Key Takeaways:

• Kranium publicly rejected his Caribbean music Award after being informed it was given to him by mistake.
• The organizers admitted to a “human error” and supplied a barely totally different award, which Kranium declined.
• The fallout has raised questions on artist recognition and accountability.

Jamaican reggae and dancehall singer music-kranium-ty-dolla-sign-wizkid-cant-believe”>Kranium has a beef with the Caribbean music Awards. According to the “Nobody Has to Know” artist, he was unceremoniously informed 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.

At the music-awards”>CMAs, taped in New York City on Aug. 28, Kranium accepted the Caribbean R&B Artist of the Year award on stage. Per the Atlantic Records signee, he was informed a number of days later that the precise winner within the class was Dexta Daps. It’s value noting the present didn’t air on BET till Sept. 12.

Taking to social media, a pissed off Kranium informed his aspect of the battle. “I [have] never been this disrespected in my whole entire 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 might 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 in this business is mind my business,” Kranium added. “[I don’t] follow clout. [I don’t] follow hype.”

If 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 obtained wind of the artist taking to social media to precise his ire.

“We apologize publicly, as we’ve done privately, to all parties involved for our error during the Aug. 28 taping of the Caribbean music Awards,” learn the assertion attributed to The Caribbean music Awards Team. “While we had discussions about this issue with Kranium’s management before the show’s airing, we have noticed recent statements online and believe that our supporters deserve more clarity on the matter.”

The assertion goes on to chalk up the mistaken award to “human error,” noting that Dexta Daps obtained 40.8% of the fan vote whereas Kranium obtained 12.6%. It additionally famous that the latter did obtain extra streams for his music. So as an answer, including a Caribbean R&B Song of the Year class was offered as an possibility, which Kranium rejected.

The music-awards”>reggae star’s supervisor, Pierre Bost, music-awards-trophy-in-the-trash-organizers-admit-human-error-caused-mix-up.html”>informed DancehallMag, “Kranium attended the [CMAs] to perform ‘Higher Life’ and because he was nominated in five categories (one of the [artists with] the most nominations this year). Kranium delivered a great performance as usual and won Caribbean R&B Artist of the Year. He collected his award on stage in front of all the industry people present in the packed Brooklyn venue.”

Bost confirmed that the CMAs did supply up a unique award, including, “We all know that it wasn’t a mistake — BET already contacted us to license the track for TV rights. We obviously didn’t agree to this stupid and disrespectful option.”

It seems to be like each side could need to comply with disagree.