Who is sarkodie

It was through these rap battles that he met his manager Duncan Williams of Duncwills Entertainment. Sarkodie raps mostly in Twi, his native language. But I beg to differ and stand to be counted out as an exception. Sarkodie was unveiled as the ambassador of breastfeeding in Ghana in Sarkodie owns Sarks Collection, a clothing brand which was launched on April 27, The clothing line deals on wears and accessories for men, women, and children.

The brand was worn by former Chelsea star, Malouda. The following year , he became the first Ghanaian musician to hit one million followers on Instagram. On July 13, , Sarkodie launched Sarkodie Foundation which is tasked with the mission of supporting underprivileged children. On December 25, , The Sarkodie Foundation embarked on a feeddakids campaign in Tema, where they provided thousands of kids with eight sacks of rice, yogurt and beverage cans.

They also gave away school bags, water bottles, hats and other items. These are, however, just a few instances out of the numerous humanitarian contributions the rapper has made to the society.

Sarkodie made his breakthrough in Ghana music through his clever, quick and freestyle rapping which he does in a native language Twi. He started pursuing his dream in music through off-hand rap show on Adom Gradually, he took himself to the top emerging as the best rapper in Tema.

In , Sarkodie was ranked the 19 th most Influential Ghanaian by e. He is considered as one of the major proponents of the Azonto genre and dance. In , The Guardian listed him as one of its top five hip hop acts on the African continent.

In , AfricaRanking. Sarkodie often raps in his native language Twi and is considered as a multifaceted rapper due to the various musical styles he possess.

Sarkodie has had the privilege of performing on the same stage with international musicians such as T-Pain, Miguel, Movado, Trey Songz and Ludacris. He has a large fan base in Africa, and is considered one of the most celebrated musical icons to emerge from Ghana. Sarkodie has presented to the orphanage items worth thousands of Ghana cedis. On 25 th December , The Sarkodie Foundation embarked on a feed-da-kids campaign in Tema, Ghana, where they provided thousands of kids with eight sacks of rice, yogurt and beverage cans.

They also gave away school bags, water bottles, hats and other items to the orphanage. The clothing line has accessories for men, women and children. Laughs I might rap past 80 if I take care of myself. I wanna rap for that long. Obviously, as rappers, we have a tendency to get carried away. I use him as the benchmark, at least in Africa, of where I think Sarkodie is.

There is no conversation about rap where Sarkodie would not be mentioned in Africa. Every day on Twitter there is somebody who is compared to Sarkodie. Words are about how you present them and what your intent is. I love music. I tend to do rap but this afternoon my whole playlist was slow jams. I love dark beats, even ones that can get you scared when you listen to them.

I have some productions I play at night and I love that energy. When you have your Timberlands and all black on, on a dark stage with a spotlight on you and then these sounds come on, I love it. If you take something seriously, you give it your all. But the advantage of that is it breeds entrepreneurs and serious business-minded people because you have to find a way to survive.

A lot of artists think you come in, get a little change, and go buy cars but the consumer is going to need an upgrade. You have to bring on people and pay them because you take the business seriously. Until then we have to put every penny back. I shot my first video with my first big paycheck.

You have to put it back in and flip it. Be worth more to attract more. It started off as an album launch as that was the name of one of my albums.

Every artist you can think of in Ghana has been on that platform. Every artist with a major hit each year performs. The energy is crazy. This year will be the 8th edition. You still navigate the balance between rapping in your native tongue Twi and English on records and in performance. How did you decide when to do which? It was initially a careful decision. There was a time I was on stage rapping in Twi and people who are Asanti, who speak my language, were moved and I could see the reaction.

I never wanna settle for just one thing.