BET/MTV Base African Act Award winner, Sarkodie has released the visuals to his new single “New Guy” featuring American hip-hop artiste Ace Hood. The video was filmed at the Florida Film House, Miami, Florida. South African video director, Justin Campos, directed the project with additional production work from Candice Lee Campos.

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Sarkodie and Ace Hood are currently sharing different stories about the details of their collaboration. The duo had worked on a joint project titled ‘New Guy’, t he song was recorded, and the video finalized in Florida by South African video director, Justin Campos of Gorilla Films. All appeared done and dusted until Sarkodie, on his return from Miami, granted an interview to Celebrity TV Ghana. The rapper affirmed that Ace Hood and his management actually approached him and his management for the New Guy collaboration. He also solidified this affirmation by saying, apart from Ace Hoods biggest fan base which is the United States Of America, his second biggest fan base was Ghana; hence making the collaboration possible.

But Ace Hood is having none of that. The US rapper signed to We The Best Music Group was given notice of Sarkodie’s claims. He promptly replied by stating that he was approached by Sarkodie for the collaboration, and received $25,000 as payment for his involvement. The new single is expected to feature on Sarkodie’s album which is planned for release later this year.

Sarkodie and Ace Hood are working on new music together. The African rapper is gearing up for a collaboration with the US star, with the duo recording a new song. Ace Hood gave confirmation of the move on his Facebook page. The rapper posted a photo of them both, and captioned it: “Me and bro @sarkodie1 got something special on the way. #Massive #FromTheStates2Ghana.
The song was recorded on Tuesday, and the video is currently in the process of being finalized in Florida by South African video director, Justin Campos of Gorilla Films. The new single is expected to feature on Sarkodie’s album which is planned for release later this year.