Timaya gets Grammy nomination

Dancehall act Timaya has bagged a Grammy Nomination for his feature on Morgan Heritage’s Avrakedabra Avrakedabra.
Morgan Heritage is a reggae band formed in 1994 by five children of reggae artiste, Denroy Morgan.
The band comprises Peter Peetah Morgan, Una Morgan, Roy ‘Gramps’ Morgan, Nakhamyah “Lukes” Morgan, and Memmalatel Mr. Mojo Morgan.
The singer featured alongside Ghanaian Afro-pop singer, Stonebwoy, Chubb Rock, Stylo G, Bunji Garlin, Dre Zion & Jaheil off Morgan Heritage’s new Avrekedabra album.
Avrekedabra was nominated for the Best Reggae Album award and will slug it out with Chronology by Chronixx, Lost In Paradise by Common Kings, Wash House Ting by J Boog and Stony Hill by Damian Jr. Gong Marley.
If the album wins in its category at the 60th Grammy Awards come 28th of January, Timaya will be the first Nigeria-based act with a Grammy.
Wizkid and Kah-Lo failed to win at the Grammy Awards in 2016, but Nigeria did not totally lose out.
Cynthia Erivo, a singer and actress born in London to Nigerian immigrants, won a Grammy for Best Musical Theatre Album for the cast recording of the musical The Color Purple in 2016.
The 60th edition of The Grammy Awards will air live from the Madison Square Gardens, USA, on January 28. (Premium Times)