Ngabo Medard Jobert wamamaye nka Meddy yabaye umuhanzi wa gatanu nyarwanda ugaragaye mu cyiciro cy’ibanze kizwi nka ‘First Round Ballot’ cy’ibihembo bya Grammy Awards. Yagezemo abikesha indirimbo “Gusa” yakoranye n’umuhanzi wo muri Uganda, Eddy Kenzo.
Iyi ndirimbo iri mu zisuzumwa mu cyiciro cya ‘Best Global Music Performance’, gihemberwamo abahanzi n’indirimbo zigaragaza ubuhanga mu muziki w’isi. Kuri Meddy, kugera kuri uru rwego ni intambwe nshya mu rugendo rwe rw’umuziki, cyane ko ari ubwa mbere agaragaye muri iki cyiciro cy’ibihembo bizwi ku rwego mpuzamahanga.
Indirimbo “Gusa” ihuje Meddy, umaze imyaka agaragaza ubuhanga mu muziki nyarwanda, na Eddy Kenzo, umwe mu bahanzi bakomeye bakomoka muri Uganda.
Kuba iyi ndirimbo iri ku rutonde rw’ibiri gusuzumwa mu cyiciro cya ‘Best Global Music Performance’ bishyira aba bahanzi mu rugendo rushobora kubageza ku guhatanira igihembo cya Grammy Awards.
Icyakora, kugaragara kuri ‘First Round Ballot’ ntibivuze ko umuhanzi yamaze gutoranywa mu bahatanira igihembo ku rwego rwa nyuma. Ni icyiciro cy’ibanze mu rugendo ruganisha ku gutoranya abazahatana, bityo Meddy na Eddy Kenzo bakaba bagitegereje kureba niba indirimbo yabo izakomereza mu kindi cyiciro.
Eddy Kenzo na we afite izindi ndirimbo ziri muri uru rugendo. Harimo “Nabalinda”, yakoranye na Samuel Nalangira, ndetse na “Low Key”, iri mu zisuzumwa mu cyiciro cya ‘Best African Music Performance’.
Meddy yinjiye mu itsinda ry’abahanzi nyarwanda bagaragaye mu cyiciro cy’ibanze cy’ibihembo bya Grammy Awards. Yiyongereye kuri Element, Nel Ngabo, Ariel Wayz na Yeweeh, na bo bagaragaye muri uru rugendo binyuze mu ndirimbo zabo.
Kuri Meddy, iyi ntambwe ifite umwihariko kuko ari ubwa mbere izina rye rigaragara kuri uru rutonde. Ni ikimenyetso cy’ukuntu umuziki we ukomeje kugera mu mishinga n’imikoranire ishobora kuwuhuza n’abandi bahanzi bo ku mugabane wa Afurika ndetse no hanze yawo.
Meddy ni umwe mu bahanzi nyarwanda bafite izina rikomeye, by’umwihariko mu ndirimbo z’urukundo. Indirimbo ze zakunzwe n’abatari bake, mu gihe ibikorwa bye byamufashije gukomeza kugira umwanya mu muziki nyarwanda no mu bawukurikiranira hafi.
Kugera kuri uru rwego rwa Grammy Awards ni intambwe y’ingenzi mu rugendo rw’umuhanzi, nubwo bitaba bivuze ko igihembo cyamaze kuboneka. Icyo abakunzi be bategereje ni ukumenya niba “Gusa” izakomeza mu byiciro bizakurikiraho, ikaba imwe mu ndirimbo zihatanira ibihembo bya nyuma.
Ibihembo bya Grammy Awards bigiye gutangwa ku nshuro ya 69 mu birori biteganyijwe kubera i Los Angeles muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, ku wa 7 Gashyantare 2027.
Kuba Meddy yagaragaye mu cyiciro cy’ibanze ni inkuru ikomeye ku bakunzi b’umuziki nyarwanda, cyane ko ari andi mahirwe yo kubona umuhanzi w’Umunyarwanda agaragaza ibikorwa bye ku rwego mpuzamahanga.
Nubwo urugendo rugana ku guhatanira ibi bihembo rugifite izindi ntambwe, izina rya Meddy kuba riri kuri uru rutonde bitanga indi mpamvu yo gukurikiranira hafi aho umuziki nyarwanda ukomeje kugana.