{"id":374701,"date":"2017-11-17T11:22:58","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T11:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=374701"},"modified":"2017-11-17T11:22:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T11:22:58","slug":"naija-artistes-sabotage-sarkodie-at-one-africa-music-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/naija-artistes-sabotage-sarkodie-at-one-africa-music-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Naija artistes \u2018sabotage\u2019 Sarkodie at One Africa Music Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rapper Sarkodie did not perform at the One Africa Music Festival which was held yesterday, 16th November, 2017 in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>Sarkodie who flew to Dubai with his team for the concert, attended pre-event party and did sound check but did not perform on the night.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet he wrote: \u201cSorry to fans in Dubai but I\u2019m not performing\u2026 hopefully I make it next time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/showbiz.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Sark-Dubai.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-54858\" src=\"http:\/\/showbiz.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Sark-Dubai.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/showbiz.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Sark-Dubai.png 519w, http:\/\/showbiz.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Sark-Dubai-300x108.png 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Information has it that Sarkodie decided not to perform because he felt disrespected by an act by Davido and some other Nigerian artistes who performed at the Festival.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Sarkodie was told that he would perform after Tiwa Savage, only to see Wizkid join Tiwa on stage when it had not been announced he was the next act to mount the stage. The organisers then informed Sarkodie he would perform after Tekno. But again, Davido also joined Tekno on stage unannounced.<\/p>\n<p>The host, Banky W, mentioned that Sarkodie was coming up next, just to have been told again that Davido was coming on stage.<\/p>\n<p>Ghanaian blogger, George Mensah Britton, who was present at the festival posted on Facebook that Davido\u2019s guy shoved Sarkodie\u2019s DJ off to mount the stage to perform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Sark was just about hitting the stage, Davido\u2019s guy attacked Black Nana by pushing him to the floor to allow Davido perform. Ugly scenes. Slaps, blows, police arrest etc,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/showbiz.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Sark-Dubai-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-54859\" src=\"http:\/\/showbiz.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Sark-Dubai-2.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/showbiz.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Sark-Dubai-2.png 507w, http:\/\/showbiz.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Sark-Dubai-2-300x94.png 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sarkodie, befuddled by the turn of events felt disrespected and decided not to perform again.<\/p>\n<p>This comes on the heels of the recent fight by Dance hall King Shatta Wale against Nigerian artistes for looking down on Ghanaian artistes.<\/p>\n<p>Shatta Wale who said on Accra-based Kasapa FM that Wizkid was not and extra ordinary artiste, incurred the wrath of Wizkid\u2019s fans who took to social media to insult Shatta Wale.<\/p>\n<p>To Shatta Wale,\u00a0 his \u2018beef\u2019 with Wizkid\u2019s fans and the Nigerian artistes is a \u2018war\u2019 against the disrespect shown Ghanaian artiste by their fellow Nigerian acts.<\/p>\n<p>One Africa\u00a0Music Fest is an Afrobeats\u00a0concert\u00a0that aims to showcase the biggest and brightest African musical artists. It is organised by Upfront and Personal Global Management.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>By: Kwame Dadzie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rapper Sarkodie did not perform at the One Africa Music Festival which was held yesterday, 16th November, 2017 in Dubai. Sarkodie who flew to Dubai with his team for the concert, attended pre-event party and did sound check but did not perform on the night. In a tweet he wrote: \u201cSorry to fans in Dubai [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":374704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[137],"tags":[3,14679,14678,1414],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Naija artistes \u2018sabotage\u2019 Sarkodie at One Africa Music Festival - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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