We Only Talk About Women In Our Songs - Kiaani Blasts Ghanaian Artistes

Kiaani is of the opinion that all the criticism that the Ghanaian music industry has received over not being able to get a Grammy Award is very valid.

The Afro-Dancehall artiste explained that the level of lyrical content that Ghanaian artistes have is not good enough to draw an international audience.

According to him, Ghanaian artistes only know how to sing about irrelevant things such as the shapes and sizes of fine women.

He noted that some artistes, only a few, are doing well; but the whole entertainment industry cannot be said to be doing well just because these few are doing well.

“The music industry is weak and I am not afraid to say it because I am in there and I know what is going on.

“Real talents are not getting recognised and the weaker ones are always trending. A great artiste such as Wiyaala struggles to get promotion while other musicians who are not talented rather get all the push,” He said while speaking to Graphic Showbiz.

It takes great content to win a Grammy Award, and many songs do not have great content and that’s why the country could not even secure any nominations at this year’s Grammy Awards.

“I wonder why we were surprised that we could not make it to the Grammys this year. Our content is not the best and we need to work at it.

“A musician wants to talk about life on a particular song and before you realise they are talking about a woman’s body and other irrelevant things on the same song. We can only make the noise in Ghana but trust me, we will not go anywhere with our music,”

Kiaani further argued that most Ghanaian artistes are into plagiarism.

Copying works of others will never win a Grammy too, he maintained.

“We like copying from popular tunes without consulting the original owners which has now become so common in Ghana and because our system is weak, no one is suing anyone. If musicians were going to jail for copyright, this thing would have stopped long ago,”