Nigerian Afropop group ENE Yatt has criticized the management of rapper Sarkodie for requesting a whopping 25,000 dollars as a service fee for a collaboration.
The music group, who identify as underground artists, stated that the fee was outrageous given the fact that they are currently unable to raise that amount.
The Ghana-based duo Smart and Snazy expressed discontent that most musicians “do not know how to develop relationships.” The emphasis is constantly on paying for features.
“We wanted to do a song with Sarkodie, we were asked to pay 25,000 dollars. This was like a couple of months ago
“The fact is, paying this money is not actually the problem but taking this money from an underground artiste who is trying to come up. I wonder where you want him to get to. One of the big problems we’ve noticed in Ghana is that most artistes don’t know how to build relationships,” they disclosed in an interview on Hitz FM.
ENE Yatt noted that the celebrated Ghanaian rapper is worth more considering his relevance in the industry, however, his team should have been considerate considering the fact that they are still finding their feet in the industry.
“Sarkodie is big, he deserves to be paid more than $25,000. He can take more than $100,000 but definitely not from artistes who are trying to survive…we spoke to his management. We spoke to Angel Town and a couple of people but the point is, we are not that artiste you should take that kind of money from,” they disclosed.