{"id":430300,"date":"2017-10-19T18:02:57","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T18:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\/"},"modified":"2017-10-19T18:02:57","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T18:02:57","slug":"stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop seeking my downfall \u2014 Patapaa"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n<\/p>\n

Entertainment of Thursday, 19 October 2017<\/p>\n

Source: <\/strong>Graphic.com.gh <\/p>\n

2017-10-19<\/p>\n

\n

\"PatapaaPatapaa has disclosed that Ghanaians have ridiculed and verbally abused him<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Not in a long time has a musician had to face the kind of backlash that hiplife artiste, Patapaa is facing.<\/p>\n

Since the Agona Swedru-based artiste released his song One Corner, he has faced opposition from all angles; from some members of the public, preachers and even his colleague musicians.<\/p>\n

The problem has not been the song, which by all standards is very ordinary, but in the accompanying dance which sees people gyrating and making other sexually suggestive gestures and to many, that is just too much to see.<\/p>\n

Patapaa, born Justice Amoah, tells Showbiz he did not expect to make enemies when he released his song and is disappointed in those he says want him to fail.<\/p>\n

\u201cI heard Hiplife artiste Atom Reloaded say Ghanaians will reject me soon but whether or not I will be rejected depends on how talented I am and I can say without fear that I am,\u201d he said in an interview on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cProphet Kumchacha, Sonnie Badu, KKD have all criticised the song and the dance that accompanies it but I will prove them wrong and soon Ghanaians will know that One Corner is one of my many hits,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Opinions are divided especially on social media about One Corner. While some believe Patapaa should be allowed to express his creativity, others believe the song and dance is demonic. Currently, there is a campaign calling for it to be banned.<\/p>\n

Pataapa\u2019s worry is that Ghanaians are quick to destroy but are not ready to help you build your career. \u201cAt this point in my career, all I need is support and encouragement and not insults and criticisms. I will not be distracted by these comments because I know where I am headed,\u201d he told Showbiz.<\/p>\n

Patapaa is also worried about the way the opposition against him has turned personal with negative talk focused on his looks and background. \u201cI\u2019ve comments from people that I am ugly and a villager and sometimes it hurts me but I am moving on and will not allow them to affect me so much,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also expressed anger about his recent visit to the Passport Office in Accra to apply for a passport for the first time. He alleged officials at the Passport Office circulated his pictures which found their way onto social media just so Ghanaians could ridicule him.<\/p>\n

Patapaa also addressed the controversial One Corner dance saying he is worried about how Ghanaians are taking it to the extreme.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn as much as I can\u2019t restrict anyone from doing the One Corner dance, I have always advised Ghanaians to tone down\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

About his future plans, Patapaa said he is working towards collaborations with some of the top musicians in the country.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

\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\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Entertainment of Thursday, 19 October 2017 Source: Graphic.com.gh 2017-10-19 Patapaa has disclosed that Ghanaians have ridiculed and verbally abused him Not in a long time has a musician had to face the kind of backlash that hiplife artiste, Patapaa is facing. Since the Agona Swedru-based artiste released his song One Corner, he has faced opposition […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-430300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"\nStop seeking my downfall \u2014 Patapaa - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Stop seeking my downfall \u2014 Patapaa - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Entertainment of Thursday, 19 October 2017 Source: Graphic.com.gh 2017-10-19 Patapaa has disclosed that Ghanaians have ridiculed and verbally abused him Not in a long time has a musician had to face the kind of backlash that hiplife artiste, Patapaa is facing. Since the Agona Swedru-based artiste released his song One Corner, he has faced opposition […]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/29498146.295.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Stop seeking my downfall \u2014 Patapaa\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-19T18:02:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":489,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ghanamma.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/29498146.295.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Entertainment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\\\/\",\"name\":\"Stop seeking my downfall \u2014 Patapaa - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ghanamma.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/29498146.295.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-19T18:02:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ghanamma.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/29498146.295.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ghanamma.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/29498146.295.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Stop seeking my downfall \u2014 Patapaa - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Stop seeking my downfall \u2014 Patapaa - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Entertainment of Thursday, 19 October 2017 Source: Graphic.com.gh 2017-10-19 Patapaa has disclosed that Ghanaians have ridiculed and verbally abused him Not in a long time has a musician had to face the kind of backlash that hiplife artiste, Patapaa is facing. Since the Agona Swedru-based artiste released his song One Corner, he has faced opposition […]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/29498146.295.jpg","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Stop seeking my downfall \u2014 Patapaa","datePublished":"2017-10-19T18:02:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\/"},"wordCount":489,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/29498146.295.jpg","articleSection":["Entertainment"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\/","name":"Stop seeking my downfall \u2014 Patapaa - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/29498146.295.jpg","datePublished":"2017-10-19T18:02:57+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/stop-seeking-my-downfall-patapaa\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/29498146.295.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/29498146.295.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}