{"id":1064202,"date":"2022-04-22T19:53:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T19:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/22\/artists-are-also-ambassadors-we-need-diplomatic-passports-sarkodie-says\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T19:53:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T19:53:04","slug":"artists-are-also-ambassadors-we-need-diplomatic-passports-sarkodie-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/22\/artists-are-also-ambassadors-we-need-diplomatic-passports-sarkodie-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Artists Are Also Ambassadors, We Need Diplomatic Passports \u2013 Sarkodie Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 id=\"h-ghanaian-rapper-michael-owusu-addo-widely-called-sarkodie-has-asked-that-diplomatic-passports-should- be-given-to-african-artists\">Ghanaian rapper Michael Owusu Addo widely called Sarkodie has asked that diplomatic passports should be given to African artists.<\/h2>\n<p>His claims suggest that the government should provide diplomatic privileges to artists because they also contribute to putting the country out there to the world. He believes it shouldn\u2019t be a hassle for artistes to go outside their homeland to spread the good news about their country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: Ghanaian Movie Profession Isn\u2019t Rewarding, Psalm Adejeteyfio Was Right, He Didn\u2019t Have Money \u2013 Ekow Blankson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She disclosed this on Saturday, April 23, 2022 while talking to the media in Paris as the \u2018Accra in Paris\u2019 concert draws near.<\/p>\n<p>He said;<\/p>\n<p>\u201c I don\u2019t have to hustle trying to go spread the good news about my own country. As artists, we are also ambassadors who sheen more light on our country, and need to own diplomatic passports so it will be easier for artists when traveling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Accra In Paris\u2019 (AIP) concert is scheduled to happen on April 23. Ghanaian artists such as Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, and Kwabena Kwabena are undoubtedly going to enthrall music fanatics at the highly anticipated show.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sarkodie spared no time to congratulate young Ghanaian rapper, Kwesi Arthur.<\/p>\n<p>These congratulatory words come after the latter released his latest album dubbed, Son of Jacob on Friday, April 22.<\/p>\n<h4>READ ALSO: \u2018Just Tell Your Wives About You Wanting Me As A Side Chick &#038; You Will Have Rest\u2019 \u2013 Abena Korkor To Married Men Who Had Their Way With Her<\/h4>\n<p>Sarkodie made the post on his verified social media handle on the popular social media platform, Twitter and it reads;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongrats my G @KWESIARTHUR_ \u2026 Still serving us Good music \u2026 about to get on #SonOfJacob Y\u2019all do same >> https:\/\/music.apple.com\/gh\/album\/son-of-jacob\/1615130209\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source; www.ghgossip.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v13.0&#038;appId=1009694476028322&#038;autoLogAppEvents=1\" type=\"df2b8e4789d5896f321b65ba-text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian rapper Michael Owusu Addo widely called Sarkodie has asked that diplomatic passports should be given to African artists. His claims suggest that the government should provide diplomatic privileges to artists because they also contribute to putting the country out there to the world. He believes it shouldn\u2019t be a hassle for artistes to go [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1064203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[7215,8075,7034,8298,8312],"class_list":["post-1064202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ambassadors","tag-artists","tag-diplomatic","tag-passports","tag-sarkodie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1064202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1064202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1064202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1064202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}