Ghanaian singer, Efya has reacted to Blakk Rasta’s comments about Sarkodie’s feature on the Bob Marley & The Wailer’s classic, “Stir It Up.”

Blakk Rasta had claimed Sarkodie’s feature on the song is a dishonour to the late musician’s legacy.

According to him, the late Bob Marley’s music was based on spirituality, and Sarkodie’s music is from a different world.

‘‘Bob Marley was able to draw religion and spirituality into reggae, Bob Marley was able to make the whole world understand that when you listen to reggae music, you do not only benefit from the aesthetics of reggae music but the spirituality of reggae music.

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‘‘Bob Marley used his music to be able to free up Africa in one way or the other including Zimbabwe where he went to perform at the independence of that country, Bob Marley said and I quote, ‘you can love mi music if you love Barry White music and you cant love Barry White music if you love mi music’, because he saw the two of them in different worlds’’, he said.

Blakk Rasta also blamed the family of Bob Marley for disrespecting the legacy of the great spiritual king adding that Bob Marley did not feature any artist because he wanted to preserve and promote culture.

‘‘If 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, disgracefully highland records for of a great spiritual king. It is mist non sensical and I’m hurt’’, he added.

Reacting to Blakk Rasta’s comment during an interview on GhOne TV, Efya stated that Blakk Rasta was in the wrong to come at Sarkodie in that manner, adding that the best he could have done was to congratulate his efforts and be happy for him.

“I think people should realise that sometimes nobody cares about what you’re saying. Nobody cares about your opinion right now. The thing is the boy has done soemthing and it is historic, be grateful and let’s honour our people. Let’s be happy for our people. You saying this, what does it do? Are they going to go back into production and make the music that you think it should be. Because you went to Juliyard?” she asked.

The award-winning singer also added that Blakk Rasta was not qualified enough to make such opinions.

“What qualifications do you have to talk about the song in that manner? Are you Kwame Yeboah? Please have some backing before you say some of these things. When somebody has done something monumental, just say good work, bro, this is amazing bro. It doesn’t hurt. Sometimes when we are giving our opinions, we should call our mothers and ask them first before we put it out,” she added.

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“Blakk Rasta’s opinions doesn’t matter. Will they go back to production based on what he said? What level in music has he reached to have an opinion? Sarkodie has made history and we need to celebrate and honor him” – @EFYA_Nokturnal #OneOnOne pic.twitter.com/kNwWSjMiEI

— GHOne TV (@GHOneTV) February 1, 2023