Music is for entertainment, money-making not beefs, guns – Nana Acheampong
Nana Acheampong, alias The Champion Lover, has reminded music makers of the primary purpose of showbiz – entertainment and subsistence.
He spoke guesting on Accra 100.5 FM’s midmorning programme, Ayekoo Ayekoo.
Host Nana Romeo reminded Nana Acheampong of when he advised Shatta Wale to stay focused on making music and avoid negativity.
Nana Acheampong stressed that “music is ultimately work”.
He bemoaned “in the middle of the excitement and dancing, some people seem to forget that we’re at work. It is indeed work. From this, you take care of children, acquire real estate and other properties for the future”.
Music performance and business “is not a joking thing,” he cautioned.
He appeared to broach the controversial 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) during which Stonebwoy brandished a gun when his archrival Shatta Wale and his crew stormed the stage while he was up there receiving his fifth Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year trophy.
Showbiz “is not about pulling and firing guns,” Nana Acheampong admonished, as he also wondered why “the young ones show no understanding and tolerance of each other but resort to guns”.
He said, with concern, that perhaps these disturbing instances are all engineered for publicity.
The Highlife legend underlined that among many other positive things, “music is for healing and consolation”.
Nana Acheampong's latest offering features Fameye and is titled Ye Wo Nyame.
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