Why Nigerian Music is More Global than Ghanaian

Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie in an interview with Nigerian hosts disclosed why Nigerian music or afrobeats is going more global than their Ghanaian Counterparts.

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[djflexxy]

Ghana should called their music Afrobanku like Nigeria 🇳🇬 Afrobeats

[godsanointed]

USA 🇺🇲 - Hip-hop, R & B
Jamaica 🇯🇲 - Reggae Dancehall
South Africa 🇿🇦 - Amapiano
Nigeria 🇳🇬 - AFROBEATS
Ghana 🇬🇭 - AFRO BEEF 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[evelynejeka]

Sarc is no fool like others
He's very careful with his words

[eugenestrilchuk]

Ghana is doing great in Music but they always see Nigerians as competition. And of which, Nigerians never see any African country as their competitors not even the WEST because the world is now their focus.

[ebunoluwaoyebanji]

Nigerians have always like their things. Be it their movies, food, music. I agree with him

[ndalisoxozwa]

ANIKULAPO FELA KUTI WAS THE FIRST NIGERIANUSIC WE HEARED here in SA

[dimegi]

Sakodie don’t you get tired of talking about Nigeria music in all your interviews

[ndalisoxozwa]

It's because Nigerians are all over the world... It makes sense that their music travels with them

[masterfreed]

Ghanaianas be proud of Nigeria as Nigerians are proud Ghana. We can do it together and make Africa proud without bashing and conspiracies.

[azeezedo-omozuwa]

Nigerian music is by far more advanced than Ghanaian music. Proudly Nigerian 🇳🇬💪

[alabasterberry]

Ghanaians still have a long way to go, South Africa and congo are still above ghana.

[jefexiyamu]

My question is, what is it that Ghanaians sees, holding a conversation without mentioning Nigerian? We be una mate?

[obibell]

In my opinion, music is all about promotion and awareness, and Nigerians have excelled at doing exactly that. When we look back at the time when Hip Hop was an underground genre, the pioneers globally promoted it and brought it to the forefront. Similarly, Nigerians have successfully promoted Afrobeats, putting it on the map and making it a well-known and popular genre.

[junkieyard]

if it dope people will join movement come second it has to be good and dope for people to jump on it rema burna and the rest are dope that why it easy to join

[jordanthefrugivore]

What hes getting at is pride. From my time in ghana eye can say that ghanians are not inherently as proud to be ghanaian as nigerians are about their nationality. Nigerians set the trend, whilst ghanaians as a culture are still looking to thr oitside for validation. Just my observation. Eye think twi is a beautiful language. And trust me as americans we dont know whay they saying in half the nigerian songs either. But we listen just the same. Imagine how many ppl dont understand english, but still bop american music. Its because it soinds good + the clout of being adjacent american culture (infliential) thats been created. If ghanaians hype up their country from all corners of the globe, then the music will spread.

[jamaladeshola]

how many times do we say this...
Step 1. Have the Talent = 15% (
Step 2: Get the Swag, flare =5%
Step 3: Get the beat (Most Nigerian Afrobeat or hip-hop have lyrics that will score zero): 20%
Step 4: Music Business : 50%
Step 5: Be Unique = 10% (the longer you keep comparing, the longer you wait to catch up).
I can tell you clearly, Nigerian Music industry did not have any plan or blueprint to blow. up They dont even have a functional association. PMAN has been dead for years. People who go into music do so for the business knowing well that is what guarantees ROI.
Ghana be unique and force sell your agenda. Seed into the cultural reinforcement and it will yield.

[MrSivram]

Ghanians always use Azonto as a benchmark for past glory. Azonto was only a dance, never a musical form. Azonto was danced to Naijabeatz, now known as Afrobeats.

[nataliebrunellx]

This sarkodie they talk rubbish, I don’t think it’s his language that makes his song wacky, blacko also speaks in the Ghanaian lang. buh I still love his music

[Wavecurve]

Congo and Cameroon make better music than Ghana. As *Fela Kuti* would say, "you still dey far away!"

[staytruealways]

Bro what the host said is the exact problem, Ghanaians can never transcend musically because Everything is geared towards the local audience and everything is twi twi twi, you have to mix it up a bit so you don’t alienate outside listeners and even our beats need some modernization itself which Nigerian have already done because todays Afrobeats is highlife and azonto put together