{"id":1265385,"date":"2022-12-15T07:27:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T07:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/15\/i-was-bullied-over-my-name-kwaku-frimpong\/"},"modified":"2022-12-15T07:27:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T07:27:52","slug":"i-was-bullied-over-my-name-kwaku-frimpong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/15\/i-was-bullied-over-my-name-kwaku-frimpong\/","title":{"rendered":"I was bullied over my name &#8216;Kwaku Frimpong&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_33\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-ghanaian-sensational-artist-black-sherif-has-revealed-why-he-keeps-using-the-names-kwaku-killa-and-kwaku-frimpong-in-his-songs\">Ghanaian sensational artist Black Sherif has revealed why he keeps using the names \u201cKwaku Killa and \u201cKwaku Frimpong\u201d in his songs. <\/h2>\n<p>Speaking in his near-hoarse voice on a Spotify RADAR Africa interview, Black Sherif disclosed that he used to be bullied over the Kwaku names he uses. <\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: Your \u2018Hallelujah\u2019 over the cedi appreciation is useless \u2013 DKB tells Prince David Osei\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou see now I use Kwaku, KK, a lot. I used to get bullied for it. At the time, I was Sherif Frimpong Ismail\u201d, the artist said. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"5\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-288743\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/killer-blacko-1200x800.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"5\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/killer-blacko-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-288743\"  \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>Explaining the reason why he was bullied over his name \u2018Frimpong\u2019, Black Sherif said, \u201cAt the time, I was Sherif Frimpong Ismail. Those bullies would say, \u2018How are you, a Muslim, calling yourself Frimpong\u201d, he said. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: Kumawood child actress Spendilove all grown; drops stunning photos\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t like the Frimpong name, even though that\u2019s my father\u2019s name. Due to that history, I have always felt I have to do something, I have a debt to pay, pay my dues, so that name would be mentioned and honored. That\u2019s why I never front Sherif Muhammed Ismail a lot\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI rather from Kwaku Frimpong, he stressed. The name is actually my identity, he added. <\/p>\n<p>source: www.ghbase.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; Ghanaian sensational artist Black Sherif has revealed why he keeps using the names \u201cKwaku Killa and \u201cKwaku Frimpong\u201d in his songs. Speaking in his near-hoarse voice on a Spotify RADAR Africa interview, Black Sherif disclosed that he used to be bullied over the Kwaku names he uses. READ ALSO: Your \u2018Hallelujah\u2019 over the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1094873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[21365,10019,2396],"class_list":["post-1265385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-bullied","tag-frimpong","tag-kwaku"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265385","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=1265385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1265385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1265385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1265385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}