{"id":108537,"date":"2023-10-09T21:08:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T21:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/09\/my-lungs-are-for-breathing-not-smoking-black-prophet\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T21:08:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T21:08:44","slug":"my-lungs-are-for-breathing-not-smoking-black-prophet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/09\/my-lungs-are-for-breathing-not-smoking-black-prophet\/","title":{"rendered":"My lungs are for breathing, not smoking \u2013 Black Prophet"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                        \n\n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In our world today, most reggae musicians are usually tagged as excessive smokers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For many of them in the music field, it is suspected that this practice helps them in the discharge of their work as musicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some citizens believe that these reggae musicians engage in smoking to get them \u2018high\u2019 in their music business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Others claim that smoking is what brings most reggae musicians into reality for the composition of their genre of music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On <strong>Daybreak Hitz <\/strong>on Hitz FM on Monday, Ghanaian reggae artiste, Black Prophet distanced himself from those notions, emphasising \u201cMy lungs are for breathing, not smoking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although he acknowledged the stereotype, he stated that he had never engaged in smoking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that smoking is a habit which you learn and it is a choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Smoking is a habit, you choose to learn it and that&#8217;s what makes you. 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