{"id":1270953,"date":"2022-12-28T18:13:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T18:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/28\/hes-right-epixode-backs-stonebwoy-over-being-the-originator-of-afro-dancehall-and-marketing-it-globally\/"},"modified":"2022-12-28T18:13:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T18:13:30","slug":"hes-right-epixode-backs-stonebwoy-over-being-the-originator-of-afro-dancehall-and-marketing-it-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/28\/hes-right-epixode-backs-stonebwoy-over-being-the-originator-of-afro-dancehall-and-marketing-it-globally\/","title":{"rendered":"He&#8217;s right- Epixode backs Stonebwoy over being the originator of Afro-Dancehall and marketing it globally \u00bb \u2122"},"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-epixode-has-backed-stonebwoy-when-he-recently-said-he-s-the-originator-of-afro-dancehall-and-marketed-it-to-the-rest-of-the-world-having-shared-the-stage-with-shaggy-bounty-killer-and-the-like\">Epixode has backed Stonebwoy when he recently said he\u2019s the originator of Afro Dancehall and marketed it to the rest of the world, having shared the stage with Shaggy, Bounty Killer and the like. <\/h2>\n<p>In a Citi FM interview recently with AJ Sarpong, Stonebwoy said: \u201cI\u2019ve performed alongside Shaggy, Bounty killer, Richard Stevens, Alpha Blondy, and more. I\u2019m promoting afro-dancehall\u2026I sold it to the world. Oh, I am\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reechoing this subject, Stonebwoy\u2019s colleague Epixode told renowned Ghanaian entertainment pundit Arnold Asamoah-Baidoo that indeed Stonebwoy set the pace. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe [Stonebwoy] has every right to own it, especially because he has successfully marketed his brand, the \u201cgenre,\u201d and his nation to an international audience. It is impossible to deny his attraction on a global scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: <strong>www.Ghbase.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; Epixode has backed Stonebwoy when he recently said he\u2019s the originator of Afro Dancehall and marketed it to the rest of the world, having shared the stage with Shaggy, Bounty Killer and the like. In a Citi FM interview recently with AJ Sarpong, Stonebwoy said: \u201cI\u2019ve performed alongside Shaggy, Bounty killer, Richard Stevens, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1270954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[19292,3062,17855,289,3529,5006,30077,1676],"class_list":["post-1270953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-afrodancehall","tag-backs","tag-epixode","tag-globally","tag-hes","tag-marketing","tag-originator","tag-stonebwoy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270953","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=1270953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1270953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1270953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1270953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}