BET Award-winning Ghanaian rapper, Michael Owusu Addo popularly known as Sarkodie has finally broken the silence on the recording “Try Me” in response to forced abortion allegations since it was released Tuesday, June 27, 2023.
According to Sarkodie, in an exclusive interview with American radio personality Angela Yee on her show Way Up with Angela Yee, his song ‘Try Me’ was leaked by people he sent the song to after recording it.
He said he made the song to express his frustrations with the situation at hand but did not intend to release it to the public. He just went along when he found out it had been leaked.
Sarkodie explained that his past with Yvonne Nelson was hard for him to talk about.
“To be very honest, it’s a sensitive conversation. I didn’t do any media press around it because I knew I might lose how I would like to present how I feel about it,” he said.
He narrated the circumstances that surrounded the song’s release.
“Where I was, it was very late, 2 am. Then I saw Twitter acting crazy because people were putting out the record. I had no idea because I didn’t give it to…I have one or two people that I didn’t want to suspect because it would create some energy. I did it just to hold onto it.”
Award-winning actress, Yvonne Nelson revealed in a book “I Am Not Yvonne Nelson” that she aborted a pregnancy for Sarkodie in 2010 after a short relationship.
According to her, she decided Sarkodie’s decision not to take responsibility for the child since he was young and not financially sound at the time.
But, Sarkodie has denied claims that he forced actress Yvonne Nelson to have an abortion in 2010. He addressed all the allegations in the song ‘Try Me’ which caused a lot of conversation on the internet.
Watch the full interview below.
