Nkonkonsa Celebrity Gossip From Africa
Rapper Sarkodie, who has won numerous awards both local and international, has explained why he has shunned other record firms.
Sarkodie has never worked for a record label and has been releasing music on his own record label, SarkCess Music, for many years. Why he has never signed with a record company has been a subject of much speculation.
In his latest rap song, “Fraud (man) in Suit,” Sarkodie explained why he has never signed with a record company.
Sarkodie discussed how record label contracts frequently deprive musicians who work for them of their independence.
“There’s always going to be some fraud [man] in a suit, trying to give you some money to stay mute. Always been part of the game, this is not new,” the Ghanaian music superstar spat [Hiphop term for rapping]”.
“How many be real owners? Just a few,” he highlighted the phenomenon of many artists not owning their masters or having as much as they may portray to the public.”
“Buy a beautiful house, trust the view,” he said and warned: “Don’t trust nobody, my [man], trust you. There’s nobody really in the game and that’s true.”
The label business is “a game, [man],” he stressed and noted making one’s own money gives them power to avoid the label scams he earlier mentioned: “We have the money now so [forget] you.”
NKONKONSA.com
