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Ghanaian Hiplife artiste, Barima Sidney has bemoaned the neglect of the creative arts industry.

Sidney is therefore calling on President Akufo-Addo to decouple Creative Arts from

the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry.

The Ministry was created by the Mahama administration in 2013 to foresee and

regulate organisations and activities under tourism and creative arts in the country.

Few years after the creation of the Ministry however, many stakeholders have accused it

of being biased towards the Creative Arts sector stressing that all attention is on only tourism.

Current Minister of the sector, Catherine Afeku, has had her own share of the criticism.

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Rating the leadership of Catherine Afeku in a conversation with JoyNews’ MzGee, Barima

Sidney said there was a need to alienate Tourism from the Arts to yield the desired results.

“I think she is doing well but the only thing I will say is, it is not her fault but I think

combining tourism and creative arts is something the president needs to look at

because tourism is taking everything from the creative arts. Tourism is big and

they are pumping a lot of money in tourism and neglecting creative arts,” he said.

“So we will plead with the president to separate the two. Put the Tourism somewhere and let’s have the creative arts too,” he added.

Sidney, recently released a new single “One Day” which highlights the woes of his 2018.

Optimistic, this year will be better; Barima Sidney disclosed he will feature many of

his comrades on songs this year.

Also on March 6, the “Obia Nye Obia” hitmaker will release “State of Affairs,” which is

his assessment of the Akufo-Addo government.

Sensational Ghanaian Hiplife artiste, Barima Sidney is set to release his first single dubbed

‘One Day’  for this year.

The song, titled ‘One Day’ has been billed to be one of the hottest singles Sidney will be

releasing within the year

Meanwhile, the video of the single was shot in Suncity and Soweto in South Africa.

Barima Sidney announced his comeback into the music scenes late last year with the release

of three new singles ‘Kpeeeh’, ‘Gwara Gwara’ and ‘Mpina Twi Yede’.

The video for ‘One Day’ was directed by McLord Ice Impraim and produced by Kin Dee

who also featured in the video.

The single which will officially be unveiled on Monday, January 7 2019, was shot during his

tour to some selected African countries, where he performed to entertain his fans and followers.

The recording and performing artiste, Barima Sidney is optimistic of bringing to his fans the

best of himself and of what he is best at considering the love his fans showed him over the years

in his music career.

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Sidney is well known to have begun his musical career with Native Funk Lords in 1994 before

he formed Nananom with late Omanhene Pozo and Ohemaa.

He released his first solo album, ‘Tinana in 2001, followed by ‘Abuskeleke’ in 2003.

In 2004, Sidney released ‘Scent No’, another controversial song which educates people about

sanitation which was adopted as a campaign song by the NPP.

To bring life into the music scene, Sidney resurfaced in 2005 with another controversial hit

album, ‘Obia Nye Obia’.

He also authored songs like Africa Money’, ‘Kyere Me’, ‘I See You Cher’, ‘Monhye Nkom’,’ Africa

Money’, Ma Sweetie’, ‘Paanoo Shew’, ‘Colour TV’ and many more.

Fans are sure to expect a bigger bang on January 7.

Renowned Ghanaian Hiplife Artiste, Barima Sydney formerly known as “Rap Ninja” is set to release his 8th solo album in June this year.

The “Abuskeleke” hitmaker made this known during an interview on Zylofon FM Thursday morning.

He however debuted three singles from the album. They include; “Kpee”, “Mmpena Twe Ye De”, and “Guara Guara”. According to him, these three songs are for his fans for the Easter.

Having been absent from active music for a while, he urged his fans to watch out for him this year.

Background

Born Sidney Ofori, he began his journey in music with hi-pop collective Native, Funk Lords in the early 90’s. He later left to form the Nananom group (which also included the late Omanhene Pozoh, and Jyoti Chandler).

His solo career, which commenced in 2001, has seen him publish multiple chart-topping singles and albums, solidifying his place as a Ghanaian legend. “Tinana” (2001), “Akofna” (2003), “Scent No” (2004),Obia Nye Obia” (2005), and “Barima Bii Ba” (2008) are among his works.

Barima Sidney is also known of his political influenced songs. He has composed songs for both the ruling and opposition parties in Ghana. Records also have it that the current President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari used one of his songs, “African Money” during his campaigns and won the election. Again, Barima recently played a key role in the just ended Liberia elections by composing a song for President George Weah’s Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) party.

The title of the new album is yet to be revealed. However, it is expected to as usual make major waves upon release.

 

Veteran Ghanaian hiplife artiste, Barima Sidney has debunked rumors that he is a womanizer.

Few days ago, controversial counselor, George Lutterodt tagged Sidney a womanizer on Roman Fada’s mid morning show at Atinka FM.

This was after Sidney’s song dubbed, “Mpinatwe Y3d3” was played on the show. According to Counselor Lutterdodt, Barima Sidney is an exemplary womanizer as his new music tells it all.

He also claimed that Sidney is always seen with women around him, hence he’s not surprised at the lyrical contents of his latest single especially when it is coming from a womanizer like Barima Sidney.

Reacting to the news, Sidney says the nature of his works demands him working with many women. That notwithstanding, he’s not a womanizer.

According to him, he’s not a womanizer and will never be.

“I’m not a womanizer and I don’t think I will be a womanizer. I have a lot of female friends in the creative industry I work with. I have no intention of dating any of them. We do business together and nothing more.” He told Freddy Kay of GhMelodies.com on a phone call interview.”

He added that; “The nature of my work as a musician and a stage performer always require the services of such ladies because most of them are back up singers and others are dancers. My movement with them doesn’t mean i have anything intimate to do with them bur strictly business.”

Barima Sidney called on Ghanaians to dismiss such false rumors.

“If there is anything I would want the public to spare me of, it is the perception that many people hold that Sidney is a womanizer. Sometimes, I wonder what evidence such accusers have to label me as such”, he said.

He also stated emphatically that he has never dated any lady in the music industry ever since he joined it more than two decades ago.

Sidney also dismissed the assertions that he’s no longer a force to reckon with in the music industry. He urged his fans to watch out for him this year because he’s back for good.

“I want my fans to know that Sidney is back this year for good and ready to give them juicy stuff. I have already dropped three singles this month. I’ve got more singles and videos in the pipeline for all my fans. I’m working on my new album which would probably come out by the end of the year,” he said.

Meanwhile the song ‘Mpinatwe Y3d3’ that was released together with two other songs ‘Kpeeeh’ and ‘Gwara Gwara’ just some few days ago is already trending with massive airplays.