GUYANESE Gospel musician, Samuel Medas has been named Caribbean Artiste of the Year at the Sterling Gospel Music Award held in Jamaica over the weekend.

“I’m humbled. Thank you so much to all who had a hand in this, and congratulations to my other brothers who were nominated in this category,” Medas wrote in brief statement on his social media platforms.

‘For King and Country,” he added.

In a July interview with the Guyana Chronicle, Medas had shared some of his most recent successes, particularly about his growth on social media and the role it has played in pushing his music beyond the Caribbean.

“All of this music I have been doing over the years suddenly kicked off for some reason. I think social media has a lot to do with it. I just started chopping up my videos and making them as reels so I can upload them. I didn’t even like Tik Tok but it is really the breathing ground for artist discovery. That’s what shifted everything,” he explained.