{"id":5127,"date":"2022-04-07T22:08:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T22:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/?p=5127"},"modified":"2022-04-07T22:08:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T22:08:14","slug":"call-for-submissions-vgmas-music-for-good-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/04\/07\/call-for-submissions-vgmas-music-for-good-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for submissions: VGMAs Music for Good Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Formerly known as Music for Development, the Music For Good Award honours musicians using their songs or music videos to address social problems.<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible, submissions must have been released between 1 January and 31 December 2021. All submissions must be sent via email to <span \n                data-original-string=\"X0zuVr71EwhykfgrvUEZfA==f1au62fGQOP+8gaDtm3bLtMohR0dTD5YuAxEI2Eg5xoFP8=\"\n                class=\"apbct-email-encoder\"\n                title=\"This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.\">in<span class=\"apbct-blur\">**@gh**************.c<\/span>om<\/span>(link sends e-mail).<\/p>\n<p>The submission deadline is 15 April.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, singer Yaa Yaa won the award with \u2018Mmusuo\u2019, a record tackling taboo subjects in Ghanaian society while calling for people to be considerate in their actions toward others.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s VGMAs are expected to be held in May, with Kuami Eugene and KiDi leading the nominations with 16 and eight nods, respectively, followed by fast-rising star Black Sherif with eight. 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