Ghanaian gospel singer and record producer Nana Osei, popularly called Nacee, has condemned the organisers of Ghana @60 gospel concert for selecting foreign artistes to headline the event instead of local artistes.
Speaking on Abusua FM’s Abusua Drive hosted by Ike Da-Unpredictable, Nacee questioned why local talents were not chosen to headline the concert.
The ‘Onaapo’ hitmaker hinted that huge sums of money are paid to foreign artistes when they headline shows in the country, whilst the locals are not being paid well.
He suggested that the local gospel artistes, especially gospel musicians, be given the opportunity to push their brands.
His complaint comes on the back of the Ghana@60 anniversary concert to be headlined by Don Moen, which has generated mixed feelings among entertainment pundits.
Nacee questioned why Ghanaians accord foreign artistes the respect than local artistes, calling on Ghanaian leaders to break that chain by supporting local artistes and desist from looking down on them.
He further called on church leaders to push the career of gospel artistes to reach international standards.
“We have lots of gospel artistes with talents such as No Tribe, Ernest Opoku, Soni Badu, Daughters of Glorious Jesus, Tagoe Sisters, Koda, Joe Mettle, the list is uncountable. Imagine the money they will spend on Don Moen and his band, can’t we the local artistes perform better to the satisfaction of everyone?” he asked.
Source: Daily Guide
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Nacee oooonnnnnnaaaaapppppoooooo!!!
I may agree with you but remember that the world is a global village and we can't always stick to what we already know. How did people react when Bishop Duncan Williams was invited to pray at President Trump's investiture? You think there are no preachers/bishops in the U.S?
How can church leaders to push the career of gospel artistes to reach international standards when they do not have a single church to go to. They hope from one church to the other due to Noko fioooo....
NACEE! ONAAAAPO, you can sing for MAHAMA nobody stops you from that. So you think NPP will invite YOU? You are day dreaming.Onnnnaaaaaappppppoooo
Spare our ears. A whole lot of you Ghanaian musicians want to sing like Black Americans. You listen to Twi songs by Sonny Badu and Kwesi Oteng and you wonder if they're black Americans trying to sing in our local language. Why won't I rather spend my time on the genuine American and have my money's worth. Stop being fake and we'll patronise your works
I agree with you, but what i want you to be aware of is that this is the creative art industry and you guys need to be creative in your shows and stage performances. I have stopped going for Ghanaian shows because there is no creativity at all. If you should watch the performances of artists such as Chris Brown, Don Moen and the like, they come with their whole band, instruments etc to put up a good show. The only thing our artistes are good at is muting the mic and making noises.... how much do you expect to be paid with this kinda perfomance. Learn to put up good shows, this is Ghana @60 and we need to expose Ghana to the world.