Ghanaian entertainment pundit, Arnold Asamoah-Baidoo has stated that 9-year-old viral “Our Day” pupil, Oswald Gennuh, took all the attention on the day Sarkodie released his latest album, “No Pressure”.
Sarkodie released his 6th studio album on the 31st of July, 2021. But unfortunate for him, it happened on a day when super kid Oswald was trending number 1 on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter after a long list of things he demanded from his mum for his “Our Day” celebration.
Arnold said that although Sarkodie is influential and has a major following in the music industry, the conversation around Oswald drove some attention from his album.
Speaking on Peace FM’s Entertainment Review Show, he said;
“Oswald took away some of the shine from the release and the hype about it; But let’s also give it to Sarkodie. If Sarkodie didn’t have that clout, that small boy would have taken over.”
“But critically, Sarkodie was also there. But we can also not deny the fact that the boy took most of the attention from the album. The conversation on the whole day hovered around the boy”, he further stated.
Arnold acknowledge the role fans of the rapper and fellow musicians played in helping him also get some attention on the day.
“It was SarkNation and Ghanaian artistes who helped. The kind of support and posting on social media helped Sarkodie otherwise Oswald would have swallowed his release.”
“Sarkodie is an A-list artiste, but usually, if it were other artistes, it would have affected his release. Because he has a certain level of clout and followers who ensure that Oswald or no Oswald, they did it. But we cannot take the fact that Oswald took the conversation pretty much the whole day. But his followers and fellow artistes helped,” he added.