[ 2016-07-10 ]

Don’t bow to criticism – Dada KD to musicians
Silky voice highlife singer, Dada KD has urged his
fellow musicians not to bow to criticisms but
rather stand tall and express their views on
national issues, be it political, social, cultural
or religious.

He has also encouraged them to dedicate
themselves as ambassadors and fight for the cause
of their fans on national issues.

"If you are a celebrity, you automatically become
a leader because you have influence on people and
others also look up to you so you always have to
speak out especially when things are not going on
right".

It is very rare in our part of the world for
celebrities to come public and state their views
about issues pertaining to national development.

This is because the few ones who try to do so are
either tagged as controversial or falsely
affiliated with a political party.

A typical example is the insults actress Yvonne
Nelson was subjected to for organizing a vigil
against government in protest of the continuous
erratic power outages popularly known as
‘Dumsor’ that existed in the country.

The verbal abuse became worse to the extent that,
some government communicators described her and
some other ladies who took part in the vigil as
prostitutes, a comment which was widely criticised
by some well meaning Ghanaians.

But speaking on Work and Happiness on Adom FM
about his latest album titled ‘Obia enkyire na
dwene’ which means (everybody should speak his
or her mind), Dada KD said, he does not see why
some celebrities are afraid to make their views
known especially on national issues for fear of
been tagged.

Dada KD, whose real name is Kwaku Duah, added
that, the fact that he is a musician and is
expected to be neutral, does not mean that he
cannot comment on national issues that may
possibly affect him negatively as a citizen of the
country.

"The fact Kojo is a Rastaman does not mean there
is no comb in his house’ he said jokingly".

Source - ghana-news.adomonline.com

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