Legendary Ghanaian music producer, Fred Kyei Mensah, has waded into the current controversy surrounding the 2023 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards ‘Artiste of the Year’, Black Sherif.
The talented young musician was reportedly arrested at the Kotoko International Airport on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, after he come off his flight.
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The arrest per the information available in the public domain was caused by Cruise People Limited, the organizers of “Afro Cruise Jam” because the musician failed to honor a contract he signed with the company after they had paid the $20,000 he had charged.
Even though no one in the camp of Black Sherif has come to speak to any of these issues, social media has been awash with reactions from various respected personalities in the entertainment space.
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One of these reactions has come from Uncle Fredyma who believes Black Sherif’s management acted in poor fate in this matter.
In a post he made on his Facebook wall, the renowned sound engineer noted that a lot of Ghanaian artists, including Black Sherif mostly take certain things about their craft for granted.
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He highlighted the fact that some of them may overbook shows and in the end, they may not be able to hold up the end of their bargain because they may get weary and tired.
Uncle Fredyma further stated that this recent development is a dent in the image of the brand Sherif and his hard-earned name in the creative space even though he is quite young in the space.
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He called on people in his management team to quickly try and address the issue and bring finally it before it blows up.
Read the full post of Uncle Fredyma below…
“A LABYRINTH CREATIVE INDUSTRY.
I have served this creative industry especially in the area of music professionally for the past 38 years and sometimes, i get sad, emotional and devastated about some little things we don’t pay attention to.
Several musicians, have lost great opportunities in the creative space for lack of discipline, naivety and not paying attention to detail. Having dealt with a lot of talents, some peculiar traits that emanates from their actions are, non strict adherence to contractual agreements, inadequate preparation for major performances, lack of routine training and upgrade of their crafts, deception, money concious and not capturing detailed daily events.
They sometimes, overbooked themselves without considering the fragility, tiredness and weary nature of their craft. I have had the experience of disappointing behaviors from so many artistes like what my son Black Sheriff, the pride of Asante Akyem and Ghana 🇬🇭 is going through at the moment. It’s humiliating being accosted while going to board a flight ✈️. A lot of spin and lies were said about his arrest at the onset.
It’s a dent on his hard earned image on his minimal success and his management should as a matter of urgency, sort things out with those that engaged him for that event. It’s too early for him to be having such bad publicity about his unreliability when one engages him. In our Akan culture it is said ” fromfrom nte ho daa” loosely translated “you cannot enjoy grace all the time”.
Black Sheriff, don’t blackened your chef’s dress while consuming his delicacy for life is delicate!
Good beads don’t rattle.”
