Music producer, Edward Nana Poku, popularly known as Hammer, has added his voice to reports that some celebrities had requested that the police should give them special treatment with regard to security issues.
The reports say some of the celebrities that met the Inspector General of Police on Wednesday at the Police Headquarters for the Creative Industry engagement pleaded on the police to be lenient on celebrities when they fall foul of the law.
Responding to the issue on his Facebook page, Hammer wrote that he does not understand why those so-called celebrities went to the meeting with the IGP in their celebrity apparel.
“Why did they even go there, invoking their celebrity in the first place,” he wrote.
“The Celebrity thing is just a complimentary honor attached to your art and the impact u make. It’s not a title. We’re artists, that’s our thing… and we need to stop calling ourselves celebrities and stars and legends etc. Those are all complimentary add-ons bestowed on our impact on society as artists. Stop calling yourselves that,” he added.
Lastly, Hammer noted that it is better for the showbiz people to allow others to confer celebrity accolades on them.
“Let others call you [by the celebrity tag]. Besides, it’s not even absolute, it’s relative. Not everyone in the showcase qualifies to be called that in the first place,” he stated.
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By: Kwame Dadzie | Ghana Weekend
