Award-winning Ghanaian reggae/dancehall artist, Stonebwoy has refuted claims that artists don’t face economic challenges.

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In an interview  on Joy News’ PM Express’, Stonebwoy explained that the notion that artists in the country do not face economic challenges is not true because they equally are affected by economic fluctuation.

“It’s not true. To me I say it’s false because we are all existing within an economic system. And we form part of the sector that comes together to make an economy a beautiful one, a thriving one. So we cannot be seen as people who are disengaged or disassociated with the economy. It’s a lie.

“I don’t know how people have managed to get to an understanding like that to feel like Stonebwoy and the likes ‘when the price of fuel goes up they don’t have a problem, they can buy and things’ I think it’s a big lie. We all belong to the economy.

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“For instance, if I’m making 10 cedis today and the economy is thriving and booming, and there are structures in place etc. that should tell you that I will be making a 100 cedis in a day. So it will affect everybody equally,” he said.

Stonebwoy explains that people may have the notion that they (artists) have money in excess because of what they see on TV and perhaps because he has a foundation that caters for the needy. 

“But so long as they continue to see you on TV and of course you have a foundation that you’re operating so everybody will think that ‘o, on top of that you still have a foundation. So that means you have the finances that you’re dashing because they see in the news Stonebwoy celebrates Mothers’ Day with some selected mothers and widows…people will see it from the fact that I have so much to give but will not see it from the fact that I have the heart to give and I may not have so much,” he added.