The Ghanaian music duo Keche has bemoaned the ongoing issue of musicians not being able to obtain a sizable sum of money from GHAMRO as royalties.
The most recent band to enter the battle for musicians’ royalties is Keche. Despite having numerous hit songs, Keche said in an interview with Accra-based Shobiz TV that they had never gotten royalties from GHAMRO totaling even GHC500.
Even well-known musicians like Sarkodie, Shatta Wake, and Stonebwoy, according to Keche, cannot truthfully claim to have gotten royalties of GHC10,000 or GHC20,000.
“No musician can boast of royalties like GHC20,000. So we don’t know what is happening. People show up, our managers are always there if we have to go somewhere. We’ve been there several times but nothing changes after the discussions. Why should we leave our jobs, which provide for us, to attend a meeting that leads nowhere?
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“Up till now, tell me have you met any artiste who can say he’s received royalties like GHC10,000? No. A whole artiste like Sarkodie, Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy, nobody has taken GHC10,000 before and its very bad. I become emotional when it comes to these things.
“For so many years with many hits, Keche name them, GHAMRO has not even given us even GHC500, not even 200 or 100 so somebody like me why do I go for a meeting,” Keche noted.
The group also questioned how GHAMRO and MUSIGA operate, as well as how meetings have addressed this same issue without any progress being made.
“I don’t understand what GHAMRO and MUSIGA are doing. I don’t know what happens there that up till now, the government does not support this thing too much,” Keche added.
