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Born Gladstorm Kwabena Akwaboah, he is popularly known in Ghana�s showbiz industry as Akwaboah. He is one of the three musicians in this year�s VGMA�s �New Artiste of the Year� category; whose nomination has come under public censorship � calling for his nomination to be quashed because he is not a new artiste/musician. Researching on the said musician, I chanced on a well written article by his manager, Flexy of Y fm and Etv�s Talk Showbiz. Read carefully, the relevant excerpts of the article which was posted on Modern Ghana.com on 25 January 2013 Last updated at 00:06 CET and credited to Flexy, Talk showbiz (unedited). �That is the man AKWABOAH. He first announced his musical trademark to the world in 2009 when he wrote Daa Ke Daa for Becca and Ayeyi Ndwom for DSP Kofi Sarpong. Both songs won their respective artiste awards at the 2010 Ghana Music Awards with Akwaboah subsequently being adjudged the Song Writer For the year 2010 for Daa Ke Daa. Again in 2012, Akwaboah pulled another magic in writing Best in Me for Efya which kept her musical career going through out last year. This will surely win her an award at this year's music awards. Akwaboah after years of perfecting his musical art launched his music career last year with the release of his first official single, I Do Love You which is currently enjoying loads of airplay across the country and on other international platforms. This song brings the late eighty's born Akwaboah out as a great Songwriter and Composer of our time and a magnificent singer whose talent knows no boundaries. One can easily wonder what took him so long in letting the world know about his talent. With just a song out in the public domain, Akwaboah has carved a niche for himself with his fan base growing from strength to strength as the days go by. His fans keeps yearning for more which prompted him to release a bonus track titled Mesan Agye Wo as an addition to his first single. He is set to release his next single which features Okyeame Kwame soon. Some few weeks after the release of �I Do Love You�, Akwaboah has already been tagged as the �ladies man� by his fellow GH artistes and some personalities in the media. His personality, composure, attitude, voice, his choice of words and his kind of music as well as other qualities makes him win the heart of many young and affluent ladies in the country. May be, the doubting minds should get to listen to his two songs which are officially out in the public domain.� How revealing? So Akwaboah actually launched his music career in 2012 with the release of his first official single, �I Do Love You� which was not only a �loser song� but enjoyed loads of airplay across the country and on other international platforms. He wrote �Daa Ke Daa� for Becca and �Ayeyi Ndwom� for DSP Kofi Sarpong and both songs won their respective artiste awards at the 2010 Ghana Music Awards with Akwaboah subsequently being adjudged the �Song Writer For the year 2010� for �Daa Ke Daa� and in 2012, Akwaboah pulled another magic in writing Best in Me for Efya. After all these, VGMA nominated Akwaboah as �New Artiste of the Year� in VGMA 2014. Too bad! Well, I am by this publication calling on the VGMA board to annul Akwaboah�s nomination for �New Artiste of the Year.� We advocate for this not out of any malicious intent but in consonance with the principles (criterion) of the award scheme.