As the Latin Grammys take place south of the border, an Edmonton artist is hoping to help bring similar recognition to Canada.
Steven Santillana Henriquez, known as El Unico Geo, has started a petition to have a Hispanic category added to the Juno Awards.
“In Canada, we do have a lot of artists that are not getting recognition in the billboards in the States, and there’s a lot of artists that go from here to there trying to get that recognition,” he said.
“I feel like the category – the Hispanic category – would really help.”
The Salvadoran-Canadian rapper said has spoken with Juno president Allan Reed, but was told a new category wasn’t possible at this time.
“There’s not enough Latino artists that are submitting their music into the Junos, so that’s why there isn’t a …