Ghanaian music producer and businessman, Edward Osei, better known as Hammer, has revealed that Sarkodie called every music producer, including Zapp Mallet and asked their permission, before including them in the BehindDaHitz challenge.
According to Hammer, both he and Sarkodie were surprised upon seeing Zaap’s rant on twitter, because Sark had called him and he had agreed to be included.
Speaking in an interview on Happy 98.9FM Hammer said:
“Sarkodie called Zapp before bringing his name to the challenge. Zapp was okay with it. He told Sark he didn’t mind being a part of it. Sarkodie showed us great respect by calling all of us prior to engaging us in the face-off. He even asked who you wanted to pair with before taking the challenge live on social media.”
“It’s not like that. Sark won’t disrespect Zapp at all,” he added.
According to Hammer, he is responding to this matter because he knows Sarkodie is never the one to do respond to such matters.
“Sarkodie won’t come out to respond to them even if it’ll clear the air. His format is to survive the test of time and he will not respond to accusations,” he told host, Doctar Cann.
Bulldog, an artiste manager also took the opportunity to explain the reasoning of the BehindDaHitz challenge.
“The challenge was not a competitive one. It was just to bring memories of our work. It is about the past and not the present. It was an opportunity for kids of today to know what happened before their time and also reveal the names behind the great hits they heard growing up and the ones they don’t even know about.”
