Sarkodie Tipped To Win Hiplife/hip Hop Artiste Of The Yearla

 As per Vodafone Ghana Music Awards criteria, the Hiplife /Hip Hop Artiste (s) is the artiste(s) adjudged by the Academy, Board and the General Public as having the highest audience appeal and popularity in the Hiplife/Hip Hop Genre. He must have released a hit single/album during the year under review.

For this year's Hiplife/HIP Hop artiste of the Year category, the nominees are Sarkodie, Eazzy, R2Bees, Guru, Manifest, E.L and Joey B. My analysis was based on the nominees for Hiplife Song of the Year and the Hip Hop Song of the Year categories. For the Hiplife/HIP Hop artiste of the Year category, I expect the winner to be an artiste who may have the highest audience appeal and popularity in the Hiplife/Hip Hop Genre released a single or an album and had gotten nominated for either the Hiplife Song of the Year or Hip Hop Song of the Year category. All things being equal and in the absence of any surprise, I don't see Eazzy or R2Bees winning the Hiplife/Hip Hop Artiste of the Year award.

I say this because neither Eazzy nor R2Bees had any song nominated in the Hiplife Song of the Year or Hip Hop Song of the Year category. Eazzy and R2Bees are the weakest nominees for the Hiplife/HIP Hop artiste of the Year category and I don't see any of them winning.
   

Guru and Joey B both got nominated in the Hiplife Song of the Year category. Manifest and EL also got nominated in the Hip Hop Song of the Year category. As mentioned earlier, I expect the winner of the Hiplife/HIP Hop artiste of the Year category to be an artiste who may have the highest audience appeal and popularity in the Hiplife/Hip Hop Genre, released a single or an album and had gotten nominated for either the Hiplife Song of the Year or Hip Hop Song of the Year category.
 

Based on this premise, Guru, Joey B, Manifest and EL all stand the chance of winning the Hiplife/HIP Hop artiste of the Year category. However, in my opinion, the strongest contender for the category is Sarkodie and I believe he would win that category all things being equal and in the absence of any surprise.
  

I say this because; Sarkodie is the only nominee of the Hiplife/HIP Hop artiste of the Year category with nominations in both the Hiplife Song of the Year and Hip Hop Song of the Year categories. His ''Down on One'' was nominated in the Hiplife Song of the Year category and his ''Lies'' got nomination in the Hip Hop Song of the Year category.
   

By far, Sarkodie is the strongest contender for the Hiplife/HIP Hop artiste of the Year category and I have no doubts he will win. I would however not be surprised if he doesn't win. Vodafone Ghana Music Awards is full of surprises and this year's edition wouldn't be an exception. By the way, what would be the logic in an artiste winning the Hiplife/HIP Hop artiste of the Year category if that artiste does not have any hit track nominated in either the Hiplife Song of the Year or Hip Hop Song of the Year categories? I rest my case.

Ebenezer Narh Affum