Tag: Bisa Kdei

Bisa Kdei faced a wave of online trolls after expressing his support for Sarkodie’s response to Yvonne Nelson on Twitter. The highlife singer praised Sarkodie’s song ‘Try Me,’ which quickly gained popularity on social media. However, his comments were met with negative reactions from some users.

Bisa Kdei retweeted the said song and wrote as caption, “I’ve listened to this like 10 times. Heeerrrrrh…with fire emojis.”

This triggered wild responses from netizens who have claimed that the ‘Mansah’ hitmaker is taking sides.

“Comot for der.. opana dey fool u dey praise am,” a social media user wrote.

“You’ve listened to the song more than the number of hit songs you have recorded,” another tweep wrote.

“If Becca is to write a book about you, would you get the words to reply? Pipe down Masa,” said another.

While the trolls intensified, Bisa stormed Twitter, once again, clarifying his statement.

“We don’t have to attach negativity to everything someone writes. I’m acknowledging a song and a rap legend as a writer. Their problem is their problem boss.”

Sarkodie’s reply

Sarkodie released a track titled ‘Try Me’, which is his intended response to Yvonne Nelson’s claims.

One can recall that after narrating how the rapper impregnated her and denied responsibility, Yvonne Nelson, in her memoir also detailed how he drove her to a health facility where she bled profusely in his absence.

In a chapter titled ‘Abortion’, in her book, ‘I Am Not Yvonne Nelson’ the actress disclosed how Sarkodie accompanied her to the Mamprobi polyclinic for abortion and since never bothered to find out how the procedure went.

However, telling his side of the story in the single, ‘Try Me’, Sarkodie detailed that it was Yvonne’s sole decision to abort the pregnancy.

Although the rapper admitted that they had a relationship, he said Yvonne was only playing victim and taking advantage of the fact that the world listens to women more than men.

Reactions to Bisa Kdei’s comment:

Ghanaian musician Bisa Kdei has spoken against having too many friends.

He asserts that bringing an unhealthy number of people into your private life leads to ruination.

Guesting on Accra 100.5 FM’s mid-morning show Ayekoo Ayekoo hosted by Nana Romeo, he was asked about the rumour that he killed his mother.

“It was actually very funny,” he responded, adding that “my disposition won’t allow me to do some things else I would have mentioned names and said some things but it’s not important.”

“It got to a point, my own people started accusing me of acquiring wealth by using black magic,” he bemoaned.

The ‘Mansa’ hitmaker then categorically said: “Your biggest weakness as a human is to make people give people knowledge about your finances and how you make money. When people don’t know the details of your finances, you’re safe.”

When this is the case, “when you are broke, nobody knows and when you’re rich, nobody knows.”

He again stressed that bringing people into one’s fiscal matters “will be your biggest failure.”

He added that living by this philosophy is what led people to attribute his financial status to so-called ‘blood money’.

“People see me moving all the time and they don’t know my source of energy so then they’ll attribute it to a lot of things,” he chuckled.

The record producer and singer-songwriter cited how “recently, some people said a friend and I are into the cocaine business and it’s so funny.” He laughed.

Romeo wondered if Bisa Kdei had come into some fiscal abundance.

Reacting with laughter, the singer said: “That’s not the case. It’s just about the way you carry yourself. For sure, people are going to say a lot of things, but at the end of the day it’s you and your God; you alone know what you’re going through.”

He pointed out another rumour.

“People say I killed my mother,” he sucked his teeth and noted: “It hurts but then again, I came to realise it’s simply human nature. There’s absolutely nothing you can do about it.”

“No matter what you do, they’ll talk about you. You just have to stay lowkey and do your thing,” he advised.

“Keep to yourself and don’t be overly social or available because it’s not everything that others should see to talk about,” he stressed. “If you allow people into your life too much, that’s what puts your private affairs into the public.”

Advocating for keeping to oneself, he emphasised controlling the number of friends one has. “It’s important because it’ll be these very friends who will destroy you. It’ll shock you,” he asserted during the Tuesday, January 17, 2023 interview.

The musician’s mother, Josephine Bruce died due to an undisclosed ailment on Wednesday, August 19, 2015, at the Cocoa Clinic in North Kaneshie, Accra. The video for what would become Bisa Kdei’s biggest hit, ‘Mansa’, was released earlier that day. Later that same year, he scored another giant hit with ‘Brother Brother’.

In a 2019 interview with Okyeame Quophie, Bisa Kdei said he believes his mother’s passing drew sympathy from the public which resulted in the wide acceptance of the ‘Mansa’ song. He added, the song opened doors for him beyond Ghana, taking him to many Francophone countries.

Singer Bisa Kdei has advised his fellow music makers to be careful of what music deals they accept and sign to, lest they sell their souls to the devil.

Sitting with Entertainment Journalist Kwame Dadzie for a YouTube interview posted on Monday, January 16, 2023, the popular musician said “it’s the best,” to be an independent artiste compared to signing to a record label.

“It’s my opinion but I think,” he explained. “You can have a record deal, maybe you can have a distribution deal, it depends on the contract, just don’t sell yourself away,” Bisa advised.

Explaining what it means to sell oneself away, the respected songwriter said: “The thing is that you can sell your whole catalogue to a record label and you’re [ruined].”

Kwame wondered if it is always bad to sell ones catalogue to a record company regardless of how lucrative the deal offered may be.

Bisa Kdei insinuated that US$2 million is not enough for an artiste to hand over their catalogue to a record company but granted that it will be a mouthwatering offer for some music acts, nonetheless.

“I’m not going to lie to you, I’ve had offers but I turned them down because I don’t want to give my catalogue away,” he revealed but without stating the amount involved. “It’s very important as a musician that you keep that. That’s why I said it’s the best [to be an independent artiste].”

Born Ronald Kwaku Dei Appiah, he asserted this is what is meant by the popular showbiz phrase ‘selling one’s soul to the devil’.

“Because you sell your whole catalogue and at the end of the day, you’re making nothing out of it and the record label is taking all the money,” he added.

Noting “it all depends on the kind of contract,” an artiste is given, the serial hitmaker underscored the importance of “lawyers and you need intellectual people around you who will check these kind of things for you.”

Concerning the labels that reached out to him, he revealed they are “very big record labels,” from the international world.

“I’m not saying record labels are bad, they are good. It [only] depends on the kind of deal they are bringing,” the 36-year-old clarified.

Kwame Dadzie asked what he thought of a US$200 million deal.

The ‘Mansa’ hitmaker answered by citing the Ghanaian proverb that teaches: “Eating [well] regularly is better than eating all at once.”

The award-winning Ghanaian singer, songwriter and record producer’s fourth album, ‘Original’, is slated for release on Friday, January 20, 2023.