LOSING ARTISTS DISMISS PWANI CELEBRITY AWARDS

As the voting for the Pwani Celebrity Award continues, controversy has again erupted in the coastal showbiz scene. This comes after the losing artists in the event decided to pull out from the race and actually question the credibility of the awards. One of the nominees who raised and issue is Kaa La Moto.
                                           

The hip-hop artist who currently is in the fourth position slightly above a hundred votes went on to facebook and posted that winning an award that has no basis doeesnt mean you are really good. People say that the post was directed to Benso, who is a hip-hop artist and a business man and currently leading in this category of male artist of the year with close to 1k votes. Other nominees who have a quit include Dazlah and some other guys (I don't even them, I think radio personalities). Kaa La Moto who is the 2013 Coast Music Awards Hip-hop artist of the year (read between the lines) further noted that a real star doesn't go begging for votes. 

With that information at the back of our heads, do you think these guys are justified? Quiting out of the race just a few days before the main awards. My honest opinion is had they quit from the beginning then maybe that would have been authentic. Because looking at the leader board. The first one has 900+ votes the runners up 700+.....then pay attention here, the 3rd has 200- votes. Can you see that huge gap right there? If I want to have a show it goes without saying that I will choose the one with most votes. Because whether you begged for votes or not,  the bottom line is, 800 people voted and now they know you. Pure marketing. it's not like anyone put a gun to their heads. 

But pulling that stunt of quitting. It just don't work for me. I wonder if the sentiments would be the same if these guys were on the lead. The problem with our industry is that we do not like to think beyond,  too much hate and jealousy. Look at all the other categories in the same awards,  none of them has issues. But music,  scandal after scandal. And you wonder why we ain't going anywhere.