"Balancing The Controversies" - A Letter To Sarkodie

Dear Michael Owusu Addo, I write you this open letter as your mentee from afar with mixed feelings in order to balance the controversies at hand surrounding your music life. Recent media reports concerning your conducts have got the streets talking about your way of life as the most shinning star of Ghana music which mostly augur badly for your public reputation.

And it is a great honour to present to you a fair, balanced and accurate argument which is intended to help you forge ahead with your plans to go higher in rap music. However, as the saying goes "rumour is a great traveller," Sarkodie's perceived real life is practically influenced by rumours which are sometimes frivolous in nature.

Also, Sarkodie being the CEO of Sarkcess Music who is still fresh as paint, graceful as a swan and green as grass has steadily ascended the hierarchy of rap music in Ghana and Africa at large in less than a decade. So it is very usual in our Ghanaian setting to hear and see people trying to pull him down (PhD) in diverse ways either out of envy or mischief. Oh my goodness, rash remarks being made about the Rapperholic by both fans and critics are premised on the belief that he is becoming arrogant! Well, everyone is entitled to his or her opinions but facts rule the game of controversy all the time.

Mr. Sarkodie, I personally perceive you as an affable young man who remains the human who inspires me most today; so you can't afford to allow such issues to drag your passion for rap music to a low ebb. But please remember that there is an iota of truth in every rumour and you are just a mortal. Again, I urge you to remain resolute in a striking line from your infamous "Free Press" track which goes: "... All I have is my fans and the flows on the beat..." But to be fair enough, I believe you have certain shortcomings which need to be addressed consciously.

Big bro, you are getting bigger than your real being which sometimes compel you to reject painful advice given you by ordinary mortals. Yes, you are not above pruning as the great tree of our evolving Hiplife music. Again, I charge you to work towards earning an incorruptible title in our Ghanaian society by championing any worthy cause in society on purpose which you would be entirely credited with. Obidiponbidi, grabbing a Grammy is an absolute possibility as long as you operate in the grace of God!