Ghanaian artiste Mr. Drew, has opened up about how working at Kaywa’s Highly Spiritual Music record label prepared him for challenging tasks ahead of his career.

According to him, because he got involved in various activities embarked on by the label, he did not encounter problems when he left the record company. 

He told Kwame Dadzie on Joy FM’s entertainment analysis programme, Showbiz A-Z that he even had to pay for some of the projects.

“I did fund some of the stuff while I was on the label,” he noted.

Asked if that was the initial agreement, he said “no.”

He mentioned that he wasn’t worried about using his own money to foot some of the bills because he felt he had a vision so he needed to make things work for himself even though he had a record label.

He added that there were certain things he wished her knew earlier before getting into the music industry seven years ago.

“I think the business side of it. You actually need to learn a lot. The paper work side of it. Yea, you have to work a lot. From clearance to even how your money is going to trickle in from different places, even after you are done working with somebody, how you are going to get your earnings, you know there is a lot that you have to learn,” he told Kwame Dadzie.

He also indicated that because his contract with Highly Spiritual was supposed to have been the 360 type, he initially didn’t think it was necessary for him to know much about the business side of the craft.

However, he stated that going independent as an artiste has been a learning experience for him.

“Once you get off the label you learn a lot,” he said. 

Known for hit songs such as ‘Dwe’, ‘Mood’, ‘This Year’, ‘Case’ and ‘Sneaky’, Mr. Drew is currently out with a new EP titled ‘The Loverboy.’