{"id":113752,"date":"2023-10-24T13:24:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T13:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/24\/i-became-an-enemy-to-the-music-industry-cwesi-oteng\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T13:24:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T13:24:49","slug":"i-became-an-enemy-to-the-music-industry-cwesi-oteng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/24\/i-became-an-enemy-to-the-music-industry-cwesi-oteng\/","title":{"rendered":"I became an enemy to the music industry &#8211; Cwesi Oteng\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                        \n\n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gospel musician and pastor Cwesi Oteng has recounted how his emergence onto the music scene earned him enemies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the \u2018God Dey Bless Me\u2019 singer because of his novel idea of urban and contemporary gospel &#8211; something that set him apart from the multitude in the music space, some people started expressing dislike towards him.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cContemporary gospel music was underground music. It was annual concerts at the National Theatre and conference centre. I emerged as a face of a generation. It wasn\u2019t just music that did it for me. It was also videos and conversation. I came to deal with mental strongholds that were holding that community back, and so I became an enemy to the music industry,\u201d he said on Joy FM\u2019s  A-Z.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adding to his claim, he raised the issue of his long absence from any music award scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAsk yourself when was the last time I was nominated for any major award scheme,\u201d he further told the host Kwame Dadzie.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cwesi, famed for his flexible style of gospel music which allows for unconventional models, made this comment while discussing Ghanaians are enemies of their own progress when it comes to the music industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rapper Edem, who was also on the show had revealed on the show that there are some elements in the industry who sabotage creatives to their advantage.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He further urged Ghanaians to be proud of their creatives for the little strides they make.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"d6tLAgeFv_E\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Showbiz A to Z with Kwame Dadzie | Saturday, 21st October, 2023\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d6tLAgeFv_E?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\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>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gospel musician and pastor Cwesi Oteng has recounted how his emergence onto the music scene earned him enemies. 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