{"id":1139716,"date":"2022-07-01T20:47:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T20:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/01\/kidi-to-start-charging-for-features-blames-decision-on-economic-conditions\/"},"modified":"2022-07-01T20:47:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T20:47:26","slug":"kidi-to-start-charging-for-features-blames-decision-on-economic-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/01\/kidi-to-start-charging-for-features-blames-decision-on-economic-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"KiDi to start charging for features; blames decision on economic conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Although he claims he has never charged any artiste for a feature, Ghanaian artiste, KiDi, has hinted that he is considering changing his position on that.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a Twitter Spaces conversation with\u00a0<strong>Ghana Weekend<\/strong>\u2018s Olele Salvador, he said due to the economic conditions in Ghana at present, he wants to start charging money for features.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can ask all the artistes who have featured me on their songs, I\u2019ve never charged or taken a dime from them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Shedding more light on this, he said: \u201cI didn\u2019t say I will not charge for features. I have never done that [before] but right now, how the economy is going, \u2018asesa\u2019 [things have changed].<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looking at how the economy is going, I\u2019d have to start charging for features \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KiDiMusic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KiDiMusic<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OleleSalvador?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OleleSalvador<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GhanaWeekend?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GhanaWeekend<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0XhtFvkYbq\">pic.twitter.com\/0XhtFvkYbq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ghana Weekend (@GhanaWeekend) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GhanaWeekend\/status\/1542761527194882052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>KiDi explained that in spite of not taking monies for features, he always owns rights to the revenue that accrues from the song, as the copyright laws stipulate.<\/p>\n<p>He has been featured on songs by artistes such as Obibini, Cina Soul, Adina, Tic, Kuami Eugene, Kwesi Arthur, among others.<\/p>\n<p>KiDi, is currently out with\u00a0<strong>a new song titled \u2018Blessed\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0which features Jamaican dancehall artiste Mavado.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"wCQjrBok5F8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fiifi Coleman on the role he played in the series &#039;Co-Habits&#039;\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wCQjrBok5F8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although he claims he has never charged any artiste for a feature, Ghanaian artiste, KiDi, has hinted that he is considering changing his position on that. Speaking in a Twitter Spaces conversation with\u00a0Ghana Weekend\u2018s Olele Salvador, he said due to the economic conditions in Ghana at present, he wants to start charging money for features. 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