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Koffee, Buju, and Skip Marley nominated for NAACP Image Awards

by February 5th, 2021

Messages of congratulations continue to flood social media platforms following news of Buju Banton, Koffee, and Skip Marley’s nomination for the upcoming 52nd NAACP Image Awards.

Both Koffee and Buju Banton scored double nominations in the Outstanding International Song category. Koffee, who is nominated for ‘Lockdown,’ secured a second nod for the remix of ‘Pressure’ featuring Buju Banton. Like Koffee, Buju also received an independent nomination for ‘Blessed’ from his Grammy-nominated album, ‘Upside Down 2020.’

Nigeria’s Tiwa Savage also scored a double nomination in the Outstanding International Song Category with ‘Temptation,’ and ‘Tanana’ a collaborative effort with Davido.

Meanwhile, Skip Marley has received a nomination in the Outstanding New Artiste category for ‘Higher Place’. In a post on his official Instagram page, to his over 540,000 followers, Skip Marley thanked the NAACP for his nomination.

On the social media platform, he wrote, “Bless up @naacpimageawards fi di nomination… honoured to be included in this group of nominees.”

The other nominees in the Outstanding New Artiste category are Chika, Doja Cat, D Smoke, and Giveon.

The awards show is slated to take place on March 27 and aired on BET.

The NAACP Image Award is an annual awards ceremony presented by the U.S. based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honour outstanding performances in film, television, music, and literature.

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