Donzy said ‘Crusade’ deserved Collaboration of the Year in 2016
Ghanaian rapper, Donzy Chaka, has stated that he was disappointed after losing the “Collaboration of the Year” award at the 2016 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA), adding that a win for his hit song “Crusade” would have encouraged creativity in the music industry.
In an interview on Hitz FM on July 17, 2025, Donzy was asked if he had ever won a VGMA.
He responded that he hadn’t, but believes his song which featured Kofi Kinaata, “Crusade”, deserved the award in 2016.
“Not yet, I was supposed to win with ‘Crusade’ but…that was the collaboration of the year, it was supposed to be. We were supposed to win that award but it’s gone. So, now we have to focus on the future,” he said.
The award that year went to VVIP and Sena Dagadu for their song Skolom.
Donzy admitted he was disappointed by the outcome, especially because he and Kinaata had taken a creative direction with “Crusade”, setting it apart from most songs at the time where most artistes were chasing instant hit songs.
“I was disappointed because we had to go outside the normal comfort zone to do something different. Imagine if Crusade had won that award, it would let a whole lot of people mame more creative songs instead of them going to the studio trying to create a ‘fast food song.’ It would have let people sit down to write creatively,” he said.
I was supposed to have won with “Crusade” – @Donzy_Chaka expresses disappointment in not winning Collaboration of the Year at VGMA 2016 #ShowbizReview #DaybreakHitz pic.twitter.com/KSEBPryfA3
— Hitz 103.9 FM (@Hitz1039FM) July 17, 2025
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