Legendary Ghanaian Highlife singer, Julius Kojo Antwi has bewailed about the fact that Ghanaians failed to see Shatta Wale’s collaboration with Beyoncé as a win and an advantage for the entire country, hence the country never benefitted from that international deal.
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According to him, Ghanaians and musicians only saw the international collaboration as a win for only Shatta Wale, thereby failing to grab opportunities relating to the deal to elevate the Ghanaian music industry.
Speaking in an interview on Asaase R adio, the highlife veteran insinuated that the leaders and industry players in the Ghanaian music industry should have carefully utilized that collaboration to shoot the music industry to higher heights.
“Beyoncé’s team chose Shatta to do a collabo and took three songs, if I’m not mistaken, from guilty beats. That was a great move for Ghana not just for Shatta and guilty beats. Our attitude was like, is it not just Shatta who has got the opportunity to make money for himself?, he said.
“The policymakers should have seen that this is a move that has created a crucial opening to push other musicians onto the global scene. We keep getting these channels coming our way but sometimes we kill it with politics,” he added.
As a reminder, ShattaWale still holds the record as the only Ghanaian musician with the biggest international collabo after he was featured on Beyoncé’s “Already” song off her “Lion King” album.
