Budding rapper, Almighty Bempong who doubles as a banker has shot down calls on financial institutions to set aside projects that could fund talented musicians to enhance their career.
According to him, banks do not operate in that manner, simply because they want to make money through investments.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Max Drive on Max 89.7 FM in Accra on Thursday, the rapper who has labeled himself as a Corporate Bad Boy explained that banks abide by strict legal procedures before it even saves clients’ money.
”Banks don’t just invest to make returns from the investment. Even, not every money that banks keep because not every money is made from genuine jobs.”
Banks have legal procedures to follow and before they will accept to save the money of clients, they investigate where the money is coming from, the work that generates such an amount. If the money is proven to be filthy, they will refuse to keep it,” he said.
In the light of that, Bempong indicated that banks could not just stand up one day just to bring out a policy to fund talented musicians.
”Before a bank will introduce such a funding policy, it will undergo rigorous processes and procedures. It can’t also fund musicians simply because the person is talented. The musician must prove his or her worth whether he or she even has the means to pay the said amount he or she wishes to take from the bank. It really entails a lot,” he added.
Throughout his career, Bempong has released four EPs out of his eleven projects and is still gasping to be a superstar, hoping to break borders with his rap music.
Currently, he has released a new single “Sangoma” which is available on all digital music platforms.
