{"id":773394,"date":"2019-12-29T19:54:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T19:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/29\/akon-talks-the-only-artist-from-ghana-that-has-reached-the-top\/"},"modified":"2019-12-29T19:54:43","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T19:54:43","slug":"akon-talks-the-only-artist-from-ghana-that-has-reached-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/29\/akon-talks-the-only-artist-from-ghana-that-has-reached-the-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Akon Talks The Only Artist From Ghana That Has Reached The Top |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">Akon addressed Ghanaian media in the studios of Live FM on Sunday, where he dsicribed Sarkodie as the\u00a0only artist from Ghana that has reached the top.<\/p>\n<p>In his address, he talked about African music and how every African country wants him to name his favorite artist.\u00a0According to him, it very hard to have a favorite artist in all the 54 African countries.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B6qIinGp2cN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/B6qDIQZp9wV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\"><p><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\">#yearofreturn<\/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; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by  Ameyaw TV (@ameyawtv) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2019-12-29T12:54:18+00:00\">Dec 29, 2019 at 4:54am PST<\/time><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.5&appId=125178819853\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akon addressed Ghanaian media in the studios of Live FM on Sunday, where he dsicribed Sarkodie as the\u00a0only artist from Ghana that has reached the top. 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