Highlife musician Kwaisey Pee has said showbiz players in Ghana do not qualify to be called celebrities.
According to him, the industry players need to reach a certain wealth status before they can be called celebrities.
“Do they own a Lamborghini? Do they have a private jet? Do they have things you need to be called a celeb?” he quizzed.
As someone who has lived and traveled around the western world, Kwaisey Pee said the celebrity status of some Ghanaians are self-professed titles.
To Kwaisey, Nana Appiah Mensah, the embattled CEO of Menzgold, qualifies as a celebrity because of his wealth.
“The guy had everything, money, mansions, cars and a private jet. If they all belong to him, he qualifies as a celebrity,” he stated.
The Highlife artiste said, he also does not like to be called a celebrity, “I don’t even like that word.”
According to him, comparing the social and financial status of celebrities living in the Western World to the ‘so-called’ Ghanaian celebrities, he is yet to see one in Ghana. When asked if A-list acts such as Daddy Lumba, Sarkodie, Shatta Wale, and Stonebwoy among others can be called celebrities, Kwaisey Pee on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM said none of them even qualify and quantify that title.
