Reggae musician and political commentator, Blakk Rasta, has responded to the recent criticism of fellow musician, KK Fosu, for not attending the funeral of the late blogger, John Claude.
Both KK Fosu and musician Bless were involved in the same accident that resulted in John Claude's death.
In a recent interview on Accra-based Hitz FM, KK Fosu denied knowing John Claude, which has also led to significant backlash from some Ghanaians.
He reportedly stated that the publicist's death had no impact on him, allowing him to continue his normal activities.
However, reacting to this, Blakk Rasta said that he believes KK Fosu's behaviour might be a sign of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
He emphasized that PTSD is a condition that requires serious attention, especially in Ghana, and noted that KK Fosu is suffering from it.
“When things like this happen, you need to be careful, my brother. George Britton early today posted that he was so disappointed that KK Fosu did not attend the funeral. As to whether he spoke to KK Fosu before going to post such a thing on the World Wide Web, I will not be able to tell. My brother, my sister, I saw so many people talking about this thing and writing about it on social media. Then later, this morning, I started hearing interviews left, right, and centre that were granted by KK Fosu.
“… In fact, in one of the interviews, he said that ‘John Claude has died; should that end my life too? Nobody called me when we had the accident, no blogger called me to solidarize with me or empathize with me. Today there's a funeral and everybody wants me to attend. Whether they know I am in good condition or not in terms of my health’, but there was a big question that came. You were ready to go to the Ghana Music Awards to perform an Amakye Dede song and get paid at the time you were even freshly injured. How couldn’t you make it to the funeral? Well, so many answers could be given to this. My sickness got worse. He could have answered, but no, he didn’t go that way."
He continued by saying that, “What did KK Fosu say? He said, ‘Listen, I am a musician. That is how I feed my family. I am in the hospital when my family started coming in to greet me, my wife and children. I felt so down because I am the breadwinner of my family. They couldn’t eat anything while I was away on the bed sick. Some other people had to come in and support.’ That was what KK Fosu said. I mean, straight away it will hit so many people to say that this is quite disrespectful and unsympathetic. You still have your life, family members come to greet you, but one other person who was with you in the car and was a videographer of a good friend of yours who you invited on the trip lost his life. Do you care about his family?
"For all you know, KK Fosu is suffering from PTSD. So, to all the people out there pointing fingers at him, oh you wanted to go for the Ghana Music Awards at the time you were in the hospital yet you couldn’t make it to the funeral and you are there talking nonsense please start thinking that he might be suffering from PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. It’s not a common sickness in Ghana," Blakk Rasta stressed.
Watch Blakk Rasta's comments below:
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