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One of the Volta Region's top artists, Keeny Ice, has expressed frustration towards radio stations that reject offers to play songs that are not composed in the Akan language.
The 'Steeze' hitmaker shared an awful experience with Doreen Avio and DJ Slim on Daybreak Hitz. He revealed that a radio station told him to his face they cannot play his song because it is composed in the Ewe dialect.
"I went to a radio station and somebody told me, 'we can't play an Ewe song. I don't understand what you say in the song'," he recounted.
He then asked the question, "When the Twi or Fante or Akan is 70%, and they dominate the industry, how can a Dagbani or Ewe person fight his way into it?" he asked.
This, he said, makes it challenging for songs in not-so-popular local parlances to penetrate the music industry.
He went on to reveal that several up-and-coming musicians in the country have diverted their passion into something else because no one appreciated them enough to recommend them for money-making opportunities.
"Headless YouTuber (Kula) stopped doing music because when he was rapping, he only got compliments for his rap skills, but when there are deals that involve money, it is the afrobeat artists and those that do danceable music that get them," Kenny Ice revealed.
The rapper has also revealed that he feels snubbed by the Ghanaian music industry, despite his contributions and maintained presence in the Volta Region and beyond.
“I have to do like times ten of the work I have already done. All the top dawgs in the industry know me but the industry has not been fair to me, Kenny Ice,” he said.
Kenny says he currently ranks among the top artists from the Volta Region who possess the ability to attract large crowds to shows solely organized by him.
He has composed songs like 'Deja Vu', 'Sound Check', 'May Way', 'Hedze', 'Steeze', 'Aya', and others.
He officially releases his new EP 'Ice Cold' today, May 30.
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