“I could say, ‘Your Excellency, since it’s you who is asking for this service, give me only GHS80,000 or GHS90,000 to perform. I’ll go and perform, and if another party calls, I’ll do the same,’” the ‘Sika Aba Fie’ hitmaker said.
“The only thing I will not do is the campaign song because, in that case, you’ve limited and put yourself in a box,” he added.
“If I’ve achieved everything I need to in music, I can take huge amounts, 40 billion, 50 billion, and do a campaign song. However, I’m not yet where I need to be, and I wouldn’t want to put myself in that box. If you book me for a performance where I will sing my own song, I will definitely make an appearance,” he stressed.
Examples include Daddy Lumba’s ‘Nana Y3 Winner’ for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Diana Asamoah’s ‘Meba Dofo’ during the 2020 elections.
Nacee’s ‘Onaapo’ for former President John Dramani Mahama and Shatta Wale’s ‘Mahama Paper’ are also notable examples.
