{"id":427110,"date":"2017-10-10T03:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T03:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/10\/evangelist-diana-asamoah-stole-my-song-rev-owusu-mensah\/"},"modified":"2017-10-10T03:00:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T03:00:26","slug":"evangelist-diana-asamoah-stole-my-song-rev-owusu-mensah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/10\/evangelist-diana-asamoah-stole-my-song-rev-owusu-mensah\/","title":{"rendered":"Evangelist Diana Asamoah stole my song \u2013 Rev. Owusu Mensah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Tuesday, 10 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ultimatefmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-10-10<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/19600401.295.jpg\" alt=\"Diana Asamoah Eulogises\" title=\"Diana Asamoah Eulogises\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Evangelist Diana Asamoah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385179598\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385179598\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1507604426_136_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> A Senior Pastor at the St. James Baptist Church in Kumasi Rev.George Owusu Mensah has accused Evangelist Diana Asamoah of stealing his song titled \u2018Agya ma wo nsa so\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran gospel musician indicated that Evangelist Diana Asamoah made the song her own and commercialized it after agreeing to pay a fee.<\/p>\n<p>According to Rev Owusu Mensah, he composed the song \u2018Agya Ma wo nsa so\u2019 years ago, but the renowned female gospel artiste stole the song without crediting him.<\/p>\n<p>He narrated that Evangelist Diana Asamoah approached him requesting to do a remix of his song only to return later that the song was in the public domain and that there was no point paying him any money.<\/p>\n<p>He said he willingly gave the song to the Evangelist but spat on his face.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018After helping her to re-arrange the song, she recorded the song, but came back only to say the song was in the public domain and that there was no point showing gratitude or giving credit to me the composer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018She said one pastor told her that the song was a public domain, in other words, I didn\u2019t write the song, and that I told her a lie, maybe a thief as well,\u2019 the veteran musician recounted.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Ultimate Inspiration and Gospel Chat hosted by Winfred Daniel Nii Adjaye, the gospel singer said he was not infuriated by Evangelist Diana Asamoah\u2019s comment.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, the Evangelist confirmed paying monies to other gospel artistes whose songs she has remixed but indicated she will not pay his own.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I didn\u2019t feel insulted about her comment. It didn\u2019t break me down. She told me she has paid artistes like Prof. Kofi Abraham but she cannot pay mine, she\u2019s comfortable like that,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Matwen Awurade Anim\u2019 hitmaker indicated that there are majority of gospel artistes who have dishonored and disrespected him by taking his songs for free.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2026They haven\u2019t called to tell me that the songs are not mine,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>He cited that he called \u2018Jane and Bernice\u2019 when they took one of his songs saying he collected some monies from them after some interventions by some pastors.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018She was apologetic, but I told her songs don\u2019t songs don\u2019t drop from heaven, songs are given to men and sometimes the men may be alive and that she should have found out the owner of that song,\u2019 he stated.<\/p>\n<p>He admitted that some people are appreciative of his songs and sought permission before using his songs.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Owusu Mensah further accused Akwasi Nyarko of taking his song without crediting him.<\/p>\n<p>Evangelist Diana Asamoah and Akwasi Nyarko refused to speak on air to rebut the claims when they were called on phone.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote \u2018se me te ase\u2019 for Rev Mrs Emmy Newman for a fee.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 33 updated by: 33 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Tuesday, 10 October 2017 Source: ultimatefmonline.com 2017-10-10 Evangelist Diana Asamoah &#13; A Senior Pastor at the St. James Baptist Church in Kumasi Rev.George Owusu Mensah has accused Evangelist Diana Asamoah of stealing his song titled \u2018Agya ma wo nsa so\u2019. 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