Rapper Derrick Sarfo Kantanka, known professionally as Amerado, has expressed remorse for using insults in his diss tracks aimed at some of his fellow artists with whom he had lyrical conflicts. He acknowledges that certain words used in the songs were unnecessary.
In an interview with Hitz FM’s Andy Dosty on Daybreak Hitz, Amerado clarified that his regrets pertain not to the disagreements themselves, but rather to specific lyrics within the songs.
He stated, “I regret some of the words that I said but I don’t regret the whole banter.”
“Whatever happened, was for my own good and my opponent as well but I believe that in the heat of the moment, we don’t have enough time to reason through the lyrics before we put it out because people are waiting for you and it’s back to back.”
The ‘Kweku Ananse’ hitmaker also revealed instances where musicians feel compelled to create such songs and highlighted a few benefits these tracks brought.
Stating what he regrets, he noted, “some of the insults in the rap songs, some were way over the bar
