Award-winning Ghanaian rapper/singer, Edem in a series of tweets has ranted about the state of Ghana music and showbiz industry as a whole. He claims that every artist in the industry is hungry because they don’t receive anything from their creativity.
Edem described the Ghanaian music industry such that, an artist will work assiduously for a reputable brand but nothing will emerge as an income from your sweat except to depend on shows.
The “power” singer further claimed that artists appear in music videos and social media flashy but in real life, it’s totally different. He made allegations that after a decade in the music industry, Ghana’s most decorated rapper, Sarkodie has not been able to make 20, 000 Ghana Cedis as royalties.
How can @Sarkodie span ten years in showbiz and not make up to 20 k ghana in those ten years from royalties..What do u want the artiste to live behind for their loved ones…
— Goget’em (@iamedem) May 17, 2020
Edem further alleged that, even dancehall king Shatta Wale has over 300 songs to his credit and yet he has not a made a pesewa from its usage.
How can @shattawalegh release over 300 songs and not get a penny from it for its usage
— Goget’em (@iamedem) May 17, 2020
He concluded by revealing his future plans in the industry saying, he does not want to die from hunger, neither does he wish the next generation to die from hunger, and that is what pushed him to lament about the industry issues.
I don’t plan on dying from the hunger we all face in the industry and I don’t want ppl after me to suffer either..So I am telling all you my fans that the nokofio “ would have flowed more if I wasn’t hungry
— Goget’em (@iamedem) May 17, 2020
