Nigerian Afro-pop songstress Yemi Alade has said she has stopped listening to
The "Jonny" hitmaker made the revelation on Starr FM on Wednesday (23rd November), adding that she felt disrespected when Sarkodie refused to show up at a meeting they agreed to have in the USA, UK and South Africa.
āIāve really tried my best to really not go into details but the long and short on why I donāt want to dwell on this is that it is super unfair, unprofessional and unkind for international acts or even artistes to have a dealing with anybody and after agreeing to certain things, you donāt come through at all.. I can count three different countries and three different venues where my team and I had an agreement with the artiste (Sarkodie) in particular and he didnāt come through,ā she told Bola Ray on Starr Chat.
āI donāt want to bring in the feminine and masculine inequality weāre experiencing in the industry and I donāt want to link it to that. I was pained as a person but Iāll say it is almost impossible to promote a project that is supposed to be for two people when the other party isnāt coming through at all, the music pretty much suffers,ā she added.
She said even though she was hurt by what Sarkodie did, she was not much worried because she had then made a name for herself.
āI already had a name for myself and Iāll continue to do that for as long as I can and as God leads me to. It was just a point in my career that I went over and Iām so fortunate. For instance Iām here in Ghana and working on a song with MzVee. It takes two to tango⦠Iām here to support her and she supports me too,ā she added.
According to Yemi Alade, she no longer follows Sarkodie nor listens to his songs.
"I donāt listen to his music, no more fan of him⦠I only work with artistes Iām a fan of. Iām just not a fan of him anymore."