{"id":23977,"date":"2023-03-03T01:55:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T01:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/03\/i-was-forced-to-play-nigerian-music-at-an-event-andy-dosty-2\/"},"modified":"2023-03-03T01:55:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T01:55:55","slug":"i-was-forced-to-play-nigerian-music-at-an-event-andy-dosty-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/03\/i-was-forced-to-play-nigerian-music-at-an-event-andy-dosty-2\/","title":{"rendered":"I was forced to play Nigerian music at an event &#8211; Andy Dosty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1677808555_232_Andy-Dosty.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>The host of <em>Daybreak Hitz <\/em>on Hitz FM, Andy Dosty, has said in Joy FM\u2019s entertainment Twitter Spaces conversation that he was once forced to play Nigerian music at a programme.<\/p>\n<p>Bemoaning the love for foreign music by Ghanaian music consumers, the celebrated disc jockey said that even though he always tries to play more Ghanaian music when he is booked for events, there was a time he had to play Nigerian music at the behest of a patron.<\/p>\n<p>Andy explained that at the event, the people were seated while he played Ghanaian music until a lady walked up to him and showed him a playlist of Nigerian songs she wanted him to play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been to a party where I was easily playing music and everyone was glued to their seat. All of them were glued to their seat. No one wanted to get up and dance. It took one bold lady that walked up to me and she gave me her phone with a tall list of Nigerian songs, asking me to play any of them else they were leaving. I was asking myself questions. I was forced to play it.<\/p>\n<p>This was at Paul Adom Otchere\u2019s house. Big party with big people. And all of them were seated until I touched one Nigerian song and they all got up to dance, then I felt so ashamed. Like really, what\u2019s happening? So the problem is us, the people. We don\u2019t like what we have,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Andy also stated that he is the type of DJ that can perform two hours of Ghanaian music, except in \u201cdifficult\u201d situations.<\/p>\n<p>He said the DJs can push the campaign to play more Ghanaian music but if the people don\u2019t like the songs, they will not respond positively to it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that we don\u2019t appreciate our music. 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