Dancehall artiste Jupitar has said Ghanaian artistes will sell their creativity well on the international stage if they record their songs in English, as well as try other international languages.
Jupitar, born Michael O. Mint, made this known in an interview on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM with KMJ.
The artiste disclosed that Ghanaians are often complacent, which eventually limit their capabilities.
He used the legendary Ghanaian group Osibisa as an example, saying they blew the international market because they never used the local dialect.
“Osibisa never used the local dialect. The only reason they blew the market is because of the dialect they used. I believe if Ghanaian artiste would minimize their use of local dialect and fuse in more of English language and other international dialects, we would sell our culture,” he said.
The ‘Enemies’ hit singer also said if one listens to his songs, there is no use of Ghanaian local dialect and that makes him the authentic dancehall artiste in Ghana.
He added that when it comes to authentic dancehall music in Ghana, “I own that space. If you check out Jupitar records you will never hear any local dialect. I just want to be a 100 percent dancehall artiste Africa has ever produced.”
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English has been adapted by Ghanaian culture over the years. And it is time we adapt it well and stop using the western form of the language as a yard stick in comparing ours. Some time we are made to feel the language is sacred and not ours, but actually no one owns any language . Cultures, historically have assimilated and amalgamated each other and the faster a group adapts to it dynamics the better society becomes. Negerians have adapted English faster than Ghanaian because we keep comparing Ghanaian English to the British. With music there are two key things that makes it appealing to listeners all over world, that is rhythm and understanding not the ascent nor syntax of language. I find it disgusting when I hear our people say we can't sing in English better than the whites. It is a sign of mental slavery. We speak Ghanaian English better than the British likewise they speak their dialect better than us; We need this mentality to deliver ourselves from mental slavery
Sarkordie raps in 90% twi but is more recognised and a 100times bigger than regular you so called guys who rap or sing in English around the world
massa i disagree with you totally ahhh.. what are you talking about. osibisa made it because they were the real thing then besides it was seen more as an african band than a Ghanaian band. how many English songs has Salif Keita, Manu dibango,youssour ndour and the likes produce? it's all about being original and producing quality music..music has no barrier provided it's good.can you sing in English better than the Englishman?