We Rubbish The Old For The New - Kofi Jamar

Rapper, Kofi Jamar calls out Ghanaians for their bad habit of trashing the veterans of music in favour of the newcomer

We Rubbish The Old For The New - Kofi Jamar
Yaw Tog, Kofi Jamar, Ypee

Musician, Kofi Jamar has insisted that the culture of shaming veterans for young and upcoming artistes in Ghana is a bad one.

This he said concerning the recent wave of fans who have been claiming that Yaw Tog is a better artiste than Sarkodie for achieving the highest number of YouTube streams in the first three days after the release of his "Sore" remix track with Stormzy. 

The Fast-rising Ghanaian rapper and songwriter maintained that it is absolutely wrong to embarrass or rubbish the music of older artistes just because there are new artistes in the system with new songs or styles.

According to him, he and his colleagues came into the industry to meet people like Stonebwoy, Shatta Wale, Sarkodie, and other big artistes who have contributed greatly to the industry’s growth, therefore it is only fair that they are given the level of respect they are due.

He said this in a one-on-one studio discussion with the award-winning Foster Romanus during an episode of e.TV Ghana’s Late Nite Celebrity Show

Per his estimation, new artistes can do well because of the groundwork that old artistes have laid down. 

“If someone comes new and we start rubbishing the works of the older ones and replace them with the new ones, it won’t work. It can’t happen like that. It’s a total disrespect so I feel that we should give respect where respect is due and that will help us move forward.

"We always have to thank our predecessors for making it happen and then we take the baton from them and continue. You can’t compare what someone has done in just one year to what others have done for about eight years. We have to respect them”, the rapper maintained.