Amerado, a prominent Ghanaian rapper, has chimed in on recent talks regarding Ghanaian musicians entering foreign stages.
His aim as a musician, he says, is to generate enough money to feed and clothe his family, not to fill the O2 Arena in London.
The rapper’s remark came just days after Asake, a prominent Nigerian performer, broke history by selling out the 20,000-seater O2 Arena.
Asake’s accomplishment aroused debate over how Ghanaian musicians had done nothing of the type.
However, according to the ‘Abotr3’ hitmaker, social media trolls and Nigerian music competition have had no significant influence on his music career or mental wellbeing.
He believes Ghanaian crooners are capable of comparable exploits, particularly packing such event grounds like their counterparts from other African countries.
However, he remarked that because of the absence of internal support that drives exceptional artists to fame, this option frequently feels remote.
On Saturday, August 26, 2023, he will appear on UTV’s United Showbiz Program. Amerado stated,
“It’s fine, I’ve watched Asake’s O2 performance and the way he carried himself on stage. It’s nice . What I can do is to just applaud him and continue work harder, strive for the best but I can’t say Asake has filled O2, so Stonebwoy who is hosting shows and going on tours, Stonebwoy is not good. King Promise has the number 1 song on Boomplay, the whole Africa. Are we talking about it enough?”
He continued; ‘I’m struggling to even secure shows to perform, let alone think about filling the O2 Arena. As an artiste, my top most priority is to feed my family and not to fill O2 Arena. Boys are hungry! We can’t even get shows to perform. The shows that were organized in December, how many of them was I billed to perform for me to worry about O2?” he queried.
“In Ghana, even if we organize free shows, check the numbers and compare it with paid shows. They don’t attend. When you host a show abroad, they would rather use the money to attend funeral or wedding because there will be free food, but the same Ghanaians will say a Nigerian has filled O2, so Amerado is not working hard because he is doing a video with his mom to promo his song. If I don’t promo my song, how will I fend for myself?…Let’s support ourselves. We should stay United and push ourselves to the top,” he concluded.
The filling of the 02 Arena by Ghanaian artists have been an important debate since Asake sold out his show at the Arena.
