‘My biggest competition is Kendrick and Cole’ — Sarkodie ‘belittles’ African rappers in new song

Ghanaian rapper Michael Owusu Addo, known by his stage name Sarkodie, has revealed who he sees as his true competition in the hip-hop genre.

In his newly released two-minute thirty-second track titled 'Brag', the BET awards winner asserts that he does not consider any African rapper or musician as his competition.

He said his only real competition are American rappers like Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole.

Sarkodie stressed that he started rapping long before African artists like Davido, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Black Sherif and Asake became popular.

"I gotta brag, I am too quiet," he says, signaling he is ready to outline his long list of achievements in the music scene.

"Wizkid came, I was already doing it. Davido started, I was already improving it. Then Odugwo came through, Black Sherif, Asake, and I’m still going... you thought I was losing it? My biggest competition is Kendrick and Cole," he raps on the song.

"I swear to God, in Ghana nobody had the nerve. It was me, myself and I, who started all the load," he adds in the song.

Meanwhile, on Wednesday, May 8, Sarkodie hinted that he will release his new project titled 'The Championship' by May 24 or earlier.

This will be his first major music release since dropping his eighth studio album 'Jamz' in 2022, which was followed by singles such as 'Otan', 'Don't Try Me', and 'Been a Fool for You'.