The music maestro, Julius Kojo Antwi known in showbiz world as Kojo Antwi has chided the government for not supporting the creative industry to bring the best out of them.
According to him, the unpatriotic songs that are destroying the generation stemmed out of the means musicians used to survive.
“Some of the new artistes sing profane songs because they are thinking of how to feed themselves, the issue is artistes don’t get support that they need from policy makers so they think of ways their songs will go viral for them to gain gigs and shows without thinking about the impact of the song,” he said.
The music legendary said this in an interview degraftpr.co.uk Thursday in Accra, he said the policy makers of Ghana had failed to implement policies that would boost and sustain the industry for artistes to compose patriotic song that could project the country.
Citing United States of America as an example, he indicated that the creative industry is well financed and supported by the government and it helped the artistes to work extra harder to lift high the flag of the country.
Mr Music man regretted that most of the artistes were fond of images to the neglect of sound and lyrics to the extent that the artistes heap lots of images in one video which to him distorts the entire music.
He explained that music was not about images but about sound and lyrics which would make the music timeless and rich to the ears of listeners adding that “my mrika track has no video yet it receives massive airplay because of the great sound and the rich lyrics.”
Speaking on his new project to fans, Kojo Antwi said he has released a new reggae banger dubbed “akyekyede3 nate3” which he featured Stonebwoy and urged fans to patronize it from all the major online medias.
He had rocked the industry over the years with his angelic voice, lyrics and mixed genres ranging from quality Afro pop, Reggae and Highlife tracks which swept the nation off its feet, he sent his career to the highest level after he released his debut album “All I Need is you” in 1986 to set the tone of excitement in many hearts.
He became a chart buster in the country as he blended Ghanaian highlife with Congolese soukous, Caribbean lover’s rock, with a dash of African American soul and Rhythm and Blues (R&B).
The maestro established himself as a consummate vocalist, prolific songwriter, producer, arranger and great performer making him inarguably the best alive who has more awards to his credit.
His name entered into the hall of fame as one of the finest highlife/reggae legends known in the land at the 4th edition of Legends and Legacy (LAL) Ball for his immense contribution to the music industry and projecting Ghana to the international front with the local twi language
Source: Celebrity Buzz
