Rebbel Ashes Endorses Socrate Safo’s Call: “GHAMRO Must Wake Up – Musicians Deserve Transparency and Justice
Belgium-based Ghanaian artiste Rebbel Ashes has added his powerful voice to support filmmaker and creative advocate Socrate Safo’s recent statement urging the Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO) to strictly enforce radio logging and reporting of music use across the country. Socrate Safo, in his statement titled “Musicians Must Demand Action: GHAMRO Must Enforce Radio Logging of Music Use,” highlighted how many Ghanaian musicians continue to lose out on royalties because most radio stations fail to log and report the songs they play — a legal requirement under the Copyright Act, 2005 (Act 690) and the Copyright Regulations, 2010 (L.I. 1962). Rebbel Ashes, known for hits such as “Obolobo” and “Activate,” fully endorsed Safo’s position, describing it as “a bold and necessary wake-up call for the Ghanaian music industry.” “What Socrate Safo said is the absolute truth,” Rebbel Ashes emphasized. “Our music keeps radio stations alive — from morning shows to adverts and jingles ye...