I Regret Doing Gospel Music – Erico of Mentor Fame

Winner of TV3 Mentor 3 music reality show, Erico has said he surely regrets venturing into gospel music after his success at the competition.

The Gospel musician, who has expressed his disappointment in the gospel music industry

maintained he will completely give up on the genre in his next life.

He however revealed that he will at any point in his next life venture into Highlife music.

“For me, when I’m reborn to this earth I’ll not venture into gospel music. I’ll choose highlife instead because most stakeholders in the gospel industry are so so wicked. They don’t support artistes,” he said.

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Erico made this revelation in an interview on Entertainment on Kasapa FM.

He recounted how he has been treated unfairly by notable church leaders and event organizers

who have refused to pay him for services he rendered to them.

He noted that most of his colleague gospel artistes suffer same fate in the hands of several

men of God because they don’t value their talents.

“The challenges we (gospel artistes) go through is numerous but most people think

everything is well smoothly.

We are invited to perform at churches and other corporate events yet we treated as if our talent is for free.

Most Pastors don’t pay us when we perform at their events. I remember how one man of God refused to pay me after performing at his church and I had to walk from Nungua to my house at North Kaneshie,” he said.

According to Erico, church event organizers think because their talents are gift from

God they should minister for free.

“At times the money given to you is so humiliating that it can’t take care of your team’s

transport back to their destination.

But he also recounted how costly and challenging it has been for gospel artistes to record songs, market and promote them.

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Feeling regretful for doing gospel, Erico said he ignorantly ignored an advise by Mark Okraku Mantey to venture into highlife music.

“After I was crowned winner of Tv3’s Mentor 3, Mark Okraku Mantey told me in plain language that I should rather do Highlife because that is what suits me

but I thought that because gospel has been my background from day one, I can’t do away with that genre

but I’ve now realized Okraku’s advise was true. In my next life, I’ll rather choose Highlife over gospel.” Erico sadly told Kojo Preko Dankwa

Background

After winning TV3’s Mentor, Erico joined the gospel trio (Ampong, Isaac and Cee).

He launched his fifth (5th) album titled ‘M’ayanwu’ which literary means ‘Close shave’ last year, April 30, 2017

Erico prior to participating in TV3’s Music Talent hunt was already a singer, who moved from church to church to minister to people.