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Kranium attends 2025 Caribbean Music Awards
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Key Takeaways:
- Kranium publicly rejected his Caribbean Music Award after being instructed it was given to him by mistake.
- The organizers admitted to a “human error” and provided a barely totally different award, which Kranium declined.
- The fallout has raised questions on artist recognition and accountability.
Jamaican reggae and dancehall singer Kranium has a beef with the Caribbean Music Awards. In line with the “No person Has to Know” artist, he was unceremoniously instructed that he was given an award in error, and he has since responded by throwing the bodily award — which he was requested to return — into the trash.
On the CMAs, taped in New York Metropolis on Aug. 28, Kranium accepted the Caribbean R&B Artist of the Yr award on stage. Per the Atlantic Information signee, he was instructed a number of days later that the precise winner within the class was Dexta Daps. It’s price noting the present didn’t air on BET till Sept. 12.
Taking to social media, a annoyed Kranium instructed his aspect of the battle. “I [have] by no means been this disrespected in my entire complete life … [in the way that] the Caribbean Music Awards did to me,” he stated in a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday (Sept. 16). He additionally shared an IG Story the place he threw the bodily award right into a rubbish can.
He then proceeded to clarify why he may by no means forgive the CMAs, citing causes that included not asking for an award — and even realizing that he was going to be a recipient of an award — once they requested him to carry out on the present. “All I do on this enterprise is thoughts my enterprise,” Kranium added. “[I don’t] observe clout. [I don’t] observe hype.”
In case you’ve ever been cursed out by a West Indian, let’s simply say after listening to Kranium go in on the CMAs, there’s little question that he was born in Jamaica. The organizers issued a prolonged assertion on Wednesday (Sept. 17) after they bought wind of the artist taking to social media to precise his ire.
“We apologize publicly, as we’ve executed privately, to all events concerned for our error throughout the Aug. 28 taping of the Caribbean Music Awards,” learn the assertion attributed to The Caribbean Music Awards Crew. “Whereas we had discussions about this problem with Kranium’s administration earlier than the present’s airing, we now have observed latest statements on-line and consider that our supporters deserve extra readability on the matter.”
The assertion goes on to chalk up the mistaken award to “human error,” noting that Dexta Daps bought 40.8% of the fan vote whereas Kranium bought 12.6%. It additionally famous that the latter did obtain extra streams for his music. In order an answer, including a Caribbean R&B Track of the Yr class was introduced as an possibility, which Kranium rejected.
The reggae star’s supervisor, Pierre Bost, instructed DancehallMag, “Kranium attended the [CMAs] to carry out ‘Greater Life’ and since he was nominated in 5 classes (one of many [artists with] essentially the most nominations this yr). Kranium delivered an amazing efficiency as common and received Caribbean R&B Artist of the Yr. He collected his award on stage in entrance of all of the trade folks current within the packed Brooklyn venue.”
Bost confirmed that the CMAs did provide up a unique award, including, “Everyone knows that it wasn’t a mistake — BET already contacted us to license the monitor for TV rights. We clearly didn’t comply with this silly and disrespectful possibility.”
It seems like either side could need to comply with disagree.