The former Artiste and Repertoire Manager for Zylofon Music, Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson, aka Bulldog, says Menzgold and Zylofon CEO, Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM1), deserves to be celebrated for his contribution to the development of Ghana’s creative arts sector.
Speaking in an interview on Accra-based Hitz FM, Bulldog said that NAM1, through the establishment of his record label, Zylofon Music, spearheaded an aggressive agenda to promote Ghanaian music globally.
He explained that the Zylofon CEO’s signage of top artistes such as Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy while promoting their brand on the international level shows clearly that he had better plans for the industry.
According to Bulldog, NAM1 worked to put Ghana at the forefront when it comes to music globally until his Menzgold saga took him out of place.
“Zylofon was responsible for those international plugs… I was head of Zylofon as the CEO of Zylofon Music. Shatta came to meet me at Zylofon, and we signed him on, and there was a deliberate attempt to push every Zylofon act… check Shatta Wale’s Gringo. Have you seen anything like that in the history of Ghana?” Bulldog queried.
“Apart from the fact that I lost my funds with Menzgold, no record label had come like Zylofon. He bought cars and houses and gave them money. NAM1 deserves a statue in Ghana for what he did for the entertainment space. “We had to cut our own trees down and let foreign ones grow.”
In its heydays, Zylofon Music, financed by NAM1’s own gold dealership firm, MenzGold, signed various musicians and actors who helped to promote the company’s business across the country.
In 2017, MenzGold was forced to shut down by the government over licensing issues with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
