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| K. K. Fosu: ‘Too Known — Me?’ |
9/23/2005 |
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Popular hiplife artiste K. K. Fosu has refuted claims by a section of the listening public that success has gone to his head.
He has said he did not understand why people misinterpret some of his actions.
K.K. Fosu and his current personal manager, Charles Lawson, were visibly thrown off guard when this writer enquired as to whether there was any truth in the claims that the artiste has become “too known” in recent times.
“You know very well that Ghanaians will talk about you no matter what you do, good or bad. I don’t see how my asking for due payment when I perform at functions can be misinterpreted as being full of myself.
I will not let anyone take me for granted and that is that,” he added.
K.K. was also quick to use the opportunity to put things right concerning the rumour making the round in music circles that he had allowed himself to be clouded over by Ofori Amponsah, another musician, simply because he featured on the latter’s current album.
He said that he enjoys a very cordial working relationship with Ofori Amponsah and did not appreciate rumours that he belongs to a so called Ofori Amponsah’s camp and subordinate to him.
According to K.K. there is no group that they both belong to. On the contrary, they are very independent solo artistes who have come together to work as a team to produce Ofori Amponsah’s latest hit song, Otoolege.
K. K. Fosu, who is currently working on his third album which is to be released later this year, is all set for a tour in Germany next month.
The tour will take him to six cities in Germany and he would be performing alongside the likes of Nana Tuffour, Batman and Dada KD among others.
Among the projects that K.K. is organising to give something of himself back to the music industry is the setting up of the D-Camp.
D-Camp is the organisation through which K.K. Fosu and his management are unearthing new talents and assisting them financially and physically to produce their own albums and to make a place for themselves in the ever growing music industry in Ghana.
Among those he has assisted so far are Santrofie who featured on Kyere Me, one of the hit songs on his second album and Princess who is set to release her debut gospel album anytime soon.
Other activities that are in the pipeline from the K.K. management for the public are fun fairs and an annual food fair for children during the Easter festivities.
His management team is gradually improving the style of the musician that many know and love and promise that, what is to come will surpass what is known already of him.
Next time one hears K.K. Fosu doing his own thing, one must understand that he is not saying “free-style” but rather “D-Style” which is the unique way in which he will take Ghana music to another level.
Source: Juno Abena Turkson, Graphic Showbiz
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