{"id":129172,"date":"2015-06-28T17:57:34","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T17:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=129172"},"modified":"2015-06-28T18:59:15","modified_gmt":"2015-06-28T18:59:15","slug":"stonebwoy-wins-best-international-act-africa-at-bet-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=129172","title":{"rendered":"Stonebwoy wins Best International Act Africa at BET Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ghana&#8217;s Dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy has\u00a0won the award for Best International Act at the 2015 BET Awards.<\/p>\n<p>He won in a category which included Sarkodie,\u00a0South African cool kid A.K.A, and Nigerian beauty Yemi Alade.<\/p>\n<p>This was Stonebwoy&#8217;s first ever nomination for the international award.<\/p>\n<p>Many Ghanaians have taken to social media to congratulate him for winning the award.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">congrats to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stonebwoyb\">@stonebwoyb<\/a> !!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mants\u025b TACKIE (@AlexTackie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexTackie\/status\/615212714043027456\">June 28, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\"><p>Congratulations to Stonebwoy (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stonebwoyb\">@stonebwoyb<\/a>) for winning the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BET\">@BET<\/a> Award for Best International Act (Africa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BhimNation?src=hash\">#BhimNation<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/B8QAnmiiPf\">pic.twitter.com\/B8QAnmiiPf<\/a> \u2014 97.3 Citi FM (@Citi973) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Citi973\/status\/615217157518032900\">June 28, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-cards=\"hidden\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Citi973\">@Citi973<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stonebwoyb\">@stonebwoyb<\/a> congrats stonebwoy for winning this years BET awards for Beat African Act 2015 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/simonny?src=hash\">#simonny<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Roy Simon (@simonny007) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simonny007\/status\/615221482927472640\">June 28, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This year marks the 15th edition of the BET awards.<\/p>\n<p>Stonebwoy was in April this year crowned\u00a0the #VGMA2015 Artiste of the year.<\/p>\n<p>He beat the likes of Daddy Lumba, Sarkodie, Edem, Samini and MzVee to win the coveted award.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sackodie-and-stonebwoy-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-129178 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sackodie-and-stonebwoy-2.jpg\" alt=\"sackodie and stonebwoy (2)\" width=\"475\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sackodie-and-stonebwoy-2.jpg 475w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sackodie-and-stonebwoy-2-300x284.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sackodie-and-stonebwoy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129180\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sackodie-and-stonebwoy.jpg\" alt=\"sackodie and stonebwoy\" 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