{"id":460326,"date":"2018-02-01T02:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T02:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/01\/musiga-mtn-clash-over-hitmaker-concept\/"},"modified":"2018-02-01T02:00:22","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T02:00:22","slug":"musiga-mtn-clash-over-hitmaker-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/01\/musiga-mtn-clash-over-hitmaker-concept\/","title":{"rendered":"MUSIGA, MTN clash over &#8216;Hitmaker&#8217; concept"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Thursday,  1 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-01<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/76424352.295.jpg\" alt=\"MTN Hitmaker\" title=\"MTN Hitmaker\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>MUSIGA is claiming to be the brain behind MTN Hitmaker<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813995117\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813995117\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517450422_518_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) is the brain behind MTN Hitmaker, the head of membership and business for the union, Richmond Adu Poku has revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Union came up with this proposal (Hitmaker) and sent it to MTN,\u201d Mr. Poku told George Quaye on The Pundits show.<\/p>\n<p>He said the idea came to being after TV3\u2019s Mentor and Charter House\u2019s Stars of the Future became extinct. The union realizing the void thought of the Hitmaker idea and presented it to telecommunication giant MTN.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Poku added that the Union played an integral role in the first two editions of the Hitmaker but later took the backstage.<\/p>\n<p>His comment was on the back of the numerous initiatives of the Union to support the industry.<\/p>\n<p><b>MTN denies<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Brands Manager at MTN, Eli Kpodo, has denied the claim by MUSIGA.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Starr Business\u2019 Osei Owusu Amankwaah, Mr Kpodo said the Hitmaker was solely conceptualised by MTN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey cannot \u2013 and I mean MUSIGA; cannot lay claim to the property of MTN Hitmaker. We conceptualized it and have grown it till date; and if I say we; we, as in MTN,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, he explained that MTN Hitmaker partnered MUSIGA for the first two seasons due to the fact that it is the biggest recognizable music group in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is true that they were part of the Judges from the beginning, however, after the conceptualization, what we did is to invite MUSIGA to become a partner to this. Partner because you are the industry body overlooking to the development of the industry; and that was the context within which they were being invited. So that they can be part of the judging process and all that. And beyond that the interest faded away,\u201d Mr. Kpodo added.<\/p>\n<p>MTN Hitmaker is a trademark property of MTN Ghana. It has had six editions since its inception.<\/p>\n<p>Standout performer, Freda, made history as the first female to win the competition last year.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPrevious winners of MTN Hitmaker include, KiDi, Koo Ntakra and Kurl Songx and Kuami Eugene.<\/p>\n<p>MUSIGA is the biggest music group in the country. 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