Rocky Dawuni, a three-time contender for a Grammy Award, has bemoaned the inability of Ghanaian event organizers to schedule him for performances despite his widespread reputation.

The international reggae musician from Ghana is perplexed that promoters don’t look for him despite the fact that he has three Grammy nominations and has lived in Ghana for the past four years.

Rocky Dawuni told Nhyira FM in Kumasi that he thinks the reason the event organizers won’t pay him is that they don’t have the money.

Rocky Dawuni said: “Someone asked the same question, and I told them I have no control over whether or not the event organizer will book me.”

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He claims that because he has no influence over the event organizers’ actions, he can do nothing to encourage them to hire him to perform.

He asked: “I don’t have any power over that. But we should ask any event planner why Rocky Dawuni isn’t booked for events even though he’s been nominated for Grammys three times. .“

Through these and other titles, he uses his music to raise awareness of important global issues through live performances, speaking engagements, panels, youth empowerment, and many other activities.

Rocky has released 8 solo albums, and his music embodies a powerful and energizing message of world peace and interconnectedness.

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Ghanaian singer, songwriter and record producer Rocky Dawuni has revealed why most Ghanaian Raggae musicians are not making it international.

The Ghanaian Reggae artist who has won international awards asserts that the lack of creativity in the music of the majority of the nation’s musicians prevents them from finding success abroad.

“When doing music, you don’t have to do it like someone else or copy what somebody is doing”, Rocky Dawumi said adding that, ‘musicians who do that can’t make it international’

He argues that the fact that he kept his originality and never overtly imitated others allowed him to win foreign awards despite garnering three Grammy nominations.

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He explained: “My style is not pure reggae music, it is called afro root. It is a style I mix with Highlife, Afrobeat and different mixed together. So if you are doing music, you don’t have to do it as someone else or copy what somebody is doing. When you do that, you won’t make it.”

When asked who his musical influences were, Rocky Dawuni said that Nana Kwame Ampadu and Apofo Agyei were major influences on his work.

He said: “When I began I was inspired by people like Nana Ampadu, Ampofo Adjei, all of these people inspired me before Jamaican music came. So when you listen to me critically, it is a fusion of all these styles.”

He added: “So what I’m saying is that, you can’t copy somebody’s style and make it yours. Of course you can’t do it better than the originator of the style so you have to create your own and that is what will make people know that you also have something unique to offer.”

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