NewsSarkodie raps on Mickey Lux's Vanity hours before Rapperholic Kumasi
On the morning of his Baba Yara show, Sarkodie praised a song by the 27-year-old artist, then posted a video of himself rapping on it. The song had been out for four days.
Hours before Rapperholic Kumasi on Saturday, 24 October, Sarkodie posted a video of himself rapping on "Vanity", a new song by Mickey Lux, an artist with about 1,090 followers on X.
Who is Mickey Lux
Mickey Lux is Michael Owusu Frimpong, 27. Graphic Showbiz reported in June 2025 that he signed with BKC Music in 2020. In the same interview he said veteran musicians could have done better for the next generation, and named Sarkodie, Stonebwoy and Samini among those he hoped would mentor newer acts.
About a year ago, he tagged Sarkodie on X asking him to listen to a new project, which he said he had produced himself. There is no public record of a reply, and that post has since been deleted.
"Vanity" was released on Tuesday, 20 October.
The morning
A digital marketer posted that Mickey Lux introduced his music to him on Friday, and that 30 minutes later Sarkodie loved it and "promised to hop on it".
At 10:55 on Saturday morning, Sarkodie posted: "@Mickeyluxmusic song keep playing in my head … Pure banger !!" Seven minutes later, Mickey Lux replied: "I'M SUPER GRATEFUL KING YOU WILL FOREVER REMAIN THE "HIM"".
At 11:37, Sarkodie quoted that reply with a 58-second selfie video of himself rapping on the song, captioned "If money be vanity me i want am all". By about 12:30 it had 84,300 views and 4,200 likes. At 11:53, Mickey Lux replied with one word: "JESUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS".
By that account, less than 24 hours passed between Sarkodie first hearing the song and his verse going online, on the day he was due on stage at Baba Yara, which seats about 40,000.
The reaction
Fans praised Sarkodie for backing a newer artist, with one asking him to help the upcoming rappers and another saying he was putting young ones on for a reason. One joked that it was "24hr economy delivery". Another asked whether he would perform with Mickey Lux at Rapperholic that night. One fan spotted a table of food reflected in Sarkodie's sunglasses, and a table with plates is visible in the lens.
It is not yet clear whether an official version of "Vanity" with Sarkodie is coming. The song is on Spotify, Audiomack and YouTube.
Every young artist in Ghana knocks on the same doors, and most of them don't open. Mickey knocked a year ago and nothing happened. This week he just made a song good enough, and it got stuck in the right head. Go and hear what Sarkodie heard.
- @sarkodie on X: "song keep playing in my head … Pure banger !!" (24 Oct 2026, 10:55)
- @Mickeyluxmusic on X: reply to Sarkodie (24 Oct 2026, 11:02)
- @sarkodie on X: video rapping on Vanity (24 Oct 2026, 11:37)
- A digital marketer on X: how Sarkodie heard the song (24 Oct 2026, 11:45)
- YouTube, Spotify and Audiomack: Vanity by Mickey Lux (released 20 Oct 2026)
- Graphic Showbiz: Mickey Lux profile and comments on veteran musicians (4 Jun 2025)
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