{"id":759593,"date":"2019-12-06T11:35:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T11:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/06\/my-focus-in-the-industry-is-money-not-awards\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T11:35:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T11:35:16","slug":"my-focus-in-the-industry-is-money-not-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/06\/my-focus-in-the-industry-is-money-not-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"My focus in the industry is money, not awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"td_uid_16_5dea3cf41abb9\">\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>No one ventures into a business with nothing in mind as the ultimate focus. In our music industry, whiles some artistes are doing music just for pleasure and to get ladies to chop considering the fact that ladies love popular guys, the focus of Shatta Wale is relatively laudable.<\/p>\n<p>According to Shatta Wale, he\u2019s into the industry for business and money and not awards or whatsoever. In an interview with Kisa Gbekle on the Business Of Entertainment Show, Shatta Wale expressed interest in making a lot of money from his music talent.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Gringo\u2019 hitmaker went on to lament about the irregularities that are hindering the outside world from knowing what Ghanaian musicians are capable of doing.<\/p>\n<p><!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.8.8 --><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- Responsive Link Ads --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the industry we find ourselves, we don\u2019t get certain facilities to explore, so we don\u2019t get the outside world to know how good we are,\u201d he told Kisa.<\/p>\n<p>Shatta Wale, however, admitted that the music industry is lucrative, as he has made a lot of money making music. He noted that fellow musicians have to strategize and focus on the business side of the industry to be able to make money like himself and few others are making.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch interview below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AbGcjYDi6wA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\"><\/iframe><\/span>\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; No one ventures into a business with nothing in mind as the ultimate focus. 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