Rapper Edem says he has been marginalised and underrated over the years because he hails from the Volta Region.
The rapper, born Denning Edem Hotor, is of the strong conviction that he is often paid less in the industry because of where he comes from.
The CEO of Volta Regime Music Group (VRMG) who hails from Dzodze in the Volta Region made the comments during an interview on Behind the Fame on Drive Time on Joy FM with Lexis Bill.
“I feel underrated, at a point I feel we are doing much more than we are credited for…I’ve been marginalised but it just doesn’t get to me,” he explained.
To buttress his point, Edem said, “we’ve signed deals before where I was the least paid because I am from Volta Region and they pass comments like ‘your place is not big’.”
“Companies don’t want to go to my Region,” he stressed but noted that, there are only but a handful of events such as Miss Ghana and Ghana’s Most Beautiful that tours the Region because they are national events.
“You’ve never seen Mentor go to my Region to do talent search, you’ve never seen Stars of the Future scout anybody in my Region,” he said.
Edem believes that dialoguing on such issues is the way forward so "people change their perception."
“So with this platform, Mr President, I want you to build a stadium in my Region. It’s quite important when I go to Volta Region, I don’t have a stadium for my people to play football so President Akufo-Addo, my name is Edem I need you to build a stadium in my region,” he appealed.
Following Shatta Wale’s visit to the Flagstaff House to meet President Akufo-Addo, the rapper concluded that, “also, I know you are a fair father so next year is my birthday so I will expect an invite,” and “I want a Lexus.”
Source: JFM/Ghana
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.. please note that shatta wale mum is Ewe from the volta regions so by extension shatta wale is Ewe
Must everything be reduced to Tribalism? I am very disappointed in this Edem guy. Is Shatta Wale from the Eastern Region? Please find a way of improving on your carreer and stop this cheap propaganda. It will not take you anywhere. Prez Akufo Addo will NEVER invite you anywhere!!!
Why are some people so myopic. Should everything be focused on tribal sentiments. What at all is wrong with this Edem guy? Such statements make chaps like him a laughing stock. Being a Voltarian means you are a Ghanaian. Stop this u$el£ss attention seeking N0nesense. I am very disappointed in you Edem.
WHY DIDNT YOU TELL MAHAMA AND HIS NDC WHEN THEY WERE IN POWER FOR ALMOST 8 YEARS? BESIDES VOLTA REGION IS NDC "WORLD BANK". WHY ARE YOU DISTURBING NANA ADDO WITH THIS UNNECESSARY TRIBAL STOPIDITY? LEAVE NANA ALONE!
Ayigbe plp will never change, dey like this everywhere..... this guy never spoke like this wen his region party was in power.Ayigbe plp are inward looking plp paa
didnt u benefit from they free v8 shared like kelewale to stars in this country? even the govt that benefits most from the people of VR neglected them after u voted for them. Nana will do for the VR what NDC didnt do
With such mentality this person will wallow in mediocrity for a very long time and it is rather sad but somehow it is not surprising. No one owes you or the Volta region a duty it is up to you to make your region great. If you want a stadium in your region then why not canvass all the rich people of Volta region both in Ghana and abroad to create a common fund into which you each contribute a set amount to raise the money required to build the stadium? Regarding you being paid less, there is nothing unique about it because this is common in the entertainment industry throughout the world. Read up about the beginnings of some of the world known entertainers and sometimes you will even cry for them and even wonder how they managed to carry on. The entertainment profession is very fickle and unless you can constantly reinvent yourself and keep coming up with stuff that will be universally accepted by a mass crowd then unfortunately no matter how talented you may think you are, you will never make it. The record industry around the world is full of "ONE HIT WONDERS" who no one hears of again therefore accept that your situation is nothing unique.
what at all do you need.***barred word***.mo anglo fo) de3 saa
How many shows have you in person orgazise for you people to exhibit that you need help you always sleeping and chasing girls with fat breast whom are older then you exp.Constance of Afrodisiac night club.people like ur kind are those Shatta wale refer to as haters stop the envy Shatta jokingly made an appear to the president and he was invited in any case when shatter put his life,family and career on the line to perform for political parties where were you???
EDEM FREWOKO. ANYTIN YOU WAN TRIBALIZEED. WHY. SHAME ON U.