{"id":440972,"date":"2017-11-25T02:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-11-25T02:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/25\/obour-must-go-1rude-laments-ghana-music-in-maiden-single\/"},"modified":"2017-11-25T02:00:28","modified_gmt":"2017-11-25T02:00:28","slug":"obour-must-go-1rude-laments-ghana-music-in-maiden-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/25\/obour-must-go-1rude-laments-ghana-music-in-maiden-single\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Obour Must Go&#8217; &#8211; 1RUDE laments Ghana music in maiden single"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Saturday, 25 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>enewsgh.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-11-25<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/14781161.295.jpg\" alt=\"1Rude   Obour Must Go\" title=\"1Rude   Obour Must Go\" width=\"295\" height=\"200\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>1Rude laments the proliferation of foreign music (especially Nigerian songs) on our airwaves<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813995117\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813995117\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1511575228_593_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Energetic Italy-based Ghanaian act Michael Smith, trading by the showbiz name 1Rude (Rudeboy) has taken a swipe at industry captains who have sat unconcerned at what he observes as a steady decline in Ghana\u2019s music terrain.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent among his list of \u201capostles of mischief\u2019, is musician and president of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), whom he concludes must leave. <\/p>\n<p>On the Tubhani \u2013 produced record, 1Rude laments the proliferation of foreign music (especially Nigerian songs) on our airwaves at the detriment of local content and budding talent like himself.<\/p>\n<p>This call is not entirely new, as it has been made by other stakeholders, who even call for a cap on the percentage of foreign music played on radio and TV.<\/p>\n<p>The record, the debut offering from the emerging Afrobeats\/ Dancehall act, is produced by Tubhani, and it was mixed by GAF.<\/p>\n<p>Smith was born in Accra, and was drawn to music and disk jockeying at an early age. 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