Musician Quamina MP, born Emmanuel Kwamina Amonoo, has rebuffed claims that Ghanaian artists give little to nothing to fans who promote their songs.

In an interview with MyNewsGh.com, which aired on July 14, Quamina stated that Davido's $5,000 gift to Ananzo for promoting his song doesn't make Ghanaian artists stingy.

His comment comes on the back of claims that Ananzo has been promoting Ghanaian music but has never received a gift from artistes he promotes in Ghana—yet received an amount of $5,000 from Davido.

He said some Ghanaian artists reward their fans but mostly do so behind closed doors and do not make it public.

“Davido giving Ananzo Official $5,000 doesn’t mean Ghanaian artistes are stingy, as some people might want to make it look like. Maybe a Ghanaian musician can give him more than that amount but will never make it public.”

He continued, “You never know how other Ghanaian artistes are supporting him behind the scenes with numerous gifts for promoting our music. Unless we make it public before you know, but I will never say that no Ghanaian musician has given him anything, or we are stingy as people claim,” he stated.

He mentioned that he believes Ghanaian artists are supporting Ananzo in several ways, reiterating that they have decided not to make it public.

“I know that definitely Ananzo Official is definitely being given something small, though it is not something that is in the public domain,” he said.

Story of Ananzo: From washing bay to popular music promoter

Ananzo, whose real name is Kelvin Ananzo Junior, is a washing bay worker.

He has worked at the bay for over a decade, saving earnings to support himself through school.

He started working as a bay worker after junior high school in 2015.

Junior rose to fame when he was often captured singing along to songs played at the bay while he did his work.

His breakthrough came in April 2025 when he posted a heartfelt TikTok video of himself vibing to Davido’s song “With You” featuring Omah Lay.

This was after Davido had made a humorous appeal to Black Sherif on X on April 28. He shared an Instagram Story showing the Ghana Apple Music Top Songs chart, where Black Sherif held 15 out of the top 16 spots with songs from Iron Boy.

Davido’s song “With You” featuring Omah Lay had climbed to #3.

Davido jokingly tagged Black Sherif and wrote:

“@blacksherif_ IRON BOY .. how far make I enter #1 I wan screenshot 😂😂🇬🇭❤️”

Shortly after that post, Ananzo’s TikTok video of himself singing “With You” at the washing bay went viral, gathering millions of views.

This caught Davido's attention, after which he gifted him $5,000 as a gesture of appreciation.

He later gifted him an extra $1,0004. This gesture catapulted Ananzo into the spotlight, earning him interviews, business deals, and a massive TikTok following (over 600,000 followers).