Former NKZ signee and HighLife singer cum songwriter, known widely in the showbiz industry as Kweysi Swat has reacted to VGMA’s Producer Of The Year category, opining that Willis Beatz should be celebrated by the Ghanaian music industry.
Nominees under the category were announced later yesterday 3rd April 2021 after management and governing Board of the Awards Scheme had earlier unveiled full list of nominees in the upcoming Awards night.
Nominees under the category include:
Richie Mensah
Willis Beatz
MOG Beatz
Street Beatz
Young Demz
Chris Rich Beatz
Reacting to the category in a Facebook post, the ” Had I known” hitmaker held the view that respective hit songs of the producers should have been written under their names to make voting easier.
Kweysi Swat believes they don’t play shows as compared to artistes so therefore are not always popular and known.
According to him, some of the producers are naturally reserved but their works are very loud.
In his post, he wrote;
” Ghana music should celebrate Williams Osarfo ( Willis Beatz). This should be a technical Award and if not so I think their respective hit songs should’ve been written under their names to make voting easy. Remember Beatmakers don’t play shows so aren’t popular like artistes. Some are naturally reserved buh their works are very loud and vice versa….. My mind thou”
