Sarkodie Links Olivetheboy on ‘Cold’ — Beatz Vampire-Produced DeJaVu EP Second Single Out Now

Official Sarkodie and Olivetheboy Cold single cover art, the DeJaVu EP artwork showing Sarkodie in a crisp white shirt and silver bracelet holding a vintage gold microphone in a spotlight against a red velvet curt<img src=

Harmattan never reach Accra yet, but Sarkodie don already declare the weather. Two weeks after he opened the DeJaVu campaign with KiDi, the Landlord has walked back into the room, switched off the fan, and told everybody to bring a sweater. The forecast is “Cold”, and this time the man standing next to him at the thermostat is Olivetheboy.

“Cold” by Sarkodie featuring Olivetheboy landed on streaming platforms on Friday, 30 October 2026, after its official visualiser went up on Sarkodie’s YouTube channel on Thursday evening. Production and mastering come from Beatz Vampire — the same hands behind Olivetheboy’s “GoodSin” and “Asylum” — and the song is the second single from Sarkodie’s five-track DeJaVu EP, due on 27 November. One rap general, one melody prince, one producer who knows exactly how that prince sounds best. Chale, the maths is mathing.

⚡ “Cold” in 30 Seconds

“Cold” is credited to Sarkodie & Olivetheboy and runs a tight 2:39 — short enough to replay three times before your trotro reaches Circle. Stores file it under Afrobeats, the writing credits go to Michael Owusu Addo and Joel Ofori Bonsu (that is Sarkodie and Olivetheboy on their birth certificates), and the visualiser was directed by Surreal Vision Studios. Sarkodie announced the record on X on Wednesday, 28 October, gave fans two days to pre-save, and delivered on time. In Ghana music, an artiste who drops on the exact day he announced deserves his own award category.

📌 Quick Facts

Song	Cold
Artists	Sarkodie feat. Olivetheboy
Released	Friday, 30 October 2026
Type	Single (second single from the DeJaVu EP)
Length	2:39
Genre	Afrobeats
Producer	Beatz Vampire
Writers	Michael Owusu Addo & Joel Ofori Bonsu
EP	DeJaVu — out 27 November 2026

🎬 Watch: “Cold” ft. Olivetheboy (Official Visualiser)

Who Is Sarkodie?

If you need an introduction to Sarkodie, please check whether you are reading this from Ghana or from Mars. Born Michael Owusu Addo in Tema, he is the rapper who turned Twi bars into an export product. His 2012 album Rapperholic became a brand, then a concert franchise, and in 2019 he collected the BET Hip Hop Award for Best International Flow. Through his own Sarkcess Music imprint he has stayed at the top of the food chain for well over a decade — which, in an industry where some careers expire faster than Indomie, is its own kind of witchcraft.

2026 has been one of his busiest years. He brought Kweku Smoke into the ‘Major League’, preached patience with DopeNation on ‘E No Easy’, took Lasmid out on ‘Lavida Loca’, then opened the DeJaVu era with KiDi on ‘Deja Vu’ on 16 October. Eight days later he headlined Rapperholic at Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi. A different guest on almost every record, a stadium in between — the man is running a campaign, not just releasing songs.

Meet Olivetheboy: Konongo’s GoodSin Prophet

Olivetheboy was born Joel Ofori Bonsu and grew up in Konongo in the Ashanti Region, with secondary school at Opoku Ware in Kumasi. He started making music in 2020, and by 2023 “GoodSin” had turned him from a promising name into the voice coming out of every taxi, bar and wedding after-party in the country. Apple Music named him an Up Next artist that June, a remix pulled in Oxlade, King Promise and Reekado Banks, and the follow-up “Asylum” proved the first hit was not luck. Loop Music, the label that manages him, counts back-to-back Afrobeats Song of the Year wins at the Ghana Music Awards for those two records.

And this is not his first time in the studio with the Landlord. On his 2025 EP Out of the Blue, Olivetheboy called Sarkodie for “Bend”, later explaining that when the song needed a rapper, nobody could do it better than Sarkodie. The two also share credits on King Promise’s “Favourite Story”. This year he has been everywhere: Medikal on ‘Stopit’, then guest spots for Ypee on ‘Y3 Guy’ and DJ Boat on ‘Lonely World’. “Cold” is the return favour — this time Olivetheboy is the guest at Sarkodie’s table.

The Vibe: Red Curtain, Ice Letters

Start with the pictures, because Sarkodie’s team is clearly thinking in chapters. The single wears the DeJaVu EP artwork: Sarkodie in a crisp white shirt and a silver bracelet, standing in a round spotlight against a red velvet curtain, lifting a vintage gold microphone like a jazz crooner from an old Accra nightclub, with “Deja Vu” written underneath in red script. It is old-school glamour, slow and classy. Then the visualiser flips the temperature completely — the word “COLD” in big icy white block letters with a blue glow, sitting in a dark, smoky frame with “Sarkodie” and “Olivetheboy” printed small underneath. Warm stage, cold title. That contrast is the whole tease.

Musically, the pairing explains itself. Beatz Vampire built the two biggest songs of Olivetheboy’s career, so he knows exactly where to place that soft, sticky Ashanti tone, while Sarkodie has spent years proving he can step onto a melodic Afrobeats record without forcing anybody to choose between bars and a chorus. Under three minutes, no wasted space: one voice to make you hum, one voice to make you rewind a punchline. Whether “Cold” means a heart gone icy, a flex too chilly to touch, or just the weather in the room when the Landlord enters, you will be arguing about it in the group chat by Saturday.

Why “Cold” Matters Right Now

Sarkodie is not dropping random loosies; he is building a staircase. Lead single on 16 October, Rapperholic Kumasi on 24 October, second single on 30 October, full EP on 27 November — just in time for the December homecoming crowd who need fresh Twi bars for their playlists. Two of the five DeJaVu tracks are now out (Deja Vu and Cold), which leaves Antigua, Nobody and Promises still in the oven. And his YouTube channel is already advertising Rapperholic UK in London on 6 March 2027, Ghana’s 70th Independence Day. The calendar is loud.

For Olivetheboy, a second Sarkodie collaboration says something too. The young man from Konongo is no longer the rookie collecting co-signs — he is the melody the biggest rapper in Ghana keeps calling back. That is a generational handshake, the kind Sarkodie has done for years with KiDi, King Promise and Lasmid, and the kind that keeps Ghana’s pop machine running. Old school, new school, same classroom.

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