Kuami Eugene’s crowning came at the wrong time – Bisa Kdei

Ronald Kwaku Dei Appiah better known by his stage name Bisa Kdei has said that the crowning of Kuami Eugene as “Hilife King” at the 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, did not come at the appropriate time.

Speaking in an interview on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM, Monday, the ‘Mansa’ hitmaker stated, although Kuami Eugene has done a lot for the music genre and deserves to be awarded, he does not need the pressure being crowned a King, brings at this time of his career.

“People will expect more from him to the point that whatever he releases is not enough,” Bisa Kdei told Andy Dosty, host of the show.

He is worried about the apparent damage Kuami Eugene’s crown as Hilife King, will do to his career.

“The crowning at this time is just a wrong,” he stated. 

Backlash from industry players

During the 2019 VGMA’s Hilife legend, Amakye Dede, crowned Lynx Entertainment signee, Kuami Eugene, as the ‘King of Highlife’.

Weeks after the fracas that happened at the awards night died down, some industry players registered their displeasure at the actions of Amakye Dede.

Some fans of Hilife music and entertainment pundits criticised the award scheme and the hilife legend, for staging the crowning to hurt other hilife artistes.

Although Kuami Eugene in an interview with Joy News’ Doreen Avio disputed rumours the crowing was staged, hilife artistes Lucky Mensah and Nautyca said Amakye Dede had no business crowning anyone at an awards show in front of other highlife artistes.

According to Lucky Mensah, he believes that if great hilife legends were not crowned Highlife Kings during their era, then there was no need to crown Kuami Eugene.

“Since we started music in the time of Daddy Lumba, Oheneba Kissi and Amakye Dede himself, nobody has ever been crowned Hilife King at any music awards,” Lucky Mensah said in an interview on The Late Nite Celebrity Show.

Lucky Mensh, however, applauded Kuami Eugene for his work in the hilife scene.

Bisa Kdei also in his interview believes Kuami Eugene deserves all the accolades for his work after a few years in the industry. 

He also denied reports he had switched to rap music after the “crowning”. The ‘Brother brother” singer revealed the video seen of him rapping with Medikal had nothing to do with Kuami Eugene’s crown.

He assured fans and critics he was only testing his rap skills and did not feel side-lined.

“I used to be a rapper before venturing into hilife. I felt rap was not my thing. The song with Medikal is from way back but recently I posted it and people said I switched to rap music because Kuami Eugene is crowned hilife king,” he explained.