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Stand-up comedian David Oscar can now be rightly be referred to as a former comedian after reiterating that his passion has shifted to music.

He, however, says he did not abandon comedy because of failure in that industry, as his critics have suggested.

David Oscar, who came into the limelight after exhibiting his humorous character on the defunct Stars of the Future reality show, has announced his entry into the music scene.

Oscar’s time in comedy could have been described as rocky with many criticizing his jokes as not funny.

As a result, his new love for music has been described by critics as a clear admission of failure in comedy.

Speaking on 3FM’s mid morning show ‘Urban Blend’ hosted by Miriam Agyemang, the former stand-up comedian said: “I’m a music artiste and I declared on a different platform that I am done with comedy and I think a lot of people missed that.

“It gets to a point where you cannot express certain experiences and certain feelings you have cannot be expressed comedically and being an artiste I’m always in constant search for ways to express myself and I think that music came in at the right time.

“I think that I came in at a time to play my role and if you were to measure the success of GH comedy based on the role that some of us played, it has been very successful so I wonder why anybody would think that I am failed comedian that is why am doing music.

“Those who liked me liked me for my comedy and those who hated me hated me for my comedy”.

Reggae music

Oscar noted that he takes inspiration from artistes like Morgan Heritage, Bob Marley, and Peter Tosh as he embarks on his new artistic journey.

“Most of my songs are all reggae songs including the ones you haven’t heard and my biggest inspiration is reggae music.

“I think that I probably don’t listen to any other kind of music apart from reggae and it’s because of the message.

“It’s the message that I carry which I want to share and apart from my personal orientation which I don’t want to talk about but it gives me a very good outlet be able to share my story truthfully with my audience”.

By Nana Afrane Asante|3news.com|Ghana

Female dancehall artiste and composer MzVee says her mum will “kill” her if she drops out of school.

MzVee had earlier last week announced that she is abandoning schooling at the Ghana Telecom University College in Accra and enrolling on an online course to complete her education.

She said her reasons for taking that decision is that lecturers mark her down as they assume she does not have enough time for her education because of her career.

In an exclusive interview with TV3’s Adwoa Amorfa, the ‘Natural Girl’ hitmaker said she decided to switch schools to lessen her workload and stated that her mother will kill her if she does not finish her education.

“I’m not dropping out of school but I only want to lessen my work load as going to school and doing the music is really difficult.

“I’m still going to finish and get my degree so I am doing this online course so I can have time to do my studio work and also work whiles I travel and most importantly don’t get marked down for not attending lectures.”

She advised the youth to take education seriously to enable them find better opportunities in the future.

“Education is very important as I am here forcing people to go to school by doing a whole scholarship thing for them to go to school.

“I say it’s important because I am the kind of person who would like to manage my own business in future so I need general knowledge about business.

“It’s very easy to throw school away and just do music but I want that extra thing added to me so I am just going to finish school.

“There is no way I would have worked with the World Bank and gone to give speeches and stuff like that if I hadn’t gone to school.

“My mum will kill me by the way if I don’t finish school and I don’t want to disappoint her because she has really supported me right from the start so I need to do this for myself and for her.”

By Nana Afrane Asante|3news.com|Ghana