{"id":12422,"date":"2023-02-01T12:45:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T12:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/02\/01\/sarkodie-weeps-after-colleagues-bashed-him-over-wack-lyrics-on-stir-it-up-song-by-bob-marley-everything-news-now\/"},"modified":"2023-02-01T12:45:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T12:45:15","slug":"sarkodie-weeps-after-colleagues-bashed-him-over-wack-lyrics-on-stir-it-up-song-by-bob-marley-everything-news-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/02\/01\/sarkodie-weeps-after-colleagues-bashed-him-over-wack-lyrics-on-stir-it-up-song-by-bob-marley-everything-news-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarkodie weeps after colleagues bashed him over wack lyrics on \u2018Stir It Up\u2019 song by Bob Marley \u00bb \u2122-Everything &#038; News Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The landlord of Ghana\u2019s music, Sarkodie who landed a massive collaboration on the new version of Bob Marley\u2019s \u2018Stir It Up\u2019 song shared more insight on how he landed the collaboration.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Speaking on the +44 Podcast, Sarkodie said he felt he wasn\u2019t worthy to lay his vocals next to that of the legend.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO: There\u2019s nothing special about Sarkodie\u2019s song with Bob Marley; it lacks African flavour \u2013 Mr Logic<\/p>\n<p>Following a conversation with Bob Marley\u2019s team, the Sarkcess  boss disclosed that he almost passed it on.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>However, Ghanaians, including media figures and fellow musicians, have had a mixed reaction to the track\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p>For Blakk Rasta in the studios of Accra-based 3FM, the reggae artiste noted that the rapper\u2019s attitude has tarnished the legacy of the legendary reggae singer and the originality of the song meant to praise the legend\u2019s lover.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong> Bob Marley would never feature Sarkodie if alive\u201d \u2013 Blakk Rasta blasts Bob Marley\u2019s family<\/p>\n<p>He argued that Bob Marley\u2019s family has disrespected the great spiritual legacy by adding that Bob Marley didn\u2019t feature any other artists because he wanted to keep culture alive and spread it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2018If Bob Marley was alive, do you think that he will be featuring Sarkodie. They are in two different worlds, I do not blame Sarkodie, Sarkodie is not the one I am talking to, I am talking to the disgraceful Bob Marley family. It is nonsensical, and I\u2019m hurt,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>Yaa Pono and Shatta Wale have also mocked Sarkodie for agreeing to appear on a song by a deceased artist, Bob Marley, who died on May 11, 1981, at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO: You are still underground artiste! 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