{"id":76445,"date":"2023-06-15T16:27:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T16:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/15\/nigerians-chant-the-name-of-eyoh-as-they-call-him-africas-jay-z\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T16:27:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T16:27:47","slug":"nigerians-chant-the-name-of-eyoh-as-they-call-him-africas-jay-z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/15\/nigerians-chant-the-name-of-eyoh-as-they-call-him-africas-jay-z\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerians chant the name of Eyoh as they call him Africa&#8217;s Jay Z"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_33\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<h2><strong>One of Ghana\u2019s favorite Afro-pop, Hip hop artists, Samuel Mensah, popularly known as Eyoh has been tagged as Africa\u2019s Jay-Z by Nigerians after visiting them.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Eyoh was named Africa\u2019s Jay-Z as a result of his style of music and rap which bares the same similarity to American artist, Jay-Z.<\/p>\n<p>Eyoh dropped his recent track, \u201c3y3 Wonkua\u201d featuring Piesie Super. 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