Why I chose to respond to Yvonne Nelson with only diss songs – Sarkodie

Ghanaian Hip Hop singer Michael Owusu Addo, commonly known as Sarkodie, has addressed why he failed to issue an official statement in response to charges made by movie star Yvonne Nelson.

Yvonne said in her memoir, ‘I Am Not Yvonne Nelson,’ that Sarkodie got her pregnant, denied responsibility, and forced her to abort the child.

During an interview with American media personality Angela Yee, the rapper revealed for the first time that he opted to solely respond to her claims via a diss track.

In one of his songs titled ‘Try Me’ Sarkodie debunked Yvonne’s allegations and noted that he wasn’t ready to be a father but told her to keep the baby.

Sarkodie explained that he didn’t go on a media tour over the issue because he might lose his cool, so he chose to address them via song to perfectly present his side of the story.

According to the rapper, people often level allegations against him in the media because they know he barely replies.

He said; “The reason I didn’t do any media run or press around it [Yvonne Nelson’s allegations] is because I might lose how I would like to present what I feel about it. This is not the first time. I have done records to address certain issues, or maybe a line or two in a record. There is a certain energy I hate to fill into, especially speaking about it because I might lose my cool.

“With this situation, I’m not going to say I’m super proud of everything. The thing is just in a moment how I felt whether be my truth there should be a way I would have said it.

“That is why I don’t like to speak about it. This is a conversation between two people. We could have a conversation if you want to talk about it because it involves me as well. But because people know Sark doesn’t speak, people think they can say something and know Sark is not going to speak and they are gonna get away.”

In Yvonne Nelson’s book she also leveled allegation against her ex-boyfriend, Iyanya, saying he cheated on her with Tonto Dikeh which was what caused their breakup.

In her words; We had a decent relationship-breakfast in bed and all the niceties dream relationship one could think of. I had the assurance that he was someone I could be with forever. He tattooed my initials, YN, wrist, and I thought that was a big deal. If he wasn’t serious about me he wouldn’t do that. In his hit song, “Ur Waist”, he mentioned how he lusted over me. One can therefore imagine my shock when I went to Ghana after one of my visits to Nigeria and someone called me from his house.