Stonebwoy - By Grace

What this video is

Released as Burniton Music Group's first single offering of 2016, 'By Grace' arrived at a peak moment for Stonebwoy's international profile — one year after his landmark 2015 BET Award win for Best International Act: Africa, making him the first reggae-dancehall artist from Africa to win that accolade. The song's themes of divine providence, perseverance, and gratitude resonated strongly with Ghanaian audiences…

Why it matters

A key document of mid-2010s Afro-dancehall's consolidation as a commercially and culturally distinct genre within the broader West African popular music landscape. The track blends Jamaican dancehall vocal delivery with Ghanaian rhythmic sensibilities and spiritually-themed lyricism, representing…

The director

Babs Shot It is a Ghanaian videographer and video editor active in the mid-2010s Accra music scene, credited on multiple Burniton Music Group and Stonebwoy video productions. Known for a naturalistic, warm-toned visual style suited to dancehall and Afropop…