Celebrities congratulate Rocky Dawuni on his Grammy nomination

Some Ghanaian celebrities have congratulated reggae artiste Rocky Dawuni for his Grammy nomination for Best Reggae Album.

XO Senavoe, M.anifest, Lydia Forson, Jon Germain and Ama K. Abebrese have taken to Twitter to share their congratulatory messages.

Although his music appear not to have embraced much in his homeland, Dawuni has made great strides in most parts of Africa and Europe.

M.anifest, in his tweet, called on Ghanaians to applaud the achievement.

“Congrats to Rocky @RockyDawuni on his Grammy nomination for best Reggae Album. Ghana applaud your own. Vim,” his tweet said.

Rocky Dawuni is the first Ghanaian to be nominated for a Grammy award. Rocky made it in the ‘Reggae Album of the Year’ category with the acclaimed album, ‘Branches of The Same Tree’ under Cumbancha Label. He will be contesting with other internationally-recognized artistes like Barrington Levy, Luciano, Jah Cure and Morgan Heritage for the honor. He has been named one of Africa’s Top 10 global stars by CNN.