{"id":460977,"date":"2018-02-03T01:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T01:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/03\/i-earned-ghc300-70-for-my-first-performance-wiyaala\/"},"modified":"2018-02-03T01:00:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T01:00:21","slug":"i-earned-ghc300-70-for-my-first-performance-wiyaala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/03\/i-earned-ghc300-70-for-my-first-performance-wiyaala\/","title":{"rendered":"I earned GHC300.70 for my first performance \u2013 Wiyaala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Saturday,  3 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>kasapafmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-03<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10570376.295.jpg\" alt=\"Wiyaala Album Launch1\" title=\"Wiyaala Album Launch1\" width=\"295\" height=\"222\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Wiyaala, Musician<\/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\/2018\/02\/1517619621_308_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghanaian Afro pop musician, Wiyaala has recalled how excited and overwhelmed she was after receiving GHc300.00 for her first official performance at Tennis Club in Tema.<\/p>\n<p>Her dream to become star was almost crushed after failing to win the first position in Stars of The Future reality show.<\/p>\n<p>But she was bent on making her music dream come to reality and was fortunate to meet her manager, John Sherren who was also her lecturer.<\/p>\n<p>Real named Noella Wiyaala, she recounted how her manager helped her performed her first Karoake.<\/p>\n<p>Wiyaala speaking with GhOne TV\u2019s Kafui Dey said she did not have problems only with money to feed but also had challenges with her accommodation in Accra that she had to go back to Wa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt some point, I had to beg for one cedi on the streets of Accra. I had challenges with accommodation, things were not going on well so I had to go back to Wa. Although I had some people who were willing to help with my music, I could not burden them with my problem. People were asking me that will I not come back to school? But they did not know what was going on with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the \u2018Rock My Body\u2019 singer, in spite of her several challenges of begging on the streets of Accra to feed herself after the Stars of the Future reality show, she was not discouraged about her dream.<\/p>\n<p>Wiyaala said upon hearing of Ghallywood School, she enrolled and that led to her breakthrough in the music industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told my lecturer now manager about how my dream to be musician was shut after Stars of the Future reality show because of financial constraints and he told me to sing for the class, which I did. He was impressed with my performance so he promised me he is going back to the UK and will get me a P.A system for me to do a Karaoke but I didn\u2019t know what Karoake was, I thought it was a big show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy first Karaoke show was at the Tennis Club in Tema where after performing to the crowd, someone took off his cap and they all dropped money in it. I earned GHc300.70 and that was how John started with the management role. He gave me the chance to be myself.\u201d Wiyaala said on GHOne TV.<\/p>\n<p>Wiyaala\u2019s music style has been described as Afro-pop or Afro-rock with elements of tribal folk music.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NaVVJDDw1tY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 32 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 Saturday, 3 February 2018 Source: kasapafmonline.com 2018-02-03 play videoWiyaala, Musician Ghanaian Afro pop musician, Wiyaala has recalled how excited and overwhelmed she was after receiving GHc300.00 for her first official performance at Tennis Club in Tema. 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