{"id":391604,"date":"2017-05-22T10:36:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T10:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/05\/22\/ghanaians-do-not-believe-in-talent-ak-songstress\/"},"modified":"2017-05-22T10:36:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T10:36:59","slug":"ghanaians-do-not-believe-in-talent-ak-songstress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/22\/ghanaians-do-not-believe-in-talent-ak-songstress\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaians do not believe in talent \u2013 AK Songstress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"news_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor:pointer;\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XDUyMjIwMTcxMTA2NDlfOTgwNDc2ODU5MjMyNl84MDg0MjU3NjE5ODY5LmpwZ3wzMDB8MTgwfDUvMjIvMjAxNw==.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"javascript:window.location='\/newsphoto\/3\/1\/NDMzMDI=';\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Reggae\/Dancehall artiste Akosua Kwakye, better known as AK Songstress, says Ghanaians don\u2019t believe in talent.<\/p>\n<p>She believes that the talented musicians are most often downplayed or trampled in the country.<\/p>\n<p>She made this declaration in an interview with KMJ on Day Break Hitz with KMJ saying \u201cWe believe in hype a lot. Hype is what rules Ghanaian music not talent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Funky Fresh&#8217; hit maker also added that in spite of the lack of recognition in the country, her music is well patronized in other countries.<\/p>\n<p>She asserted that, \u201cthe dancehall that I do is quite different. Ghanaians have their own dancehall formation that is fusion of afro beat and others but to the outside world dancehall is dancehall but nothing else, I believe in originality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Female Dancehall artistes Kaakie and MzVee were embroiled in a beef with each calling claim to the crown for \u2018Dancehall Queen\u2019 of Ghana. They went further to release songs taking shots at each other.<\/p>\n<p>Asked what she makes of the beef, AK Songstress believes that every female act in Ghana deserves to be called a \u2018Queen\u2019 but she is \u2018The Kings of Queens of Dancehall\u2019, \u201ca title given to me by funs,\u201d she claimed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reggae\/Dancehall artiste Akosua Kwakye, better known as AK Songstress, says Ghanaians don\u2019t believe in talent. She believes that the talented musicians are most often downplayed or trampled in the country. She made this declaration in an interview with KMJ on Day Break Hitz with KMJ saying \u201cWe believe in hype a lot. 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