Sarkodie to feature any artiste planning to drop an azonto tune for free

Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie has decided to freely feature any artist who intends to release an azonto track this season.

The Sarkcess Music Label boss who was one of the pioneers of the ‘Azonto music’ has suddenly expressed his interest in revamping that particular music genre.

Championing the agenda, Sarkodie quickly called upon his fellow rapper EL, another originator of the azonto music to also offer his support, since they somewhat started the “azonto business” together.

“To all artistes if you dropping Azonto any moment from now, free verse from me. Yo El agenda dey. We de #BringBackAzonto nti #Fahookime sharp ... let’s go!!!,” he wrote on Twitter.

However, most Ghanaians believe Azonto was originated by the producer NshonnaMusick with the song “You Go Kill Me” which had Sarkodie and E.L on it.

Others say it was a dance that originated from a traditional dance called Kpanlogo, associated with the coastal towns in the country such as Chorkor, James Town, La, Teshie, Nungua, and Tema, in the Greater Accra Region.

The Azonto songs along with its dance at a point became heavily popularized on social media by the music videos that portrayed the dance form with fast-pace tempos, home-made dance instructional videos uploaded on YouTube with no commercial intent, and group choreographers done by mostly Ghanaians and other African nationals living in UK, Germany, and the U.S.

To all artists if you dropping Azonto any moment from now , free verse from me #Fahookime ????

— Sarkodie (@sarkodie) April 22, 2020

Yo @ELgh_ agenda dey ???? we de #BringBackAzonto nti #Fahookime sharp ... let’s go!!!

— Sarkodie (@sarkodie) April 22, 2020