{"id":739651,"date":"2022-01-07T20:09:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T20:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/07\/medikal-claims-supremacy-over-drill-music-says-each-artiste-owes-him-20-of-their-profits\/"},"modified":"2022-01-07T20:09:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T20:09:58","slug":"medikal-claims-supremacy-over-drill-music-says-each-artiste-owes-him-20-of-their-profits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/07\/medikal-claims-supremacy-over-drill-music-says-each-artiste-owes-him-20-of-their-profits\/","title":{"rendered":"Medikal claims supremacy over drill music, says each artiste owes him 20% of their profits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p style=\"clear:right\" id=\"article-123\"><b>Medikal blasted on Twitter for claiming ownership of Ghanaian drill music<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Social media divided over which artiste birthed Ghanaian drill music<\/p>\n<p>Asakaa boys touted \u2018drill music champions\u2019 in Ghana<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Adu Frimpong popularly known as \u2018Medikal\u2019 has asked all Ghanaian artistes making hits from drill music to contribute 20% off their profits to him.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian rapper while stating that he birthed drill music has asked rappers benefiting from the music genre to do the needful.<\/p>\n<p>Unclear what necessitated such comments, Medikal took to Twitter on January 7, 2022, and wrote;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny artiste making hits off Drill owes me 20 percent on any song, I birth this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, some individuals on social media have disagreed with Medikal\u2019s statements adding that it was rather the \u2018Asakaa\u2019 boys including the likes of O Kenneth, Jay Bhad, Kwaku DMC, Reggie, City Boys, Sean Lifer, Kawabanga, and others who started the drill movement in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>It can be recalled that the Asakaa boys who drew their inspiration from the late American drill music champion, Pop Smoke, dominated the Ghanaian music industry with all kinds of bangers sometime in 2020 during the COVID-19 era.<\/p>\n<p>Jay Bhad in particular is known for his baritone voice range, reminiscent of the late Pop Smoke\u2019s sound.<\/p>\n<p>Medikal on the other hand released his first hit drill song titled \u2018La hustle\u2019 off the truth Album sometime in September 2020.<\/p>\n<p><b>Read the tweets below:<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Any artiste making hits off Drill owes me 20 percent on any song, I birth this.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 EL CHAIRMANO (@AmgMedikal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Amg&lt;a target=\" _blank=\"\"><\/a>Medikal\/status\/1479423267786182662?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&#8221;&gt;January 7, 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">The Asakaa boys and Kumerica boys wey make the Sound popular make Medikal hop on the trend get hit out of it sef bed but ebi him wey want claim sey he bring am\u2026You ppl!????????\u200d\u2642\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/RteyF00NOz<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UdeyBoreMeRuff!!! (@sharpa18) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sharpa18\/status\/1479456423276855299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">We have a whole drill playlist on Spotify called Asakaa just so you know https:\/\/t.co\/KZWrBe6h91<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LondonBOY INNIT???????????????? (@99barima) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/99barima\/status\/1479435763955736577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Why are some Accra artists like this? Asakaa boys literally made that sound, not only that they also made it popular and got some of the biggest co-signs ever, RIP Virgil. So tell us how you birth it? Trying to erase history and what Living Life Records achieved. Funfooler https:\/\/t.co\/DhqrkleSRP<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Desmond Tutu (@3kp3rankinG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/3kp3rankinG\/status\/1479447662034366467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Medical Why don\u2019t you make it hit from yourself and take all the 100% Asakaa.. anibre bcne bekum bibinii https:\/\/t.co\/Asq027AnI6<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 both_ team 2 score Nyame (@both_team_Nyame) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/both_team_Nyame\/status\/1479460610551304195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">WHEN I SAY JAY YOU SAY ? ????????\u2728 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JayBahd1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JayBahd1<\/a> Krofrom Shutdown! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Asakaa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Asakaa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AsakaaBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AsakaaBoys<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bq4bY7y48q\">pic.twitter.com\/Bq4bY7y48q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WILFRED VLOGG (@wilfredvlogg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wilfredvlogg\/status\/1478062445038129159?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Asakaa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Asakaa<\/a> till death \u2620\ufe0f.. we fuck with the Asakaa boys only, they for the streets and we also belong to the street so we blood niqqa&#8217;s .. more wins for them 2022,we grinding solo and so it will be ????????????<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 5 cedis (@rpinkrah13) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rpinkrah13\/status\/1476813441696423949?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Before that Asakaa dey do plenty drill so I am confused.. but 20% makes it clear that 80% belongs to the asakaa boys<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oxygen???? (@bonsunam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bonsunam\/status\/1479429046903652356?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">2022 Leave Hiphop &amp; Drill music for Asakaa boys !! The rest we are going back to Azonto ????????????<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kofi Sark \u2790 (@kofiwest_gh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kofiwest_gh\/status\/1477198024292159490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Lol u see sey everybody dey mention Asakaa . Humble urself make dem teach u how dem do am . <\/p>\n<p>Ur drill is just know in Ghana . Focus on ur makosa and mapouka songs<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mario (@Mariogh2021) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mariogh2021\/status\/1479461435398885380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medikal blasted on Twitter for claiming ownership of Ghanaian drill music Social media divided over which artiste birthed Ghanaian drill music Asakaa boys touted \u2018drill music champions\u2019 in Ghana Samuel Adu Frimpong popularly known as \u2018Medikal\u2019 has asked all Ghanaian artistes making hits from drill music to contribute 20% off their profits to him. 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