{"id":122896,"date":"2023-11-24T09:10:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T09:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/24\/i-choose-titles-of-my-songs-to-sound-as-african-as-possible-oxlade\/"},"modified":"2023-11-24T09:10:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T09:10:51","slug":"i-choose-titles-of-my-songs-to-sound-as-african-as-possible-oxlade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/24\/i-choose-titles-of-my-songs-to-sound-as-african-as-possible-oxlade\/","title":{"rendered":"I choose titles of my songs to sound as African as possible \u2013 Oxlade"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                        \n\n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nigerian singer, Ikuforiji Olaitan Abdul Rahman, professionally known as <em>Oxlade<\/em> has disclosed that he selects his song titles to capture the essence of African vibes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview on <strong>Daybreak Hitz<\/strong> with <strong>Andy Dosty<\/strong>, he disclosed what inspires the choice of the titles of his songs, saying that he makes sure to hand-pick titles that embody the true African spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI pronounce words in the most African way,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FHitz1039%2Fvideos%2F314686331373333%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Kulosa <\/em>hitmaker further explained that as an African descendant, he tries to keep that African essence in his lyrics to make people understand where he is from without having to mention it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to him, Africa has unique traits. \u201cWe are extra, original and authentic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI intentionally give my titles the most African form,\u201d he added.<\/p>\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>Nigerian singer, Ikuforiji Olaitan Abdul Rahman, professionally known as Oxlade has disclosed that he selects his song titles to capture the essence of African vibes. 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