Why Sarkodie Abandoned Sark Wear In Videos On ‘Highest’ Album
In hip hop history, it is almost a ritual for every popular rapper to venture into clothing line, as seen with Sean Diddy Combs for Sean John, Jay-Z with Roca Wear, Lil Wayne for TrukFit, T.I. for Akoo and Pharrel for BBC among many others – and yes, Sarkodie for Sark Collection For Sarkodie, the same enthusiasm and frenzy that greeted his clothing line has fizzled in the last year or so, and reports of his fashion shop going under has also not helped matters to do with Sark Collection. The most decorated Ghanaian artist of all time, Sarkodie, invited some influential entertainment bloggers and stakeholders to have a view and a listen to the audio-visual material to his upcoming 5th studio album, ‘Highest’ and he had to answer questions relating to his clothing line. After watching videos from his yet-to-be-released album, blogger and OAP, Zionfelix quizzed him why he wore sneakers and belts of other brands in his music videos instead of Sark Collections as he used to project in his visuals years back. Obidi in a reply said that the company is designing different brands of Sark collection so he is waiting for the new set of materials. He added that products from Sark Collections were not ready at the time he was shooting the videos so he had to put on other brands. “I wanted to do photoshoot with Sark Collections and push them but unfortunately at the time we were shooting the videos, we didn’t have the new ones yet that is why I couldn’t have anything to put in there but that does not mean I have stopped wearing them,” he responded. www.zionfelix.com also reports that, Sarkodie’s new album will be out on September 2017. And it is a collection of 15 brand new songs, 3 interludes and a bonus track – 19 tracks in total as displayed on the official album track-list. An incredible collection of solid Hip-Hop and Afro-Beats cuts that are set to push him even further into the international stratosphere. Highest features some major local and International acts such as his long-time friend and Producer Jayso, UK’s very own Big Narstie, Victoria Kimani (Kenya), Moelogo (UK), renowned Spoken Word artist Suli Breaks (UK), Korede Bello (Nigeria), Praiz (Nigeria), Yung L (Nigeria), Joey B (Ghana), Jesse Jagz (Nigeria), Flavour (Nigeria) and Bobii Lewis (UK).
Highest features some major local and International acts such as his long-time friend and Producer Jayso, UK’s very own Big Narstie, Victoria Kimani (Kenya), Moelogo (UK), renowned Spoken Word artist Suli Breaks (UK), Korede Bello (Nigeria), Praiz (Nigeria), Yung L (Nigeria), Joey B (Ghana), Jesse Jagz (Nigeria), Flavour (Nigeria) and Bobii Lewis (UK). Source: GhanaWeb
Sarkodie has announced the release of his highly anticipated fourth studio album, ‘Highest’.
Named as one of the biggest Hip-hop acts on the African continent by The Guardian and with four hugely popular and acclaimed studio albums to his name, the Ghanaian hip-hop artiste and winner of the Best International Act: Africa at the 2012 BET Awards, will release the album on September 8.
The ‘Highest’ is a collection of 15 brand new songs, three interludes and a bonus track.
A total of 19 songs is displayed on the official album tracklist. The album, according to Sarkodie, during a listening session last Friday, is an incredible collection of solid Hip-hop and Afrobeats cuts that are set to push him even further into the international stratosphere.
‘Highest’ features some major local and international acts such as his long-time friend and Producer Jayso, UK’s Big Narstie, Victoria Kimani (Kenya), Moelogo (UK), renowned Spoken Word artiste, Suli Breaks (UK), Korede Bello (Nigeria), Praiz (Nigeria), Yung L (Nigeria), Joey B (Ghana), Jesse Jagz (Nigeria), Flavour (Nigeria) and Bobii Lewis (UK).
At the exclusive listening event at the plush Electroland Showroom in Accra, the rapper treated his fans and the media to screenings of cinematic visuals for six tracks from the project.
Sarkodie described “Highest” as his most challenging project yet. He also stated that it is a celebration of his achievements.
From that kid on the streets of Tema to selling out venues across the globe, King Sark, as he is affectionately known, says he is ready to take his brand of fearless and contagious hip-hop hits to even higher heights.
Sarkodie has ‘Makye’ (released in 2009), ‘Rapperholic’ (released in 2012), ‘Sarkology’ (released in 2014) and ‘Mary’ (released in 2015) to his credit.
Its Sarkodie in the house of Latest Ghana as police invites him over a stolen car. Sarkodie
Award-winning rap artiste Sarkodie is helping the police with
investigations into reports that he attempted to register an Infinity
Saloon car which had been reported stolen and put on a surveillance
list.
The musician was invited by the police in Accra on Wednesday but was granted bail after questioning.
Starr Fm, breaking the news, said Sarkodie went to the
station with his lawyer and that investigations into the car theft were
in full swing.
NEWS-ONE gathered that Sarkodie bought the
unregistered and slightly used car from a car dealer without knowing
that the vehicle was under surveillance and had been reported stolen.
The musician, after using the car for a while, attempted registering it at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA).
He did not know that the various DVLA offices in the country had been
alerted to inform the police the moment an attempt was made by anyone
to register the vehicle. Officials there consequently alerted the police
and they took over the case immediately.
“We had information that Sarkodie was going to register a stolen car
so we immediately followed it up and we invited him for questioning and
he complied so as we speak, investigations are still ongoing into the
matter,” Public Relations Officer of the Police, CID Joseph Benefo
Darkwah, was quoted by Starr Fm to have confirmed the incident.
There had not been any official comment from Sarkodie and his team as at press time yesterday.
It is difficult for buyers of slightly used cars that have been
imported into the country to detect at the point of sale whether the car
is a stolen one or not, especially when it had already been allowed
into the country, cleared from the port and most probably the requisite
import taxes paid.
It is often at the point of registration to get a licensed number plate that such thefts are detected.
