R2bees Reveals Issues With Charter House

Paedae and Mugeez of R2Bees have revealed in a recent interview that they have problems with Charter House, the organizers of the Ghana Music Awards. Which they said that: “When we came into the industry in 2008, it was not that perfect but I believe it’s changed a lot”, Paedae said.
“Anyone who has followed the industry from way back,knows the approach was a total joke,.. from the artist, promoters, to anybody running the industry. Artistes don’t know they are taken for granted. One day I was on radio around the time they disqualified Ajei from the Ghana Music Awards because of some lyrics Obidi used,.. talking about the way the song was disqualified.
“And I remember, the approach to the whole thing was a joke and artistes didn’t know they had that power to change things. If a promoter comes to call you an artist to perform, nobody comes to check the stage and lighting, or how beautiful the setup is. They (the fans) come because of the artistes on bill, but the promoters deal with the artists as if we are not even important. Sometimes others even go as far as telling you how expensive their logistics are.. and I tell them, ‘I don’t care about the stage, nobody will leave their house to come watch the stage. So deal with the artistes with respect.”
“We have a serious problem with Charter House. You see what Shatta Wale did with them? We did same but in a more diplomatic way. Most of our songs were disqualified. ‘I Dey Mad’, ‘Kiss Your Hand’ and ‘Ajei’ never won an award. We were really vexed. We don’t really care about
the awards because where we are from, we have been too hungry to care about plastics. But at the same time it was obvious we deserved the recognition. If you are against a bigger organization, you will get the reputation of being too difficult or disrespectful and that is our story. We are principled. Ask Bola Ray, we worked for a long time and we always go by the principles. There are people who work with Charter House and other companies, they kissed feet and they are nowhere to be found now. Their brands died. But we have been here with our principles and they call us difficult and we are still here.”