Trigmatic, the Ghanaian artiste, recently shared an interesting tidbit about how he initially got his music played on radio stations.
In an interview with Kwame Dadzie on Joy FM’s Showbiz A-Z, Trigmatic revealed that he used to show appreciation to radio presenters who supported his music by buying them gifts.
Trigmatic humorously mentioned, “Me I was a hard guy, hard guy in my mind. So whenever we recorded, I was the guy that got my song on the radio. At the time payola wasn’t a thing but it was there.
You could give things like fried rice.” When asked if he used fried rice as payola, he responded, “Oh yeah, just to say ‘thank you’. You know, giving a box of fried rice or chicken and chips was a big deal.”
Currently, Trigmatic is celebrating 15 years in the music industry and has released a book on leadership titled ‘A Lion’s Aide.’ With five albums under his belt, he is known for popular songs such as ‘My Jolley’, ‘Mefri Ghana’, ‘Agyei’, ‘Where We Dey Go’, and ‘Gye Nyame.’
