{"id":1107431,"date":"2022-06-02T06:48:22","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T06:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/02\/mention-my-name-when-you-talk-about-afrobeats-greats-like-kuame-kidi-others\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T06:48:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T06:48:22","slug":"mention-my-name-when-you-talk-about-afrobeats-greats-like-kuame-kidi-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/02\/mention-my-name-when-you-talk-about-afrobeats-greats-like-kuame-kidi-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Mention My Name When You Talk About Afrobeats Greats Like Kuame, KiDi, Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 id=\"h-budding-musician-festus-anderson-eckow-baidoo-known-professionally-as-eckow-hunter-has-revealed-that-a- list-of-afrobeats-superstars-in-ghana-is-not-complete-without-his-name\">Budding musician Festus Anderson Eckow Baidoo known professionally as Eckow Hunter has revealed that a list of Afrobeats superstars in Ghana is not complete without his name.<\/h2>\n<p>Sounding overly confident in his abilities in a fresh interview on BTM Afrika, the budding artiste said his unique style instantly qualifies him to be in the same bracket as Kuame Eugene, Kelvyn Boy, KiDi and a host of others who are doing well with the now dominant genre.<\/p>\n<p>The musician who started as a rapper before he transitioned into a vocal powerhouse had this to say;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>I know I can\u2019t be left out when it comes to Afrobeats. I\u2019m definitely one of the solid pillars when the Afrobeats discussion comes up so I\u2019m pleading with Ghanaians not to sleep on my talent. We want to take Ghana high.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"uRqsHu7SXZA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I&#039;m One Of The Best Afrobeats Artists| My Name Is A Representation Of A Bigger Vision - Eckow Hunter\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uRqsHu7SXZA?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In other showbiz news worth reading, Rapper Captain Planet has revealed how he and other local artistes were sacked like goats from backstage to make way for superstar Jay Z to perform back in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The American rapper who was then in his prime (he still remains an iconic figure in Hiphop) 14-years ago headlined a major concert in Accra which was held at the Accra International Conference Centre.<\/p>\n<p>The concert was very successful and while shrouded in nostalgia, Ghanaian Twitter influencer Kaly Jay shared a throwback video of Jay Z\u2019s performance in a recent post online.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as Planet saw the post, he hit the comment section to reveal how he and other GH artistes who were then dominating the mainstream were asked to leave for Jay Z to monopolise the concert as the headliner that he was.<\/p>\n<p>See Kaly Jay\u2019s post below;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>SOURCE: <strong>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=\"e64500224c5288828d472816-text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Budding musician Festus Anderson Eckow Baidoo known professionally as Eckow Hunter has revealed that a list of Afrobeats superstars in Ghana is not complete without his name. Sounding overly confident in his abilities in a fresh interview on BTM Afrika, the budding artiste said his unique style instantly qualifies him to be in the same [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1107433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8173,9083,5778,14865,9068,2271],"class_list":["post-1107431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-afrobeats","tag-greats","tag-kidi","tag-kuame","tag-mention","tag-talk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107431","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=1107431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1107431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1107431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1107431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}