Entertainment pundit Arnold Asamoah-Baidoo has debunked Blakk Rasta's narrative suggesting that the celebration of MOGmusic's admission to the Grammy Academy is mediocre. Asamoah-Baidoo argued that the occasion calls for celebration since it represents a significant accomplishment.MOGmusic became the first Ghanaian gospel musician to become a member of the Recording Academy of the Grammy Awards following an announcement on June 27, 2023.

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Reacting to the news, many netizens took to their social media platforms to celebrate the musician on achieving this great feat.But media personality Blakk Rasta on United Showbiz described the achievement by MOG as mediocre. According to him, joining the Grammy Academy does not call for a celebration.You’ve joined the academy so what? We want the industry to grow and I know they are encouraging Jamaicans to join the academy.

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It’s no achievement that you now have voting rights. It could be an achievement in some sense.”“Ghana celebrates a lot of mediocrity and it hurts me very much,” Blakk Rasta said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 🆄🆃🆅 🅶🅷🅰🅽🅰 (@utvghana) However, battling this assertion, Arnold said on United Showbiz said: “It is a big achievement for MOG as an artiste and our industry.

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How do we grow? Don’t we sow before it germinates?”“In the Grammy conversation, to be close to the Grammys, one of the things is to get closer to the academy. I have done proper PR for Blakk Rasta when he was lecturing in the US but nobody said it was mediocre because you’re not the only person to have lectured abroad.“Do not negate PR. I sharply disagree when you say it’s mediocrity.

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What MOG is going to do apart from voting, the most important thing he’s going to be doing is considering our music to the board. How do you call this mediocrity?” Arnold added.

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