Ghanaian artiste, Poet and radio personality Abubakar Ahmed, known as Blakk Rasta, has always been against the process of ”vote to win” in award scheme.
The Barack Obama singer has said he is returning all awards he has ever won to its owners. He made this announcement on his Instagram page.
On his IG page, he posted a video and captioned, ”I decided to return all the trophies I ‘won’ in the last few years. These were the awards that came through VOTE TO WIN, which I have to the consciousness of understanding all ALL BOUGHT AWARDS as fans voted/paid to bid for the awards. I want to win on merit, not ‘buying’ them.”
In the video, he said that he would hardly do a thing like that, but once in a while, a few questions need answers. He has, on several occasions, said that he does not want to be part of any award scheme that has to do with voting to win.
”For me, it is a way of buying votes. Now, if you have an award scheme, you nominate some people, and then you ask the fans of these people that you have nominated to vote so that their favourite artiste can win. You go ahead and tell them that the more you vote, the more you place your artiste on a higher pedestal of winning, and if the artiste does not win, the biggest excuse they normally give is your people did not vote,” he reiterated.
According to Blakk Rasta, he was oblivious to the reality that awards are bought. Those who genuinely deserved them were deprived of their achievements and recognition and prayed that people come to the same consciousness as him with time.
He added that it becomes a vote to win an award and not about merits anymore. He continued to say that you can be the best, but when your people do not vote, you will be the worst. Due to that, he has decided he will not be part of it anymore.
“In the past, we were part of it, but when consciousness hit us, we decided that it was all over, and we will not do it again. Many people have not come to that consciousness yet. I do not fault them. Everybody has their time. Their time will come,” he said.
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