{"id":773286,"date":"2019-12-29T16:29:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T16:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/29\/video-the-only-ghanaian-musician-i-know-is-sarkodie-because-his-songs-have-gotten-to-the-top-akon\/"},"modified":"2019-12-29T16:29:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T16:29:23","slug":"video-the-only-ghanaian-musician-i-know-is-sarkodie-because-his-songs-have-gotten-to-the-top-akon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/29\/video-the-only-ghanaian-musician-i-know-is-sarkodie-because-his-songs-have-gotten-to-the-top-akon\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: The Only Ghanaian Musician I Know Is Sarkodie Because His Songs Have Gotten to the Top \u2013 Akon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Musician, Akon is currently in Ghana as part of the Year of Return initiative. Akon decided to have a press conference here in Ghana, and when asked about the 3 Ghanaian musicians he knows, he said,<\/p>\n<p><em><strong> \u201cI only know artists whose songs get to the top and the only Ghanaian who\u2019s song has been there is Sarkodie.\u201d.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Also Watch: <strong> Mo Maame Tw3; Ghana  Gatekeepers Have Been Sabotaging Me And That\u2019s Why I Don\u2019t Get To Perform On Big Stages \u2013 Shatta Wale<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Here is the Video;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B6p-vXyncvb\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\"background:#FFF;border:0;margin: 1px;max-width:658px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px\"> View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 14px\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:8px 0 0 0;padding:0 4px\"> Akon names Sarkodie as the biggest artiste from Ghana?<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center\">A post shared by  Zionfelix.com (@zionfelixdotcom) on Dec 29, 2019 at 4:14am PST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> Video: The Only Ghanaian Musician I Know Is Sarkodie Because His Songs Have Gotten to the Top \u2013 Akon .<\/p>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Musician, Akon is currently in Ghana as part of the Year of Return initiative. 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