Hammer of The Last Two, who has produced some of Ghana's
best musicians of all time has stopped making music.
The renowned Ghanaian record producer left the Ghanaian
music production industry years ago and ventured into the selling of bread and
other businesses as an entrepreneur. Hammer is behind misic icons like Tinny,
Obrafour, Sarkodie, Tee Phlow and others.
Explaining why he has thrown in the towel when it comes to
music production, Hammer said he was stuck in his studio day in and day out, eating
late, barely walking outside just to make beats for musicians.
“I was bored, I felt like a prisoner. For 15-plus years, I
was locked up in a room with no window. The artistes come and go….these boys
were out on stage jumping around, when they come back, you are still in that
space,” he said.
Speaking on the GTV Breakfast show with Kafui Dey, the host,
he added, "I sat down for eight hours playing, making beats, producing and
it got boring at some point. So, I became like an uncaged dog when I got the
chance to get out. That’s why you see me on the street.”
Hammer also revealed that he gained weight through the
endless hours he spent in the studio because he rarely get any form of
exercise.“My name is ‘Slim The Hammer’ I wasn’t fat, I was an athlete in
Presec. So, this business of becoming big was the studio,” Hammer said.
According to Hammer, he hasn't touched any sound engineering
equipment in the past seven years. “I have a small set up at home that my
children use, so after the playing around, I want to get the thing back to my
fingers. I’m gonna need some help though. It’s been seven years since I touched
equipment,” he told Kafui Dey.
Since pausing his music production career, Hammer got
into other businesses including partnering with a baker to introduce one of
Accra’s popular bread brands and most recently Ekumfi juice.
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