{"id":107866,"date":"2023-10-07T14:50:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T14:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/07\/negative-media-stories-about-me-over-knust-incident-almost-k-lled-my-career-mzbel\/"},"modified":"2023-10-07T14:50:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T14:50:12","slug":"negative-media-stories-about-me-over-knust-incident-almost-k-lled-my-career-mzbel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/07\/negative-media-stories-about-me-over-knust-incident-almost-k-lled-my-career-mzbel\/","title":{"rendered":"Negative media stories about me over KNUST incident almost k.lled my career \u2013 Mzbel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_30\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h2><strong>Hiplife singer Mzbel of Ghana is upset by the impact that the media\u2019s unfavorable coverage has had on her career.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>She said in an interview broadcast on JoyPrime that she had lost partnerships and possibilities with companies because of the publicity surrounding the scandal.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-901\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-114\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mzbel claims that it is difficult for her to get collaborations with businesses and organizations that may not want to be connected with someone viewed as controversial because of the media\u2019s attention on negative and controversial articles about her.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-909\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really broken me business-wise because most brands don\u2019t want to be associated with somebody who is being negatively controversial.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-910\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-122\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Anytime Mzbel is trending, it\u2019s something negative. So, it really affected me, and sometimes when I ran into trouble, instead of the media reporting me in their favor, they made it seem as if I deserved it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-911\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><\/p>\n<p>When she spoke out about being assaulted by students at a performance at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in 2005, she described how some media coverage, rather than showing sympathy, blamed her for the event and criticized her costume.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey made it look like it\u2019s because of the way I dressed, and I deserved it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-912\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-123\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This was a major factor in her being passed up for contracts with businesses that had shown interest in working with her.<\/p>\n<p>Mzbel said that although she doesn\u2019t have a problem with the press covering scandals involving famous people, she would prefer that such publicity be limited so that she and other artists may strike lucrative commercial agreements without fear of reprisal.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-913\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-124\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hiplife singer Mzbel of Ghana is upset by the impact that the media\u2019s unfavorable coverage has had on her career. 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