Ghanaian musician Fancy Gadam has narrated the financial challenges he encountered before inviting rapper Sarkodie to perform in Tamale.

In a video shared on social media, Fancy Gadam noted that Sarkodie charged him GH¢120,000 to perform for the first time at the Tamale Sports Stadium.

He explained that after the incident, which occurred in 2017, he (Fancy Gadam) began to understand his value, which later influenced him to start charging not less than GH¢100,000 as a booking fee.

“The first time Sarkodie came to Tamale, my management and I paid him GH¢120,000. From that day, I realised my value. I didn’t know my worth before, but from that day, I did.

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“From that same day, I told my team that whenever someone wants to use the Tamale Sports Stadium, we won’t charge less than GH¢100,000, and that has been my rate from 2017 to date,” he said.

Fancy Gadam also shared how Sista Afia was unable to pay his GH¢100,000 performance fee when she booked him for her concert at the Tamale Sports Stadium.

He further explained that after reducing his fee to GH¢50,000, she still could not meet the payment.

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“She didn’t approach us directly; someone contacted us on her behalf, but we didn’t know the person. He told us they wanted to organise a show with Sista Afia and me, so we charged GH¢100,000.

“Later, she (Sista Afia) called me personally and asked for help. Because we are close, I reduced the fee to GH¢50,000. We gave her a discount of GH¢50,000. The team and my team went back and forth, but she still couldn’t pay," he added.

Watch the video below:

Sarkodie charged me Ghc120,000 for his first show in Tamele 2017 ..

Fancy Gadam pic.twitter.com/8JFpImpF7v

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