{"id":68691,"date":"2023-05-19T15:55:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T15:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/19\/i-didnt-expect-beyonce-to-do-a-song-with-shatta-wale-dancegod-lloyd\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T15:55:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T15:55:50","slug":"i-didnt-expect-beyonce-to-do-a-song-with-shatta-wale-dancegod-lloyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/19\/i-didnt-expect-beyonce-to-do-a-song-with-shatta-wale-dancegod-lloyd\/","title":{"rendered":"I didn\u2019t expect Beyonce to do a song with Shatta Wale \u2013 Dancegod Lloyd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"451\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot_20230519-135131.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Shatta Wale, Beyonce &amp; Dancegod Lloyd\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shatta Wale, Beyonce &amp; Dancegod Lloyd <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Dance star Laud Anoo Konadu, alias Dancegod Lloyd, was stunned by the 2019 surprise collaboration between American Beyonce and his compatriot Shatta Wale.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Nana Romeo on Accra100.5FM\u2019s Ayekoo Ayekoo, Thursday, May 18, 2023, he recalled he was in a studio when he first heard the Already song.<\/p>\n<p>In that moment, he exclaimed: \u201cWhat song is this!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t expect Shatta Wale to do a song with Beyonce,\u201d he explained his astonishment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe [Shatta Wale] is equally amazing but I wasn\u2019t expecting that collaboration,\u201d he added, perhaps, to avoid misconstruing.<\/p>\n<p>Romeo, however, wondered if he meant the collaboration was unearned by Shatta Wale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, it was breaking,\u201d Lloyd answered. \u201cIt was breaking news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thrilled by the landmark collaboration, he exclaimed: \u201cWow! I have to jump on [perform with] it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His desire to dance to the song, he revealed, was \u201cbecause I\u2019m from Ghana\u201d and he was aware \u201cGhana will enjoy much attention\u201d because of the historic collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>Due to this realisation, he \u201cjumped on the [dance] routine,\u201d seeing as \u201cthere was a challenge going on on social media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beaming, he recalled how social media users excitedly received his performance to the song from Beyonce\u2019s Grammy-nominated The Gift: The Lion King album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin 20 minutes,\u201d he said, \u201cI had like 30,000 views.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soon, Beyonce\u2019s choreographer JaQuel Knight reached out to him and eventually, when the American creative arts team came to Ghana, Lloyd and his DWP: Dance With A Purpose group were starred in the music video.<\/p>\n<p>Looking back on the experience shooting the music video, Dancegod Lloyd said it \u201cwas amazing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!-- relpost-thumb-wrapper --><!-- close relpost-thumb-wrapper --><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded\" id=\"like-post-wrapper-186753398-6028-64679495447ca\" data-src=\"https:\/\/widgets.wp.com\/likes\/#blog_id=186753398&amp;post_id=6028&amp;origin=www.onemuzikgh.com&amp;obj_id=186753398-6028-64679495447ca\" data-name=\"like-post-frame-186753398-6028-64679495447ca\" data-title=\"Like or Reblog\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\">Like this:<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"button\"><span>Like<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"loading\">Loading&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sd-text-color\"\/><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"banner\">\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1684511750_130_onemuzikgh_whatsapp.jpg\" alt=\"Banner Image\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1684511750_238_onemuzikgh_whatsapp.jpg\"  class=\" jetpack-lazy-image\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-fallback=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1684511750_130_onemuzikgh_whatsapp.jpg\" alt=\"Banner Image\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 --><\/p>\n<p> <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shatta Wale, Beyonce &amp; Dancegod Lloyd Dance star Laud Anoo Konadu, alias Dancegod Lloyd, was stunned by the 2019 surprise collaboration between American Beyonce and his compatriot Shatta Wale. Speaking to Nana Romeo on Accra100.5FM\u2019s Ayekoo Ayekoo, Thursday, May 18, 2023, he recalled he was in a studio when he first heard the Already song. 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