Internet’s latest sensation, Safo Newman has had everyone jamming to his viral hit song “Akokoa”.
The viral sensation has had plaudits from many big-name artists and industry persons with huge endorsements from Sarkodie. His age has, however, remained a mystery.
Many people believe he is over 30 years old.
Safo Newman was asked about his age. The Akokoa hitmaker still wants his age to be a mystery, however, he gave a bit of information that will give a glimpse of how old he is.
When asked when he completed his national service, Safo Newman answered he completed in the year 2015. That was almost a decade ago. However, when asked to give the age range he falls within, his response was, that he is a youth.
“I am not that young. I completed National Service in 2015, however, when I check the analytics of those who listen to my music I can see it is mostly the youth, so to answer your question, I am a youth,” he noted.
Ghanaians reacted to Safo Newman’s answer and below are a few of these reactions.
“Youth range ampa, he was there at Nkrumah’s time.”
@Brainz_Antwi
“He’s 31 according to some of his interviews I’ve watched, he completed shs at the age of 18.”
@amaob295
“This dude is intelligent.”
@Nana Amo Essel
“Youth range ampa. Vim.”
@Raphael
“Why has his age become the targeted question all of a sudden? Instead of putting him on the map.”
@Daakyehene Qwabena
What Sarkodie Saw In Safo Newman
Safo Newman whose song is equally climbing on other digital music platforms, and the boost from Sarkodie pushed the song further down the throat of music enthusiasts on social media.
The kind gesture by Sarkodie has been criticized, with many urging the Tema-based rapper to stay in his lane, but others have also commended him.
Sarkodie has been known to share the songs of many upcoming artists, and the critics will simply go unperturbed in his ears.
There is a reason the rapper shared it and possibly might want to jump on another record of the budding musician – just as he blessed many others and shot them into the limelight.
What many don’t know is that Sarkodie has opened up about his childhood, where he said the closing bells of his school always had his heart beating faster.
According to him, he was maltreated at home by his caretaker, and that made him timid.
The popular rapper revealed that he was very happy when he was only in school at Mile 7, Accra.
The Highest rapper disclosed that loads of house chores among others affected his childhood and not staying with his mother got him depressed and he also looked malnourished, adding that he suffered child abuse as a child.
“As a child, I couldn’t understand it. I didn’t get the maltreatment. I didn’t live with my mum, and the real love wasn’t there. One time, I was writing to my mom and I slept off and the woman I was staying with saw the letter. She called my mum, and she came over, and I thought I did a bad thing, so I knelt and begged her, and right after mum left, you can imagine what I went through.
“It was when I was about to complete school that my mom came for me. I was looking tattered. I didn’t have the heart to tell her what I was going through. As a kid, I had no idea and I had to pretend that everything was okay.”
Sarkodie
This revelation shows how attached Sarkodie is to the lyrics of Safo Newman’s ‘Akokoa’ on social media. The song depicted him as a child, and one could easily tell Sarkodie related to every lyric word-by-word.
Undoubtedly, it reminded him of his past and he knew exactly what Safo Newman was talking about because he had been in a similar situation.
For critics, slamming the rapper with the notion that he is trying to overshadow Safo Newman’s glory, there are many reasons to disagree.
Sarkodie’s Otan has generated buzz, but the rapper had to put his promotion on hold to celebrate Safo Newman.
Whereas his ‘Akokoa’ song is currently at number 3 on Ghana’s Apple Music Top 100, Sarkodie’s Otan lingers at number 7.
Critics should rather highlight the effects of child labor across the country since the two musicians are only drawing attention to it.
There are lots of children who might be battling the same situation hence focusing the energy on that would be better than criticizing Sarkodie.
‘Akokoa’ is a banger, but it calls for more than that. The song is a campaign calling for children whose happiness has been locked away to be free from slavery and hatred from their caretakers and bad parents.
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