{"id":446477,"date":"2017-12-13T01:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T01:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/daddy-lumba-made-me-a-star-ofori-amponsah-2\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T01:00:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T01:00:32","slug":"daddy-lumba-made-me-a-star-ofori-amponsah-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/daddy-lumba-made-me-a-star-ofori-amponsah-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Daddy Lumba made me a star\u2019 \u2013 Ofori Amponsah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Wednesday, 13 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Metro941.fm<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-13<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/45000426.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ofori Amponsah Rythms\" title=\"Ofori Amponsah Rythms\" width=\"295\" height=\"145\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ofori Amponsah<\/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=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513126832_385_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Highlife musician, Ofori Amponsah, has revealed that veteran highlife musician, Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba, inspired him to write and produce music.<\/p>\n<p>Known for many hit-songs in the music industry, Ofori Amponsah speaking on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM indicated that Daddy Lumba prepared him for the limelight.<\/p>\n<p>According to \u2018Mr All 4 Real,\u2019 he was scared to present his song to Lumba after he had recorded his first single that he believed would usher him into the public eye.<\/p>\n<p>But he disclosed that he was motivated by a faceless man to submit a copy of his cassette recording which fortunately landed him in the studios with the \u2018Aben Wo Ha\u2019 hitmaker.<\/p>\n<p>He further cited an instance where upon reaching Daddy Lumba\u2019s house, he realised that lots of underground musicians had queued up but he was chosen at ease due to his distinctive voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI played my song to a guy at Lapaz and he told me I am a very great artiste as such I should send my song to Daddy Lumba to listen and push me. When I got there, one guy was furiously dissing Lumba for not listening to his album so I was scared to enter his house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did submit the single and he invited me later amidst all the people who were waiting on him\u2026\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n<p>The Otoolege hitmaker added that: \u201cWhen I entered his room, he gave me an envelope with some cash and told me I am a star. My music and voice he said were unique\u2026,\u201d he disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaddy Lumba taught me a lot\u2026you use the bricks that people are throwing at you to build a house\u2026,\u201d Ofori Amponsah added.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 24 updated by: -1 --><\/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 Wednesday, 13 December 2017 Source: Metro941.fm 2017-12-13 Ofori Amponsah Highlife musician, Ofori Amponsah, has revealed that veteran highlife musician, Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba, inspired him to write and produce music. Known for many hit-songs in the music industry, Ofori Amponsah speaking on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM indicated that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":446478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-446477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Daddy Lumba made me a star\u2019 \u2013 Ofori Amponsah - 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\/12\/13\/daddy-lumba-made-me-a-star-ofori-amponsah-2\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"\u2018Daddy Lumba made me a star\u2019 \u2013 Ofori Amponsah - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Entertainment of Wednesday, 13 December 2017 Source: Metro941.fm 2017-12-13 Ofori Amponsah Highlife musician, Ofori Amponsah, has revealed that veteran highlife musician, Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba, inspired him to write and produce music. 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