Umuhanzi Bruce Melodie yongeye gushimangira ko akiri umwe mu bahanzi bafite ijambo rikomeye mu muziki nyarwanda nyuma yo kwegukana igihembo cy’Umuhanzi w’Umwaka muri Rubavu Music Awards and Talent Detection 2026. Ibi bihembo byatangiwe mu birori byabereye muri Kivu Intare Arena ku mugoroba wo ku wa Gatandatu, tariki ya 13 Kamena 2026, byitabirwa n’abahanzi, abayobozi n’abakunzi b’umuziki benshi. Kuba Bruce Melodie yegukanye iki gihembo byongeye kugaragaza urwego rwiza yakomejeho mu muziki, dore ko mu mwaka ushize yakomeje gushyira hanze indirimbo zakunzwe cyane ndetse akanakora ibitaramo byitabiriwe ku bwinshi imbere no hanze y’u Rwanda.
Ibirori bya Rubavu Music Awards byari bigamije gushimira no kugaragaza impano z’abahanzi bakorera umuziki mu Karere ka Rubavu no mu bice bitandukanye by’Igihugu. Mu bandi bahawe ibihembo harimo Josskid wegukanye igihembo cy’Umuhanzi w’Umwaka mu bagabo, Kanyota wabaye Umuhanzi w’Umwaka mu bagore, mu gihe Fica Magic yahawe igihembo cy’Umuhanzi w’Umwaka mu njyana ya R&B. Hari kandi Phill Pauz wegukanye igihembo cya Hip Hop, Alicia & Germaine bahembwa muri Gospel, naho Bertz Beat na Big Deal bashimirwa uruhare rwabo mu gutunganya indirimbo mu buryo bw’amajwi n’amashusho. Ibirori byarushijeho gususurukwa n’ibitaramo by’abahanzi barimo Bwiza, Riderman ndetse na DJ Baby, bishimisha abari babyitabiriye.
Mu ijambo rye, Minisitiri w’Urubyiruko n’Iterambere ry’Ubuhanzi, Dr Utumatwishima Jean Nepo Abdallah, yashimye cyane abategura Rubavu Music Awards avuga ko ari urubuga rwiza rwo kuzamura no gushishikariza impano z’Abanyarwanda. Yagaragaje ko Guverinoma ikomeje gushyigikira ibikorwa biteza imbere ubuhanzi ndetse asezeranya ko inkunga yahawe iri rushanwa uyu mwaka izakomeza no mu mwaka wa 2027, ndetse ikazongerwa kugira ngo iki gikorwa kirusheho gukura. Ibi byahaye icyizere abahanzi n’abategura ibi bihembo ko Rubavu ishobora gukomeza kuba kimwe mu bice by’ingenzi byubakirwamo iterambere ry’umuziki nyarwanda mu myaka iri imbere.
