Kwabena Kwabena’s supervisor, Nana Poku Ashis, has disclosed that some folks accepted cash within the title of his artiste after he composed a marketing campaign track for the New Patriotic Social gathering in 2016.
Ashis, addressing the difficulty of whether or not Kwabena Kwabena charged an quantity for the track, emphatically said that few associates of the musician who had been social gathering members took cash on his behalf with out his consent.
He informed Roselyn Felli on Pleasure Prime’s Prime Morning present that though Kwabena Kwabena believed he did it voluntarily and without spending a dime, the social gathering executives had been conscious that costs had been made.
“Some folks charged on his head. A few of his associates that led him to go and meet the social gathering management, charged on his head. So, the social gathering is aware of that they’ve given Kwabena one thing by means of someone. The place the cash dey? He by no means obtained the cash,” he mentioned.
Ashis continued that his artiste later approached the social gathering to obtain the cash however was denied as a result of they believed he was formally paid, displaying documented information of the fee.
Nonetheless, the incident didn’t break down the musician, as he went forward to rally his help behind the social gathering within the following elections. Sadly, he was uncared for after the NPP gained the polls on the time.
Due to this fact, Ashis has urged all musicians who’ve composed or but to launch marketing campaign songs for political events to make sure that they take care of them on enterprise phrases and cost accordingly. He added that they need to chorus from involving themselves in political talks for their very own security.
In 2016, highlife musician Kwabena Kwabena, born George Kwabena Adu, launched a marketing campaign track he composed for then-candidate Akufo-Addo previous to the elections in December. The track ‘Vote No 1’ grew to become standard, main the social gathering to win the elections.
Following the publication of the track, the ‘Fakye Me’ singer disclosed on a number of platforms that he has not obtained any form of compensation for the marketing campaign track he composed and that it was recorded out of his love for Nana Akufo-Addo.
On account of how badly he was handled after the social gathering’s victory, the artiste vowed by no means to compose a track for any political social gathering without spending a dime and has tasked his administration to make sure fee is completed formally earlier than hitting the studio to file.
In the meantime, Kwabena first did a marketing campaign track titled ‘Quantity One’ for the NPP’s Nana Akufo-Addo in 2008.