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Sarkodie makes history, becomes first Ghanaian artiste to reach one million subscribers on YouTube

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Ghanaian rapper, Michael Owusu Addo, popularly known as Sarkodie, has entered the history books as the first artiste from the country to hit one million subscribers on YouTube.

Sarkodie’s feat came as a result of his consistency in engaging his audience through 266 video uploads which have accumulated a total of 300,443,844 views on the platform since joining on December 2, 2012.

Among Sarkodie’s most-watched videos on YouTube is the remix of his hit track “Adonai,” featuring late rapper, Castro, which has garnered 93 million views, and “Pain Killer” featuring Nigerian singer, Runtown, with 24 million views.

The closest any Ghanaian artiste has come on the YouTube platform is Shatta Wale with 964,000 subscribers and 272,229,350 total views since joining the platform on November 19, 2012.

Shatta Wale’s most viewed video, ‘Taking Over’ featuring Joint 77, Addi Self & Captan, has grossed 19 million views, while Stonebwoy currently has 653,000 subscribers on YouTube, with a total of 283 videos to his credit.

Sarkodie, known for his exceptional talent and lyrical prowess, joins the ranks of Nasty C and Olamide as the only African rappers with over one million YouTube subscribers.

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Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie fires shots at Davido, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Asake in new single ‘Brag’

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Ghanaian rapper, Michael Owusu Addo, popularly known as Sarkodie, has sparked a new round of storm after he fired shots at Nigerian Afrobeats singers, Davido, Wizkid, Burna Boy and Asake in his new single, “Brag.”

In the single which dropped on Friday, May 10, Sarkodie boasted about his 2016 sell-out performance at the O2 Arena, claiming he paved the way for the Nigerian acts.

The Ghanaian rapper said he laid the light for Nigerian Afrobeats top artistes and as such, they should be grateful to him and his pioneering role in projecting their careers.

The “Painkiller” hitmaker boasted about selling out the O2 in 2016, long before the Nigerian stars and created the platform they are now enjoying.

He went on to place himself in the same league as Grammy Award-winning Burna Boy and Ghanaian rapper, Black Sherif.

Sarkodie also stated that his main competitors in the music industry were American rappers Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole, noting that he wasn’t on the same level as African rappers.

A line from the song goes:

“Wizkid came, I was already doing it, Davido started, I was improving it, then Odogwu came through Black Sherif & Asake.”

The release of “Brag” has however, elicited controversy and heated debates within the African music community, with fans weighing in on Sarkodie’s bold assertions and the perceived rivalry between him and the mentioned Nigerian artists.

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Kenyan officials arrest four Tiktokers for filming robbery prank video outside police station

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Kenyan Police authorities have arrested four young Tiktokers for filming a robbery prank outside a police station in the Kilifi North Sub-county.

Local media reports that the four young people who were aiming for social media fame, were arrested after filming and publishing on Tiktok a fake robbery outside the police station.

“The four young people, one of whom is 17 years old, made a video titled ‘wezi mbele ya police station’ (robbery outside a police station), and posted it on the popular video platform. However, police didn’t take it lightly,” one report wrote.

“In the video, a seemingly drunk man exits the Administration Police (AP) canteen and gets robbed by two others on a motorcycle.

“The 18-year-old cameraman was among those arrested. Police identified them through CCTV footage at the AP canteen. The youths were arrested at their homes in Kilifi, with the oldest being 27 years old,” another report said.

The Kilifi North Sub-county Police Commander, Kenneth Maina, who confirmed the incident and arrest of the suspects, said investigations are still ongoing, and the suspects will face charges, including cybercrimes.

“The viral video of a daylight robbery at the Kilifi Administration Police canteen in Kilifi was not real but a prank by a group of youths creating content for their TikTok account,” Maina said.

Maina said they were pursuing another suspect who was still at large, adding that the youths revealed they only wanted to attract followers to their TikTok account.

“There were five youths and we managed to arrest four of them and the other one we have a crucial lead that will lead us to an arrest,” the Police Commander said.

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