Nkonkonsa Celebrity Gossip From Africa
Veteran Ghanaian music producer, Hammer from The Last Two has counseled other musicians to expose their hardships to the public and government rather than flaunting their affluence. He claimed that by doing this, they would be able to attract greater funding and support for the creative sector.
Speaking on JOY FM’s Showbiz A-Z, Hammer claimed that many musicians were using other income streams, like forex trading, rather than the money they made from their music to buy cars.
He claimed that this created a misleading perception that the music business was doing well when, in fact, it was dealing with a number of difficulties.
“We are not displaying suffering to them. We buy cars with different money. We are flexing. Most people in the creative [music] industry are not buying cars with the music money.
“If you are doing Forex Trading at home and you buy an X Class, and you are pulling up in it and a tax man is looking at you, what are you talking about? We have to speak the truth to power. Let’s show them we are suffering. But we can’t go around shopping at the expensive places, driving the biggest cars and expect them to feel for us,” he said.
While many celebrities flaunt their wealth for show, he continued, these actions have an impact on how the government views them.
“If you want to show that your works are promoting the tourism industry, show it. Prove that you are an up-and-coming artiste and you can’t afford these things,” he noted.
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