Black Sherif, a Ghanaian rapper, has stated that his most recent single was originally taken from his much anticipated next album, “The Villain I Never Was.”
He revealed this to 3Music executives in a private meeting that was set up so that he could play some of his unheard music.
Prince Benjamin of Class News cited video from the encounter, which according to 3Music affiliate Eric Toscar occurred about a month ago.
“Do you know why this song was made available? We removed this song from the album when it was put together. We removed it. Sherif informed Baba Sadiq Abdulai Abu, the creator of 3Music Networks, that this music was not included.
“I told him I found myself unable to listen to any other song apart from this particular one after recording it,” he went on.
The singer-songwriter sought to impress on the individual how dear the song was but it did not work at the time.
When this happened, Blacko, as he is affectionately referred to, recalls, “I was not upset.”
“However, we were there one day when he came back to say we need to release this song next,” he added.
Curious, the ‘Kwaku the Traveller’ hitmaker queried the unidentified figure, possibly Sherif’s record label A&R (Artiste and Repertoire executive), about the reason for the U-turn.
It turns out he had given the song another listen.
To Black Sherif, this confirmed how right he was about the song being special.
“When I wrote this song, where I was mentally, it was imperative to write this song,” he pensively recollected.
“It’s been five months since I [last] wrote a Drill song,” he indicated adding he recently has been “creating reggae songs” among others.
Sonically reminiscent of the Ghanaian music tradition called Adowa and titled ‘Soja’, the American-based Empire signee’s latest was released today Thursday, 22 September, 2022.
