{"id":1211139,"date":"2022-09-26T12:13:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T12:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/26\/daddy-lumba-acknowledges-stormzys-tribute-at-global-citizen-festival\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T12:13:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T12:13:15","slug":"daddy-lumba-acknowledges-stormzys-tribute-at-global-citizen-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/26\/daddy-lumba-acknowledges-stormzys-tribute-at-global-citizen-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Daddy Lumba acknowledges Stormzy\u2019s tribute at Global Citizen Festival \u2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Legendary Ghanaian highlife musician Daddy Lumba has expressed gratitude to\u00a0 Ghanaian-British rapper Stormzy for honouring him at the 2020 Global Citizen Festival.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on Facebook, he noted that it was heartwarming and humbling to see the gesture made by Stormzy in front of thousands of crowds at the Black Star Square.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after one of the UK\u2019s best rappers, Stormzy, graced the Global Citizen Festival stage in a Daddy Lumba shirt.<\/p>\n<p>On the shirt, the faces of the \u2018Aben Wo Aha\u2019 hitmaker in his prime was boldly printed on the front.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<\/figure>\n<p>Acknowledging Stormzy\u2019s actions, Daddy Lumba wrote, \u201cI am immensely touched by Stormzy\u2019s homage to me last night at the Global Citizen Festival.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to take this opportunity to share my gratitude and appreciation for the public display of love. To say that the gesture was heartwarming and humbling is an understatement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you very much,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FDaddyLumbaOfficial%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02JZx6Y9VgZjATz25WmGnYU1xixQgVXd2fkH76R3encirxPfUT1zGmia52sNhHejoCl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"505\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe>Meanwhile, this is Stormzy\u2019s first time performing in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>He was expected to perform in Ghana in 2020 during his \u2018Heavy is the Head\u2019 tour but the shows were cancelled after Covid-19 struck.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stormzy while on stage repeatedly said \u201cI\u2019m home\u201d \u2013 a statement that got the crowd screaming and shouting every time.<\/p>\n<p>He later brought on stage\u00a0<strong>Yaw Tog and Kwesi Arthur<\/strong>\u00a0to perform the hit song \u2018Sore Remix\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(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=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.1&appId=1201200913327594&autoLogAppEvents=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/starrfm.com.gh\/2022\/09\/daddy-lumba-acknowledges-stormzys-tribute-at-global-citizen-festival\/\">Source<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary Ghanaian highlife musician Daddy Lumba has expressed gratitude to\u00a0 Ghanaian-British rapper Stormzy for honouring him at the 2020 Global Citizen Festival. In a post on Facebook, he noted that it was heartwarming and humbling to see the gesture made by Stormzy in front of thousands of crowds at the Black Star Square. 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