{"id":123611,"date":"2023-11-25T16:48:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T16:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/25\/why-most-ghanaian-artistes-should-quit-music-and-find-something-else-to-do-jamaican-artiste\/"},"modified":"2023-11-25T16:48:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T16:48:24","slug":"why-most-ghanaian-artistes-should-quit-music-and-find-something-else-to-do-jamaican-artiste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/25\/why-most-ghanaian-artistes-should-quit-music-and-find-something-else-to-do-jamaican-artiste\/","title":{"rendered":"Why most Ghanaian artistes should quit music and find something else to do- Jamaican artiste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jamaican singer of Ghanaian descent, Mo\u2019 Spence has said that most Ghanaian artistes should quit music and find something else to do. She dropped this controversial comment during an interview with <strong>Graphic <\/strong> on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at the Fiesta Hotel in Accra.<\/p>\n<p><!-- End Ezoic - gen_under_page_title - under_page_title --><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-901\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><!-- Ezoic - gen_under_page_title - under_page_title --><span class=\"ezoic-autoinsert-video ezoic-under_first_paragraph\"\/><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_first_paragraph-640x360-999998-clearholder --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_first_paragraph-640x360-999998-nonexxxclearxxxblock --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_first_paragraph-426x240-999998-clearholder --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_first_paragraph-426x240-999998-nonexxxclearxxxblock --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_first_paragraph-384x216-999998-clearholder --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_first_paragraph-384x216-999998-nonexxxclearxxxblock --><!-- Ezoic - wp_under_page_title - under_page_title --><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-114\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><!-- End Ezoic - wp_under_page_title - under_page_title --><\/p>\n<p>Despite her diplomatic approach of not mentioning specific names, she subtly provided us with a clue by stating that, in her opinion, only a handful of artists such as <strong>Shatta Wale<\/strong>, Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, Kidi, Kuame Eugene, and Black Sherif are thriving, while the majority are simply squandering their time.<\/p>\n<p><!-- End Ezoic - gen_under_first_paragraph - under_first_paragraph --><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-909\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><!-- Ezoic - gen_under_first_paragraph - under_first_paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>This is what she said: \u201c is not about luck. You need proper planning to succeed. You don\u2019t blow just because of luck. In fact, you need to work for that. I have been around for a while and studied the Ghanaian music scene and trust me, most of the musicians are just wasting their time and need to be told the truth. The truth is just one, you need to have a lot of money to do this music thing and talent also counts and I don\u2019t see that with most of our artistes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- End Ezoic - gen_under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-910\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><!-- Ezoic - gen_under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --><!-- Ezoic - wp_under_first_paragraph - under_first_paragraph --><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-122\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><!-- End Ezoic - wp_under_first_paragraph - under_first_paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey would do themselves a lot of good if they focused on other endeavours instead of music. Look, the reason the Nigerians are way ahead of us is because they have the money and the talent as well. I don\u2019t want to mention names but the artistes who need to call it quits with music and do something else know themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- End Ezoic - gen_mid_content - mid_content --><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-911\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><!-- Ezoic - gen_mid_content - mid_content --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Ghana, the likes of Stonebwoy, Sarkodie, Shatta Wale, KiDi, Black Sherif, Kuami Eugene and just a few others are doing great. The rest must look elsewhere,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who Is Mo\u2019 Spence?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"ezoic-autoinsert-video ezoic-under_second_paragraph\"\/><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_second_paragraph-640x360-999997-clearholder --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_second_paragraph-640x360-999997-nonexxxclearxxxblock --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_second_paragraph-426x240-999997-clearholder --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_second_paragraph-426x240-999997-nonexxxclearxxxblock --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_second_paragraph-384x216-999997-clearholder --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_second_paragraph-384x216-999997-nonexxxclearxxxblock --><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_388380\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-388380\" style=\"width: 864px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-388380 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mo-Spence.jpg\" alt=\"Mo\u2019 Spence\" width=\"864\" height=\"864\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-388380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Mo\u2019 Spence\u2019s controversial statement is causing buzz online<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"ezoic-autoinsert-video ezoic-mid_content\"\/><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-mid_content-640x360-999996-clearholder --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-mid_content-640x360-999996-nonexxxclearxxxblock --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-mid_content-426x240-999996-clearholder --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-mid_content-426x240-999996-nonexxxclearxxxblock --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-mid_content-384x216-999996-clearholder --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-mid_content-384x216-999996-nonexxxclearxxxblock --><\/p>\n<p>Mo\u2019 Spence is a singer, songwriter and producer. She has made it known that her father was a big DJ in Jamaica and her Jamaican\/African mother was a singer\/poet, thus, \u201c is in me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- End Ezoic - gen_long_content - long_content --><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-912\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><!-- Ezoic - gen_long_content - long_content --><!-- Ezoic - wp_under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-123\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><!-- End Ezoic - wp_under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Mo\u2019 Spence began promoting her latest EP titled, Whine Down Low somewhere in August. Five songs \u2013 Eno Be Easy, Stay Up, Champion, Anything For Love and Whine Down Low, are on the EP and were recorded by sound engineers Kaywa, MOG Beatz, Kilson Beat and Cashtwo Beats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamaican singer of Ghanaian descent, Mo\u2019 Spence has said that most Ghanaian artistes should quit music and find something else to do. She dropped this controversial comment during an interview with Graphic on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at the Fiesta Hotel in Accra. 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