“Sarkodie is my child,” singer-songwriter 2Lock has said.

Formerly known as Nana Fynn, the Highlife star spoke to Nana Romeo on Ayekoo Ayekoo, Thursday, July 5, 2024, explaining why, unlike others, he easily secured a collaboration with rap star Sarkodie.

“I saw Sarkodie as a baby. I was in school. I was in a band and one time when we went to perform, his mother had delivered him. This happened in Tema Community 9,” 2Lock remembered.

According to him, he watched Sarkodie grow, noting Sarkodie likes music because “his mother liked music” and “anywhere the band would rehearse, he would come and listen if he had time”.

The Me Ye Romeo hitmaker added Sarkodie, then a fledgling musician, “used to use my studio”.

“Sarkodie is my child, I cannot call him my brother. He is my nephew, more or less,” 2Lock emphasised.

He called Sarkodie “a generation talent,” adding, the first time he said that, Sarkodie was only 12.

Meanwhile, “I was in my 20s entering my 30s,” the singer added, extolling: “Sarkodie was a great rapper even at 9. Sarkodie was a ready talent. It’s a gift. He didn’t have to learn.”

2Lock said he is not surprised at the success of Michael Owusu Addo, alias Sarkodie: “I even saw beyond this. I just knew it. I’ve done music all my life so when I spot a talent, whether Rock or Rap, or Highlife or Reggae, I can see it.”

Again, he lauded: “He is rap and rap is him,” emphasising, by a rhetorical question: “How can one sustain a career for this long just on rap? That’s impressive.”

2Lock revealed for his Forever collaboration with Sarkodie, he simply visited the two-time BET winner.

“I went to his house – at the time, my studio was close to his home – I asked to see him, and we sat and discussed the song. That very afternoon, he came to my studio and we killed the song,” the Odo Handkerchief hitmaker narrated. “He didn’t leave till we finished the song.”

2Lock asserted, against popular opinion, that Sarkodie is quite open to collaborations, “unless he has now changed” and “perhaps it’s because he is busy”.