‘The industry never blacklisted Mama Rams’ – Mumuni Y Yunus.

Mumuni Y Yunus. || Justice Fm

Celebrated highlife musician, Ibrahim Ramatu who was known in showbiz as Mama Rams was laid to rest on Monday 10 February 2020, at her home town in Walewale, after a short illness. The late Northern iconic songstress was a mother of two sons.

In 2004, Mama Rams first Album, “Lam bela bela” which was released under the Record Label – Big Time Entertainment made its way into the record books as one of the most sold Albums at the time.

… Of the sad departure of talented musician Mama Rams, I have read on this platform claims by some who have sought to blame the industry for a want of a better word ‘ignoring’ Mama Rams before and after her death.

I don’t know what informed their conclusion which at best can be said to be very erroneous. The fact that you did nothing for her doesn’t mean everyone else didn’t. I won’t pretend that I knew her privately, I didn’t but people who were close to her can attest to the fact that she was a very private person. Only a few close friends actually knew what she was going through, so not everyone could’ve helped!

I have also heard people advance the argument that Radio Presenters stopped giving her songs airplay – one big lie, in fact, the biggest of the Year so far! Every regular radio listener in Tamale knows even till date, her songs are still enjoying massive airplay. Ibrahim Alhassan of Radio Justice dedicates close to 50percent of his 2 hours Busy Time program on Radio Justice to playing her songs, every single day of the week, to an extent he was affectionately called Mama Rams Dj. I know others such as Drogba of Zaa Radio, Dj Cliff of Justice Fm, Mma Memunatu of Zaa Fm and several other highlife-hiplife presenters play most of her songs all the time. For anyone to even suggest so means that person doesn’t listen to the radio.

Mumuni Y Yunus.

Over 10, 000 copies were sold in the first few months of its release. Mama Rams became a household name in most parts of Ghana in less than a year of her breakthrough.

Mama Rams lasting legacy is bound to definitely live on as her songs mostly captured the struggles of life, the nothingness of mankind, the strength of womanhood and the purpose of embracing love and together

Again, another big lie being peddled here is that her colleague Musicians did not show concern over her death – another big fat lie! The old highlife/ hiplife musicians and members of NODRAFIM attended the burial with a bus! The likes of Alhaji Ahmed Adam, Alhaji BBC, Abu Sadiq, Ahmed Saani Minister, Ramatu Fuseini, Sakora, Lawyer Gbangli, Prince Okla and that collection of veteran actors, actresses, and musicians were all in Walewale that day.

It is not fair for a few uninformed ‘Holier than thou’ people to ignore the contributions of all these persons, one way or the other, just in an attempt to paint everyone in the entertainment industry black. Even you those making such statements are industry people, what did you do for her before and after her death? Let her rest in peace and allow genuine people to mourn her!

Mumuni Y Yunus.

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