Ghanaian rapper Michael Owusu Addo, known in showbiz as Sarkodie is unfazed by criticism that he is unable to bash the current government because he campaigned for them in his ‘Happy Day’ song during the 2020 elections.
Speaking in an interview on 3Music, he said everything he said in his songs: ‘Dumsor’, ‘Inflation’, and ‘Masses’ during the tenure of John Mahama, are still relevant today, so he does not think it is necessary to do another song to talk about the same things.
He also said he still stands by his ‘Nana Toaso’ [Nana continue] comment in the ‘Happy Day’ song which was released in December 2020.
“What I said he [Nana Addo] should ‘toaso’, I stand by it because I think I benefitted from Free Education directly and I have the right to say I endorse that because this is directly. My mum has these girls we’ve been supporting. At first, she would call asking me to help. I am not saying it is much but just the fact that I am not even hearing that, it came from that place. And I was specific about what I was endorsing,” he noted.
He, however, acknowledged that Ghanaians are currently experiencing economic hardship.
“…but of course, the country is worse. We are in a serious crisis. People are really suffering,” he stated.
In the ‘Happy Day’ song, Sarkodie mentions that if in the past he talked about erratic electricity supply (dumsor) and inflation but can now enjoy Free Senior High School policy rolled out by the NPP, then Nana deserved another term.
At the end of the song, he also mentions a popular slogan of the New Patriotic Party: “the battle is the Lord’s.”
After the President retweeted the song when it was released, Sarkodie’s replied that the song was not an endorsement of him.
“Nana M3nfa bronya ho nre akoko oo lool [Nana, don’t take advantage of this] !! when I say aban ( all parties ) Shouts to yourself x JM but if i feel like pointing out the negatives too you know how we do.
At present, some people think Sarkodie has been compromised by his support for Nana Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party, a reason he has not been hard on them like he did during the tenure of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
