{"id":18612,"date":"2014-05-14T18:54:21","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T18:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=18612"},"modified":"2014-05-15T18:01:33","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T18:01:33","slug":"sarkodie-nominated-again-for-the-bet-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=18612","title":{"rendered":"Sarkodie nominated again for the BET awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The 2014 BET Awards will be held on June 29thand the nominees have been revealed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ghana&#8217;s Sarkodie has been nominated for Best International Act Africa, an award he shared with Nigeria&#8217;s Wizkid in 2012.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He is competing with Davido (Nigeria), Diamond Platinumz (Tanzania), Mafikizolo (South Africa), Tiwa Savage (Nigeria) and Toofan (Togo).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sarkodie recently won some of the top awards at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards including Hiphop\/Hiplife Artiste of the Year and Best Rapper of the Year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Even though his nomination comes as good news, the BET earlier erred in describing Sarkodie. The brief on the BET website described him thus:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sarkodie, which consists of 13 super producers from Ghana, prove why they\u2019ve won several international awards with their dance-heavy tracks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">However, the description has been updated to read: <em>Sarkodie is no stranger to the BET Awards. In 2012, he took the trophy in this category and this year the multifaceted rapper&#8217;s music has earned him another nod. Will he walk away with a statue again?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sarkodie&#8217;s nomination comes on the heels of recent collaborations with some of the biggest global and African music brands, notably Fuse ODG, Ice Prince and Banky W.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He has expressed his joy at being nominated again with a tweet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>And we made it again 2014 BET Awards!!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Thanks2God&amp;src=hash\">#Thanks2God<\/a> almighty. I love u <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamSarkodie\">@TeamSarkodie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 sarkodie (@sarkodie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarkodie\/statuses\/466591681916461056\">May 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">VIDEO: Sarkodie ft. Banky W &#8211; Pon Di Ting<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vAYmyqEDnsQ\" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">By: Kojo Akoto Boateng\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2014 BET Awards will be held on June 29thand the nominees have been revealed. Ghana&#8217;s Sarkodie has been nominated for Best International Act Africa, an award he shared with Nigeria&#8217;s Wizkid in 2012. He is competing with Davido (Nigeria), Diamond Platinumz (Tanzania), Mafikizolo (South Africa), Tiwa Savage (Nigeria) and Toofan (Togo). 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