Singer, Wendy Shay, born Wendy Asiamah Addo, has revealed that certain male musicians are demanding sexual favors from female artists in exchange for collaboration opportunities.
The ‘Uber Driver’ singer brought attention to the challenges confronting female musicians, highlighting situations where established male artists reject collaboration requests from women and, in some instances, insist on sexual involvement.
In an interview on TV3’s International Women’s Day edition, Wendy Shay noted that the music industry is mostly male-dominated, and women often face rejection when trying to collaborate. She emphasized the importance of female artists persevering through these challenges.
“This is a male-dominated industry where women are mostly overlooked. There is this rejection on the path of women. We actually get rejection from our male counterparts when we really want to have a feature.
“You see them feature a normal male upcoming artiste but an established female artist would like to have a feature from another male artist and they want to be sexual so these are some of the things that women face and have to go through in the industry,” she stated.
In her effort to support emerging female artists, Wendy Shay stated, “I use my platform to push and encourage them. Post their videos and all. I wish I could do more which I would financially.”
She strongly advised women to enhance their potential and increase their self-value.
