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Ghanaian musician Kwesi Arthur has claimed that whilst making music is a “wonderful business,” it is full of greedy individuals who seem to be friends but are really adversaries.
The BET-recognised performer stated this on Accra-based Metro TV’s Entertainment Review show.
Granting that the local music business is “a terrific enterprise,” he cautioned that “there’s simply a lot of vultures in there. There’s a lot of faking. People will snake [bite] you [unawares] the least opportunity they get.”
“Even those you trust,” he added. “You have to be extremely careful and make sure you have real individuals that desire your good working with you.”
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Bad contracts was another issue the ‘Toxic’ hitmaker noted.
“You signing bad deals, horrible deals [with] people you think are really for you but they are only in it for themselves,” he indicated in his perforated white shirt. “There is a lot of that [in the industry].”
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Host Dessy Fayden queried if he had fallen prey to such a deal in his career.
“Oh yeah,” he answered with a hint of hesitation in his voice.
“But we’re in a better place now,” he was quick to add.
On Tuesday, 2 August 2022, Kwesi Arthur sent out tweets that suggested he was fighting with the music company Ground Up Chale. It is the group he rose to fame with including fellow rap stars Quamina MP and Kofi Mole.
“@GroundUpChale, answer my calls, bro. Lol [Laugh out loud],” he said.
“I want all my [things] back, my guy,” he said in another tweet after indicating his calls had still not been answered.
In yet another tweet, Kwesi stressed that: “If I keep quiet so many artistes in the position I was will be taken advantage of.”
“I’m done cooling down,” he added in the deleted Twitter thread.
Kwesi Arthur found he could compose and rap around 2010. He was serious. Sarkodie, Eminem, Kanye West, and Drake influenced him.
The first hit was 2017’s ‘Grind Day’. Son of Jacob is his 2022 debut album. The 15-track record was the third most consumed album in Ghana in 2022, according to Boomplay.