Sad
King Lagazee is one of the staunch pioneers and Reggae/Dancehall Gurus in Ghana who has groomed many artistes within the period through Sound System Culture, and largely helped sustain the Culture through constant promotion on Radio, Online, Teleivision and across Ghana with countless events, many of which he has hosted and even organized. He has won several awards to his credit as a ‘Selector’, in due reverence. He owns Lagazee Sound International, a Sound System Group which operates in Ghana and in Europe as well (with Junior Maestro, Bob Afrika, Benedict Jahface).
For many years, there has been a ‘not-so-smooth’ tension between the Reggae/Dancehall Community (and their Artistes) AND Charter House, organizers of Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. From skirmishes at the awards to allegations of cheating in their categories.
This year’s slots for “Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year” and “Reggae/Dancehall Song of the Year” were won by Stonebwoy and Epixode respectively.
For the first time in the history of the awards, Rocky Dawuni got nominated.
Many also are of the thought that many Ghanaian Reggae/Dancehall artistes don’t promote their works enough so often leave the scheme ‘starved’ of material that were popular within successive years of review; hence, also, giving chance to the other secular artistes who venture into the genre winning slots over the ‘core artistes’ who are known Reggae/Dancehall crooners.
Elorm Beenie is an experienced Public Relations Officer and Author with a demonstrated history of working in the music industry.
He holds an enviable record of working directly and running PR jobs for both international and local artistes; notable among his huge repertoire of artistes worked with are Morgan Heritage (Grammy Winners), Rocky Dawuni (Grammy Nominee, 2015), Samini (MOBO Winner - 2006, MTV Awards Africa Winner - 2009) and Stonebwoy (BET Best African Act Winner - 2015). Other mainstream artistes of great repute he has worked with are Kaakie, Kofi Kinaata, Teephlow, (just to name a few), who have all won multiple awards under Vodafone GHANA Music Awards (VGMAs).
Elorm Beenie has done PR & road jobs for Sizzla, Jah Mason, Busy Signal, Kiprich, Anthony B, Demarco, Turbulence, Popcaan, Jah Vinci & Morgan Heritage who came to Ghana for concerts and other activities.
Elorm Beenie has done countless activations for artistes and has coordinated dozens of events both locally and internationally. He deeply understands the rudiments of the industry.
His passion for the profession is enormous. Aside his PR duties, he also stands tall as one of the few bloggers who breakout first hand credible and also dig out substantial information relating to the arts & industry. He is quite visible in the industry and very influential on social media, which to his advantage, has gunned a massive following for him on social media as well as in real life.
He is a strong media and communication professional skilled in Coaching, Strategic Planning, and Event Management.
He's very transparent on issues around the art industry.
is becoming unbearable and we need to look into it…#Sad
