Unneeded beefs attract us again – J Derobie

Enjoyment of Tuesday, 23 June 2020

Resource: Class FM

2020-06-23

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Ghanaian Afrobeats, dancehall and reggae artiste J Derobie has claimed disputes between artistes ought to not be inspired because it has an adverse outcome on the country’s audio market.

His comments observe an assault on Kelvyn Boy at Electroland Ghana Limited’s Ashaiman branch, soon after which the artiste, through a collection of tweets which he later deleted, insinuated that Stonebwoy, who he considered had masterminded the attack on him, lost the fight the second he decided to fight him.

The attacker was afterwards alleged to be Stonebwoy’s bodyguard amidst speculations that the Ghanaian Afropop, dancehall and reggae singer was guiding it.

On the other hand, a statement produced by Stonebwoy’s crew, explained: “For the avoidance of doubt, we state emphatically that we are in no way linked with the alleged scuffle. Additional, none of the individuals who are alleged to have been involved in the alleged actions have been and/or are in the employ of Stonebwoy.”

Reacting to the incident in an interview on the Class Travel (CD) on Course91.3FM on Monday, 22 June 2020, J Derobie pointed out that these fights impede the progress of the music marketplace in Ghana.

He instructed exhibit host Prince Benjamin: “These are the matters that really do not assistance the marketplace at all. From time to time, I really don’t blame the bloggers. We shouldn’t be encouraging fights. I have an EP coming, we ought to really encourage that.”

He added: “I feel it’s an frame of mind, adjust of attitude and that is what I was saying. Like the unity we need to enjoy us 1st. No matter what, we really should just appreciate every single other. We should not motivate fights simply because if you inspire fights and both equally of them battle, at the stop of the day, we’ll appear and sit again and we’ll giggle and at the close of the day, Ghana is shedding. It’s not them, the individuals they’re not dropping. It’s just Ghana that is dropping. At the finish of the working day, we’re combating for Ghana.”