Dancehall performer Jupitar claims Ghanaian media outlets play obscure Nigerian music while neglecting to support their own artists from other tribes.
Jupitar asserted that the media only allots a tiny number of slots to other tribes whose music they don’t understand in a recent interview.
“Artistes from Nigeria whose songs they don’t even understand what they are saying, they play their songs,” the artiste said.
Although many people are familiar with the Twi dialect, the “Enemies” artist believes that musicians who write songs in other Ghanaian dialects should receive the recognition they deserve.
“By not just creating music but if the media spaces are able to push them (artistes) while they are creating in their comfort zone and in the language that they are comfortable in…[pause] there are some people when they are speaking Twi it doesn’t sound right.
“When Ewe people are speaking Twi, it doesn’t sound right or when other people from other tribes are trying to speak other dialects, it doesn’t sound right, right?” he asked.
Jupitar also said that artists from different backgrounds shouldn’t feel under pressure to just compose in Twi because Ghanaian music encompasses a wide spectrum of genres.
“For us to push our music, we have to push away that language barrier that Twi is universal in Ghana that’s what everybody speaks, no two ways, we can use that as means of communication, but when it comes to sound and melodies, let people feel free to be able to express themselves in their own language and be able to push them on your radio like the language you understand,” the artiste shared.
