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Jupitar, a dancehall musician, has weighed in on the ongoing debate about how many music superstars Ghana now has.
According to earlier research by Michael Blackson, the nation only has four superstars, as opposed to Nigeria, which is overrun with “music heavyweights.”
The Ghanaian-American comic on the “Drinks Champs” podcast previously focused on just four musicians: Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy, Sarkodie, and Black Sherif.
“Nigeria has all the stars. Nigeria is like the New York of music in Africa and Ghana is like the Dubai of Africa I can only count about four superstars in Ghana. We have Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy, Sarkodie, and Black Sherif. I want to make Gambo the fifth star and that’s why I signed him,” Michael Blackson said.
Blackson’s comment has since generated massive reactions on social media with netizens sharing varied opinions on it.
Critics, including UK-based Ghanaian musician, Fuse ODG, disagreed with the assertion.
The ‘Antena’ hitmaker took to Twitter and expressed his dissatisfaction.
“Mike…I don’t know how you go on Drink Champs and say there are only 4 artists in Ghana. Not cool bro. I’ve personally introduced u to a lot of GH artists in GH! smh. Stop embarrassing us on these platforms…you’re supposed to educate them,” his tweet read.
Jupitar, a dancehall musician, has now joined the group of people who share in Michael Blackson’s stance.
He claims that the idea that Ghana lacks superstars is the result of Ghanaians’ attention being drawn to a select group of certain artists.
“Why are you going hard on for saying he’s only familiar with just 4 artistes? I’ve said this before, the focus is just on few acts so for obvious reasons only few will get recognized, until we change our ways to give equal and fair support on every act.” Jupitar tweeted.
See his tweet below;
Why are you going hard on @MichaelBlackson for saying he’s only familiar with just 4 artist? I’ve said this before, the focus is just on few acts so for obvious reasons only few will get recognized, until we change our ways to give equal and fair support on every act, …
— Jupitar_General (@JupitarOfficial) February 24, 2023
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