{"id":112085,"date":"2023-10-18T19:26:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T19:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/18\/kwabena-kwabena-explains-why-he-ditched-football-for-music\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T19:26:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T19:26:27","slug":"kwabena-kwabena-explains-why-he-ditched-football-for-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/18\/kwabena-kwabena-explains-why-he-ditched-football-for-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwabena Kwabena explains why he ditched football for music"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                        \n\n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Highlife artist, Kwabena Kwabena has disclosed the reason he abandoned a potential football career to pursue his passion for music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking on E Vibes with Becky, he explained that his love for music outweighed his interest in football<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to him, football is an exceptionally demanding sport, and he holds great admiration for those who choose it as their career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CyfiBfUOfeF\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFootball is a very difficult sport and that&#8217;s the reason why I respect those who actually make a career out of it.\u00a0 The training and the mental process, everything about being a very good sportsman and having a successful career is quite a task. \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I hung my boots at a very tender age. It was around age 20 or 21. I decided to forget about football. So many things played a role around that time. I had more passion for music than I had for football at the time. The passion for music was so much than it was for football. I decided to do music and further my education as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-10-18-at-14.07.131-1024x770.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10032396577 lazy\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part 2 of this conversation airs on JoyNews this Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and Saturday on JoyPrime at 4:30 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The E Vibes show aims to rekindle memories by delving into the interviewees\u2019 journeys and their experiences on their way to the top, with the hope that their unique stories will shape the younger generation.<\/p>\n\n \n                               <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n                <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                         \n                                             \n                    <\/div><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlife artist, Kwabena Kwabena has disclosed the reason he abandoned a potential football career to pursue his passion for music. Speaking on E Vibes with Becky, he explained that his love for music outweighed his interest in football According to him, football is an exceptionally demanding sport, and he holds great admiration for those who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kwabena Kwabena explains why he ditched football for music - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/18\/kwabena-kwabena-explains-why-he-ditched-football-for-music\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kwabena Kwabena explains why he ditched football for music - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Highlife artist, Kwabena Kwabena has disclosed the reason he abandoned a potential football career to pursue his passion for music. 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