As the political atmosphere gets charged up for the elections in December, some celebrities have started composing songs for political parties.
In the wake of this, one musician who has in the past done songs for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has spoken about his motivation for doing such songs.
According to Sidney Ofori, popularly known as Barima Sidney, his composition of songs for political parties is just a job he does and not to endorse anyone.
“I will do a song for any political party that approaches me. I have done a lot of songs for different political parties in the past. The politician may not be able to write their message through a song. As a creative, I don’t see why I shouldn’t compose a song for a political party.
I am just relaying messages given to me from political parties. It is just like bringing a product to me to advertise for you”, he said in an interview with Happy FM’s Doctar Cann on the ‘Showbiz Xtra’ show.
He added that these songs become an endorsement of political parties comes if the musicians perform their political songs on a party’s campaign platform, something he doesn’t do.
“You go the extra mile if you as an artist will be on their platform to perform the songs and state that you endorse the candidate. If you go that extra mile, your fans will be divided”.
Not long ago, Barima Sydney released a song titled ‘Papa No’ following a beef between actress Tracey Boakye and musician Mzbel.
In the said beef, the words ‘Papa No’ was used by the two to refer to an unidentified man, the two seemed to be fighting over.
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By: ghanaweekend.com
