Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy, Sarkodie et al Nominated For 39th IRAWMA Awards

The International Reggae and World Music Headquarters have released the nomination list for this year’s awards, naming five Ghanaian artistes as contenders for awards.

These are Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy, Sarkodie, Kwame Yeboah, and DJ Switch.

Shatta Wale was nominated for the Best African Dancehall Entertainer and the Best Visual Entertainer while Stonebwoy and Sarkodie were nominated for the Best Dancehall Entertainer and the Best Virtual Concert of the Year categories respectively.

Also nominated are Ghana’s youngest disc jockey DJ Switch for the Best Young Entertainer and Kwame Yeboah for the Best Instrumentalist categories in the same award.

The 39th International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) will be broadcast virtually from Jamaica on Sunday, May 2.

The theme for the virtual awards is ‘Reggae World Music Still Rise’.