Selection For Top Gong Excites JP

Multi-award-winning musician Jah Prayzah has said his nomination among Africa’s music giants for this year’s edition of the African Entertainment Awards, USA (AEAUSA), will encourage him to work extra hard.The musician has been nominated against Yemi Alade, Burna Boy, Wiz Kid, Diamond Platinumz, Harmonize, Rayvanny, Tiwa Savage and Eddy Kenzo for the Entertainer of the Year category.The prestigious awards, which honour African community leadership, entrepreneurship and artistes’ excellence, will be held in New Jersey, United States, on December 12.In an interview with The Herald Arts, Jah Prayzah’s manager Keen Mushapaidze said they were happy and the nomination itself as it was a great achievement.“We are really happy about the nomination as it is an encouragement to keep on doing the best,” he said. “We do not sing for awards, but just being recognised for doing what you love to do is always a bonus.”Asked how they view the other competitors considering that they were coming from different countries where they were ‘big guns’, Mushapaidze said they were not moved.“It is difficult considering other artists in the categories have also been putting in so much work and it being a voting process we obviously have a slight numbers disadvantage, but it is always good being considered amongst the best and a win would be an extra bonus,” he said.Jah Prayzah yesterday posted a picture of his new trucks, announcing that he was now venturing into the trucking-logistics business. Chronicle