Coded, one of the 4×4 trio, went ballistic on TV3’s New Day over Guinness’ decision to include Senegalise singer Akon of Konvict Music fame, American Rapper Big Sean and Nigerian rap don, Wizkid in the list of performers for the show scheduled for Saturday November 23 at the Accra Sports Stadium.
According to him, when Guinness organized the same concert in Nigeria, only Nigerian artistes were contracted to rock the show but “the same company comes down to Ghana organizing a big show like this and then you tell us that let’s all converge at the stadium and then you add Wizkid, Samini and Shatta Wale on it.”
The status quo has been that event organisers are at complete liberty to exercise their discretion in deciding which musician they want to perform at which event.
“It looks like we have never been able to come out and speak so every time they take us for granted and they just come and disrespect musicians and make us look little. They belittle us. It has been 10 years now and we don’t want to take anything for granted no more. It is high time… we need to respect musicians in Ghana. Why are Sarkodie, R2Bees, Edem, EL and VIP among others not on the bill?” he quizzed.
Coded expressed the belief that local acts are enough to entertain Ghanaians in various ways that the two foreign acts will not be capable of doing.
“Let us enjoy our own thing. If you ask me, those three boys, they will even kill Akon and Big Sean. If people are asked to tweet lines from Big Sean’s songs, they don’t know Big Sean. At least I know of only three giants in Ghana who are Amakye Dede, Daddy Lumba and Kojo Antwi. These people could have headlined that show because Guinness is a big brand,” he added.
The group recalled how the dancehall king Shatta Wale wowed the crowd with his electrifying performance during the BASS Awards when the headline artiste Elephant Man failed to show up.
“If you can remember, the same thing happened with Shatta Wale at the BASS Awards. They said we were going to see Elephant Man who was never in Ghana but Shatta Wale killed the show. We want to tell Guinness that they are not doing enough. They are really disrespecting we the musicians,” Coded stated.
The Big Eruption Concert is expected to attract a lot of people across the country to the Accra Sports Stadium to enjoy great tunes from Samini, Wizkid, Shatta Wale, Akon and Big Sean for free.
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