Renowned reggae artist and broadcaster, Blakk Rasta, has explained the reasons behind his attacks on some media and music personalities due to his criticisms of Bob Marley’s “Stir It Up” featuring Sarkodie.
It can be recalled that in January 2023, after the release of Sarkodie’s feature on the remix of Bob Marley’s ‘Stir It Up’, Blakk Rasta described the song as a desecration of the iconic singer’s legacy by those managing the late musician’s estate.
In response, Nana Aba defended Sarkodie, using strong words like “hogwash” and “inebriated” to describe Blakk Rasta’s criticism of the collaboration, and fellow musician, Efya also commented that Blakk Rasta made “funny music”.
Blakk Rasta retaliated, accusing Nana Aba of having “kindergarten English” and Efya of being a drug addict.
Moving forward to 2024, Blakk Rasta remains unapologetic about his attacks against the two, stating that they aimed to tarnish his brand as they did to fellow musician Patapaa.
“If you don’t understand, then that is different. But you come out and it looks like you want to trample on the brand. It’s not easy to build a brand. You build it over a long time, and they want to ruin it.
“This is what they did to Patapaa and they have almost buried Patapaa. No matter how much Patapaa tries to come out, it’s very difficult for him because they have branded him as a man who doesn’t make sensible songs. He is a man who is not talented. They wanted to slap that thing on me, and I had to call them home and educate them and discipline them.”
Blakk Rasta
He quizzed how Patapaa can break away from when he is tagged by Ghanaians as the least artist in the world.
He further accused them of lacking a basic understanding of art.
“It is painful because you could just wave it away depending on who it comes from and other times you may have to call them back and give them a good discipline like I did with Efya and Nana Aba and all those ignoramuses.
“They said I make funny songs. I asked them, is ‘Thief President’ a funny song to you? Is ‘Our Africa’ a funny song to you? They don’t understand what art is. I had to bring them home and teach them that not all music is lyrical. And when I gave them that punch, they had to go back to school.”
Blakk Rasta
Blakk Rasta disclosed that he can’t be frightened by others ‘kindergarten’ English language. “I am a professor when it comes to English Language,” he said.
Sarkodie, A ‘Betweener’ For Bob Marley and Wife
The controversial media personality revealed why Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie is still stagnant in growth.
Blakk Rasta stated there was no sense in Sarkodie agreeing to be featured on Bob Marley’s “Stir It Up” song.
Giving his reason, Blakk Rasta disclosed that the original song was a love letter to the wife of the deceased reggae musician.
The media personality claims Sarkodie being featured on the remix of that song makes him a “betweener” for Bob Marley and his wife.
According to Blakk Rasta, Sarkodie would have gone farther if he had rejected the collaboration.
“Imagine Sarkodie had said no to this collaboration and it had come out that Sarkodie was supposed to be in a Bob Marley Song and Sarkodie said no, he is not worthy of even lacing the shoes of this man like John The Baptist said about Jesus, his name would have been all over the place.”
Blakk Rasta
Blakk Rasta revealed that some things remain spiritual and asked that Sarkodie should have avoided them.
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