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Fresh I.E. wins three GMA awards
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Winnipeg Christian rapper Fresh I.E. (a.k.a Robert Wilson) has added to his growing list of accolades by winning three Gospel Music Association (GMA) awards.
The two-time Grammy award nominee received the awards at a gala in Burlington, Ont. on Nov. 7.
He earned 2012 GMAs for Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year (City of Worship), Rap/Hip-Hop Song of the Year (God of This City) and Urban/R&B Album of the Year (Beautiful Disaster).
Fresh I.E., an ordained minister and one-time Juno nominee, is the first Canadian Christian artist to have been nominated for a Grammy. He is currently on a western Canadian tour.
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