Ghanaian artiste, Okyeame Quophi has said that upcoming artistes should never feel entitled to help from established artists.

The musician, who was a member of the Akyeame hiplife duo fame, stated that new singers should not mount any unwarranted pressure on artistes who have taken pains to establish themselves to support them.

"Nobody owes anybody anything. We are here to help talents. If you are qualified and then you meet the right person at the right time, you could be looked at irrespective of where you are coming from. If you come from Kumasi and you think you are an artist and your act is not ready, it doesn’t mean that someone should actually invest in you,” he said in an interview with YFM Kumasi’s NYDJ.

The part-time radio personality maintained that a lot of effort and time goes into growing talents so upcoming artiste needs to understand the concentration it takes to make a name in the industry.

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“Today, for you to promote the rapping and bring it to speed or get into mainstream Ghana music, we are looking about GH150,000 to GH200,000, that is recording, music videos, promotions, doing media tours, making sure that your digital platforms are ready, a management and a team working for you. It is not a joke. That is about 2 billion old cedis.

"I don’t think I would like to put my money on the fact that somebody is from Kumasi and think he is a rapper so I should take my two billion and invest it in that person. I would put my head on the talent that is ready to do business irrespective of where they come from,” he added.

He however stated that established artistes should try and support upcoming artistes because they also received help when they were coming through the ranks.

“I for one made a personal decision that Kumasi made me. This is because of the kind of support that I got from Kumasi in my days from 1997 and later on, even when I got on the radio, Luv FM and later Fox FM. I mean everything that I have is Kumasi that accepted me. I enjoyed it and I put it in my mind that at every point in time, there is a special package in my life for people that come from the area, especially talents. I still support a lot of people”.he concluded.