{"id":76566,"date":"2023-06-15T22:15:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T22:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/15\/kiki-banson-forced-me-to-crown-kuami-eugene-highlife-king-amakye-dede-reveals\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T22:15:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T22:15:20","slug":"kiki-banson-forced-me-to-crown-kuami-eugene-highlife-king-amakye-dede-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/15\/kiki-banson-forced-me-to-crown-kuami-eugene-highlife-king-amakye-dede-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiki Banson Forced Me To Crown Kuami Eugene \u2018Highlife King\u2019 &#8211; Amakye Dede Reveals |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><!-- related --><\/p>\n<p><!-- related --><\/p>\n<p>Veteran Highlife musician, Amakye Dede has accused singer Becca\u2019s former manager and a member of VGMA Board, Kiki Banson of being the person who forced him to crown musician Kuami Eugene \u201cHighlife King\u201d in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Amakye Dede disclosed in an interview on Asaase Breakfast Show on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 that he crowned Kuami Eugene at the 2019 Vodafone Ghana  Awards (VGMAs) under compulsion from the event\u2019s organizers.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201c<em>Though I did that, it was not my will to do so. They forced me to crown Kuami Eugene. I even gave the crown they handed over to me to someone to put it down, but they later said, no I have to crown him, and I did it,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<p>But the organizers of Charter House have denied the allegations and dared Amakye Dede to name and shame the person who forced him.<\/p>\n<p>Amakye Dede, in an exclusive interview with Abeiku Santana on Okay FM\u2019s drive show \u201cEkwanso Dwoodwoo\u201d, has revealed the identity of the person who compelled him to hand over the crown to Kuami Eugene.<\/p>\n<p>He said; \u201c<em>I\u2019m telling you straight that it was Kiki who forced me. When he even gave it (the crown) to me, I handed it over to a boy who accompanies me called Rubberman to put it down.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>In fact, they forced me to do it. 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