Presidential Adviser on Diaspora Affairs at the Presidency, Kofi Okyere Darko popularly referred to as KOD, has urged musicians and industry stakeholders not to create tribute songs for the late Highlife legend, Daddy Lumba.
In a Facebook post on August 4, 2025 KOD explained that paying tribute to the music legend through new songs would be difficult as Daddy Lumba had already told his story through his own music while he was alive.
“Creating a tribute song for Daddy Lumba won’t be easy and should not be encouraged…he already wrote his own while he was still with us. His music said it all long before we ever had to say goodbye,” KOD wrote.
A number of figures in the music industry have recommended that the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) take the lead in creating memorial songs in his honor.
KOD disagrees with this strategy, especially when it comes to Daddy Lumba, who left behind a vast song repertoire that has shaped Ghanaian music for generations.
In response to KOD’s post, media personality Lexis Bill shared similar sentiments, warning against remixing any of Lumba’s classics.
“I agree. Makra Mo put an end to his journey and that’s enough. And we don’t need anybody remixing any of his iconic tracks. None of his songs should be sampled in sampled in our generation,” Lexis Bill commented.
Credit: 3news.com
