DJ Mensah clears air on Sarkodie's alleged booking for Olympics performance

Ghanaian rapper Michael Owusu Addo, popularly known as Sarkodie, will allegedly perform at the opening show for this year's Olympics in Paris.

DJ Mensah made this statement in an interview on Asaase Radio while he was detailing some activities lined up for him in the year.

"With me and Sarkodie, we have some few shows. We haven't announced it yet but we are playing at the Olympics opening somewhere in August and also there is an event that we have to attend in the US. And I have another show Ghana Fest in Canada which is just like Ghana Party in the Park," he said.

However, DJ Mensah clarified his statement on X that Sarkodie's performance will not happen during the opening ceremony, as he had mentioned in the interview, but at an event that will be held during that period.

"Let me clarify this before I’m misinterpreted: There ‘MIGHT’ be an event in Paris around the same time the Olympics are happening, but it's ‘NOT’ during the opening ceremony. This is to provide more clarification on what is circulating," he wrote.

The opening ceremony of the Olympics is scheduled to take place on 26th July 2024 in Paris, France while the closing ceremony is slated for 11th August 2024. For the first time in the competition's history, this year's opening ceremony, directed by Thomas Jolly, will be held outside an Olympics stadium.

The ceremony is estimated to have about six hundred thousand spectators in attendance and broadcast to 80 giant screens in public. Sarkodie's performance is likely to be the start of a European run for the Ghanaian rapper.

On 29th June, he announced an Amsterdam leg set to happen at the distinguished Paradiso live music venue. The 1750-capacity hall opened in 1968 and has served as a tour stop for various legends, including Adele, Lady Gaga and the Rolling Stones.