{"id":467983,"date":"2018-02-27T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T09:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/27\/i-paid-1000-as-payola-to-fiifi-pratt-others-agiecoat\/"},"modified":"2018-02-27T09:00:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T09:00:29","slug":"i-paid-1000-as-payola-to-fiifi-pratt-others-agiecoat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/27\/i-paid-1000-as-payola-to-fiifi-pratt-others-agiecoat\/","title":{"rendered":"I paid $1000 as Payola to Fiifi Pratt, others &#8211; Agiecoat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Music of Tuesday, 27 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Razzonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-27<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/56825968.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ago9\" title=\"Ago9\" width=\"295\" height=\"176\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Music producers, Agicoat<\/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\/1519722029_811_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">One of the most successful music producers of our time, Nana Akwasi Ansah Mensah of Agicoat Records has disclosed how he paid an amount of $1000 to radio presenters just to get his songs played on air, what is usually known as payola.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of payola has been of great concern to some musicians who have complained bitterly about how presenters and DJ&#8217;s refuse to play their songs because they do not pay payola.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an intense interview with Gatuso, host of \u2018Aben Woha\u2019 on Kasapa 105.2FM, Agiecoat who was answering a question in line with the biggest amount he paid as Payola, the popular music producer delineated that:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Payola really exists. The biggest payola I have paid is $1000 and that was in the year 2002 or so\u2014but the presenter is now overseen. <\/p>\n<p>Upon persuasion to mention the names of the presenters he paid them the $1000 Payola, Agiecoat who claims there is a tall list of presenters who engaged in the act implicated London-based radio presenter Fiifi Pratt whom according to him frequently received such monies.<\/p>\n<p>Agiecoat, who is the CEO of Agiecoat Music, produced celebrated artistes like Buk Bak, Kontihene, and the late Okyeame Kojo Kumi.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 65 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>Music of Tuesday, 27 February 2018 Source: Razzonline.com 2018-02-27 Music producers, Agicoat One of the most successful music producers of our time, Nana Akwasi Ansah Mensah of Agicoat Records has disclosed how he paid an amount of $1000 to radio presenters just to get his songs played on air, what is usually known as payola. 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