story by Edem Latsu Nukafu
The 65th annual Grammy Awards came off last Sunday night at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. In the lead-up to the awards ceremony, all eyes were on Beyoncé, who came in with nine nominations, to see if she would break the record for the most awarded artist in Grammy history—and she did.
Another fascinating development about the event was some Ghanaian artists graced the occasion. Talk of Rapper Edem, Reggae-Dancehall sensation Stonebwoy, KiDi and ace Ghanaian UK-based TV host, Dentaa Amoateng.
However, one issue that has caught netizens tongue waging on social media is Stonebwoy’s tenacity to reach out to Global music icons and have camaraderie as well as “kodak” moments with.
Some individuals feels he was too outgoing.
This development moved Media General’s presenter, Giovani Caleb to speak to Rapper Edem and have his opinion on the matter.
The 65th annual Grammy Awards came off last Sunday night at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. In the lead-up to the awards ceremony, all eyes were on Beyoncé, who came in with nine nominations, to see if she would break the record for the most awarded artist in Grammy history—and she did.
Another fascinating development about the event was some Ghanaian artists graced the occasion. Talk of Rapper Edem, Reggae-Dancehall sensation Stonebwoy, KiDi and ace Ghanaian UK-based TV host, Dentaa Amoateng.
However, one issue that has caught netizens tongue waging on social media is Stonebwoy’s tenacity to reach out to Global music icons and have camaraderie as well as “kodak” moments with.
Some individuals feels he was too outgoing.
This development moved Media General’s presenter, Giovani Caleb to speak to Rapper Edem and have his opinion on the matter.
The Volta Regime Music Group boss opined that, “for starters, anybody who can get on a business class ticket that is over $5,000 and go and do ‘ahohyehyɛ’ should be praised”, he chronicled a vivid account to host Giovani Caleb on an Accra-based radio station 3FM’s evening drive time show ‘3 Drive’ during a phone-in conversation.
Rapper Edem, who shared stage with Stonebwoy at Grammy’s Africa Nominee Brunch put together by Guba Enterprise in cooperation with the Recording Academy, pointed out naysayer’s small thinkers living in their own bubbles.
“Ahohyehyɛ” is a twi term, a Ghanaian local dialect, that describes individuals who intrude on people’s spaces to implore for favors or to be known as a member of a particular circle.
According to the “Over Again” hitmaker, there is nothing bad with attempting to make significant acquaintances in one’s profession.
“In life, your network is your net worth. People need to see this with a global eye when people are trying to push themselves to excellence.”
The one-time “The Last Two” music signee also narrated his experience with the famous Hip-Hop group Public Enemy’s ‘Flavor Flav’. He cited that Flava Flav revealed his first trip to Ghana in 1997 and his enstoolment as a chief in Aburi.
Quoting his exact submissions, “every one of us out there wasn’t talking about ourselves. We were talking about the country and how people should visit. And so nothing is ahohyehyɛ about it. Any hater is pained,” Edem inferred.
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