Ghanaian ace rapper, Sarkodie made history as he held the much anticipated #BlackLoveVirtualConcert yesterday at the Independence Square in Osu with over 3 million fans watching in Ghana and abroad.
The concert featured top music talents from Ghana both young and old with the likes Efya, King Promise, Kidi, Akwaboah, Joey B, Shatta Wale and others taking their turns on stage to entertain viewers and their fans with their act.
Music legends Amakye Dede and Yaw Sarpong also performed some of their classics at the show.
Info from back end …. over 3mil hits yesterday on the platform… SarkNation like seriously?? Smh lol mogu nipa anim ase dodo #BlackLoveVirtualConcert
— Sarkodie (@sarkodie) August 17, 2020
The show which was hosted on online streaming website, ceek.com initially crashed due to the outrageous number of people who were trying to log in watch the concert live.
#SarkNation shut the web down. Due to overwhelming traffic we are having some technical issues. Please standby we are working to resolve this. 1.5 million at once with more coming. pic.twitter.com/dwGdQDYmB7
— Ceek (@CEEK) August 16, 2020
After the show, many celebrities as well as some Ghanaians have praised Sarkodie for putting together such a wonderful show.
We gathered some tweets for you.
congrats dons @sarkodie @angeltownbaby forward only! 💪🏾🇬🇭🙌🏾 #BlackLoveVirtualConcert
— Joey B (@1RealJoeyB) August 17, 2020
Congratulations king @sarkodie yesternight history was made 🥺🖤🖤🖤 I’m still in awe at the moment God bless you highest! #BlackLoveVirtualConcert
— SAFARI SARKCESS➕👨🏫 (@therealsafari_) August 17, 2020
WE MADE HISTORY @sarkodie 💚👑
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/SsMugxQVGm— EFYA (@EFYA_Nokturnal) August 17, 2020
Over 300K+ People watched Sarkodie's #BlackLoveVirtualConcert, currently it is the most-watched virtual concert in Africa.
— Global Ranking (@Global_Ranking) August 17, 2020
It pains me that I didn’t watch the concert so I can’t truly comment on It but from what I’ve seen so far online, it was awesome 👏 #BlackLoveVirtualConcert
— Ameyaw Debrah (@ameyaw112) August 17, 2020
Historic! @sarkodie You Did It!#BlackLoveVirtualConcert
— Fiifi Adinkra (@fiifiadinkra) August 16, 2020
Massive congratulations to the production Team for the #BlackLoveVirtualConcert
1: Location: How Sark get the idea to use the #BlackstarSquare be dope. Love the 2: lighting work and camera angles and sound are going on well #CeekSark— DIRECTOR OJ (@bigojfilms) August 16, 2020
The location for the concert alone er #BlackLoveVirtualConcert
— NY DJ (Ebenezer Donkoh) (@nydjlivedotcom) August 16, 2020