2023 AFRIMMA: King Promise Wins Best Male West Africa, Organisers Mistake Him for Nigerian

• Ghanaian musician King Promise bagged the Best Male West Africa award at the 2023 edition of the prestigious AFRIMMA awards at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Texas
• He beat eight other musicians across West Africa to sweep the award at the ceremony held on Sunday, 18 September 2023
• Lots of congratulatory messages poured in for King Promise as he accepted the award

Ghanaian singer King Promise swept up the Best Male West Africa award at the recently held 2023 African Muzik Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA) Awards.

King Promise wins at the AFRIMMA awards

Ghanaian musician King Promise made Ghana proud at the AFRIMMA awards on Sunday, September 18, 2023, in Dallas, Texas, at the Meyerson Symphony Center.

The Terminator hitmaker won Best Male West Africa, beating Nigeria's Adekunle Gold, Asake, Omah Lay and Buju.

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Fellow Ghanaian musician Black Sherif and other musicians, including Didibo, Tonton and Satrinos Raphael, were in the same category.

King Promise shared a photo of him holding the plaque that had the words AFRIMMA and AFRIMMA 2023 Best Male West Africa written on it, and also his name.

Meanwhile, the AFRIMMAs made a mistake when announcing the award on their social media page as they claimed he was Nigerian.

King Promise wins Best Male West Africa at ARIMMAs

AFRIMMAs announce King Promise's win on Instagram

People congratulate King Promise on his win

Many fans in the comment section congratulated King Promise and noted they were proud of him.

Others also congratulated dancer Dancegod Lloyd for coming up with the viral dance challenge for Terminator that made the song successful.

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See comments below:

faustinaowusuayeboah said:

"Congratulations, my king, you deserve it."

otu_aboagye said:

"Hard work pays, congrats!"

gladis__oficial said:

"Bravo to @dancegodlloyd and @iamkingpromise."

nutri_rush43 said:

"Congrats @iamkingpromise❤️"

yasinthegreat_ said:

"This doesn't make sense to me."

quincy.bqs said:

"He’s Ghanaian, not Naija."

tuphat_ahdeytunjhe_buttress said:

"King Promise is not from our dear country Nigeria..."

pfifanti said:

"This is what you get when you're rolling with Nigerians..."

FC Barcelona plays King Promise's Terminator in the dressing room

Briefly News previously reported that Spanish football club FC Barcelona played King Promise's song inside their dressing room.

A video of the players walking into the dressing room with the speakers playing the song excited many Ghanaians as they congratulated the Ghanaian musician.

The video comes after the Barca team lost in a heated game with fellow Spanish team Getafe in La Liga. The game ended in a 0-0.

Source: YEN.com.gh