CASTRO’S HIT SONG “ME NAM NA ME TETE” WAS ORIGINALLY A DISS TRACK TARGETING CHARTERHOUSE – D-Black Reveals
Ghanaian rapper and entrepreneur D-Black has disclosed that the late music star Castro initially recorded his popular track “Me Nam Na Me Tete” (Seihor) as a diss song aimed at Charterhouse, organizers of the Ghana Music Awards.
In an interview with Blac Volta, D-Black revealed that Castro’s frustration over losing an award he felt he deserved at the previous VGMAs inspired the original version of the song.
“Me Nam Na Me Tete” was initially a diss track to Charterhouse,” D-Black explained. “At the past VGMAs, there was an award Castro believed he was going to win, but he didn’t, and everyone was talking about it. That’s how the song came about—him responding to the chatter about Charterhouse snubbing him.”
The title itself, “Me Nam Na Me Tete” (I hear them talking), reportedly reflected Castro’s reaction to the public discourse surrounding his loss.
D-Black further shared that Castro had invited him to contribute a verse in the same confrontational style, but he declined, having no personal grievance with the awards body.
“He freestyled a little diss aimed at Charterhouse and asked me to jump on it, but I told him I couldn’t because they hadn’t done anything to me,” D-Black recounted.
However, after D-Black recorded his own verse, Castro had a change of heart. The artist decided to remove the diss elements and repurpose the track as a mainstream hit.
“The next day, he came back and said, ‘This is my next single.’ Then he took out the Charterhouse diss part,” D-Black revealed.
The song went on to become one of Castro’s biggest hits, with fans unaware of its original intent. This revelation offers a rare glimpse into the creative process behind the track and Castro’s initial reaction to industry politics.
Castro, whose real name was Theophilus Tagoe, disappeared in 2014 under mysterious circumstances after a jet ski incident in Ada, leaving behind a legacy of beloved music—including “Me Nam Na Me Tete,” which nearly had a very different meaning.
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