{"id":758415,"date":"2019-12-04T22:14:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T22:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/04\/africa-needs-its-own-billboard-edem\/"},"modified":"2019-12-04T22:14:17","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T22:14:17","slug":"africa-needs-its-own-billboard-edem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/04\/africa-needs-its-own-billboard-edem\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa needs its own Billboard \u2013 Edem \u00bb \u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"td_uid_16_5de82fb8cc579\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ghbase-3-by250mobile --><\/p>\n<p>Rapper Edem has proven that indeed, he is one intelligent and smart thinking artiste Ghana can boast of considering his submissions and candid opinions in reference to critical issues.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, Edem has again dropped a very valid point that needs the attention of all music industry players and fans across Africa.<\/p>\n<p>With the heightened interest and crazy rush for African music, popularly known as \u201cAfrobeats\u201d, the VRMG boss advises Africa musicians to create their own scheme to validate themselves.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- Responsive Link Ads --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way Africa  Dey go..I pray we have our own billboards and Awards schemes and templates ,so that future generations would not look for validation from the west\u201d, \u00a0Edem posted on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>For the purpose of clarity, Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See below Edem\u2019s tweet via screenshot:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.8.8 --><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_70919\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70919\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-70919\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot_20191204-135315.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"580\"   data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edem says Africa needs Billboard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '344897979702391');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '{417760605018633}',\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v2.0'\n    });\n  };<\/p>\n<p>  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><script>(function() {\n  var _fbq = window._fbq || (window._fbq = []);\n  if (!_fbq.loaded) {\n    var fbds = document.createElement('script');\n    fbds.async = true;\n    fbds.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbds.js\";\n    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(fbds, s);\n    _fbq.loaded = true;\n  }\n  _fbq.push(['addPixelId', '1526641470925053']);\n})();\nwindow._fbq = window._fbq || [];\nwindow._fbq.push(['track', 'PixelInitialized', {}]);\n<\/script><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '764532410420944');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; Rapper Edem has proven that indeed, he is one intelligent and smart thinking artiste Ghana can boast of considering his submissions and candid opinions in reference to critical issues. 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