According to Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie, his management team was unaware of the diss song he wrote about actress Yvonne Nelson.
The Grammy-winning musician claimed that he had to sneak into the studio to record the song “Try Me” while his band was watching.
Sarkodie explained why he did it in an interview with Yee Way Up Show in the United States, saying he wanted to express himself freely.
ICYMI: I recorded my response to Yvonne Nelson’s allegations to sit on it and decide if I was going to release it but when it leaked I quickly released it.
— SarkCessFul Vision (@SarkcessVision) July 20, 2023
“I sneaked into the studio to even record this. I mean nobody heard it because I didn’t want to hear any advice. I just literally wanted to do what I felt at that time and face the consequences later on,” the rapper said.
“It wasn’t like the whole team sat down and said this was good to go. I did it personally for myself. I had a lot of phone calls after.”
When he responded to Yvonne Nelson’s damning revelations in her book, ‘I Am Not Yvonne Nelson’, Sarkodie found himself in the spotlight.
She described how she became pregnant for the rapper in the book, saying that he asked her to have the baby aborted because he wasn’t ready.
“Sarkodie was a budding musician with the potential to become one of the biggest artists in Ghana and beyond. At the time, however, the future looked uncertain, and his way through the maze of life still appeared too foggy to predict.
She added: “Success was not guaranteed. He was still living with his mother and was not ready to carry a burden while he was being carried by his mother.
“I wouldn’t call what had developed between us a serious relationship. I gravitated toward people in the music industry. For the longest time in my life, music was my getaway from all the unpleasant things life threw at me. So, I liked his talent. We started talking and got close. Closer.”
Sarkodie continued by saying that if his attorney Cynthia Quarcoo had been alive, she most likely would have prevented the release of the song.
