Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie, says to his utmost surprise, his wife, Tracy Sarkcess, handled his banter with actress Yvonne Nelson over an abortion 13 years ago, better than he had imagined.

In an interview on Way Up with host Angela Yee, the rapper born Michael Owusu Addo for the first time, made comments with regards to his track "Try Me" - a song that countered the abortion story version shared by Yvonne Nelson in her memoir "I am not Yvonne Nelson."

Yvonne Nelson in her memoir said Sarkodie supported the abortion of the baby but on "Try Me", Sarkodie stated that he informed Yvonne to keep the baby although he was not ready to be a father. The track further accused Yvonne of having several affairs with men in the music industry - an action some deemed as "slut shaming."

For many, their concern hovered around how Sarkodie's wife, Tracy Sarkcess felt during this brouhaha.

But according to Sarkodie, Tracy was "cool" and all she cared about was how her husband was faring as he was on tour.

Sarkodie admitted that her reaction was not what he had expected.

"She handled it the way I didn't think she would be able to handle it. She was cool about it. She cared more about how I was feeling. She was like if I was good cos I was on tour.

That was her worry, about how I was feeling," he said.

Following the release of "Try Me", Yvonne Nelson accused Sarkodie of disrespecting womanhood and reiterated her claims that the rapper had a hand in the abortion.

Sarkodie has however not come to respond to the actress' statements. According to the rapper, this is because he works with the notion that "nobody is worth my response."

"To be very honest, the reason I don't speak which might sound a certain type of way, but I feel like nobody is worth my response. Which has always been my stance," he said.

He, however, clarified he will only respond to a conversation should he benefit from it.

"It should be somebody I'm gonna benefit from. Even if I don't want to respond, I will respond cos I'll benefit out of it."

He added: "But most times, the people that speak about Sarkodie, if I look at them from top to bottom, it isn't really worth it for me to go back and forth with this person."

Source: The Independent Ghana | Andy Ogbarmey-Tettey