I was forced to crown Kuami Eugene – Amakye Dede

Highlife music legend, Amakye Dede has revealed that it was never his will to crown Kuami Eugene as the “New King of Highlife.”

According to him, he was forced to do the crowning on stage at the 2019 edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.

“Though I did that, it was not my will to do so. They forced me to crown Kuami Eugene,” he said in an interview on Asaase Radio.

“I even gave the crown they handed over to me to someone to put it down, but they later said, no I have to crown him, and I did it,” he added.

The Veteran high-life musician had crowned Lynx Entertainment signee, Kuami Eugene as the future of high-life music at the 2019 VGMAs.

The two thrilled patrons to an amazing performance at the VGMAs and in the middle of the performance, Amakye Dede paused to say that “he thought high-life music was dead, but Kuami Eugene has restored hope in him”.

He went ahead to put a crown on Kuami Eugene’s head and blessed him to continue keeping the genre alive.