Ghanaian music hit-maker and performer\u00a0Patapaa has said that whenever he travels outside Ghana, he washes cars for a living and that job pays more than being a music star in Ghana.<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe artist appeared as a guest on the Accra 100.5 FM programme Ayekoo Ayekoo on Thursday, July 20, 2023. The host, Nana Romeo, promoted the rumour that Patapaa undertakes menial jobs like washing cars when he travels outside of the nation.<\/p>\n
Patapaa\u2019s response was, \u201cLet them send you a video to verify,\u201d and he said this as he reacted.<\/p>\n
He claims that his manager complains about how much he sleeps, but his response is always the same: \u201cI rise only to go play a programme.\u201d<\/p>\n
As he sat back down, he made his case as follows: \u201cExcuse me, but an artiste who is a star [in Ghana] and throws their weight around does not earn as much or have the same opportunities as a car wash worker in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n
He went on to say that persons who wash cars \u201cin America, the UK, or Germany\u201d had it better \u201cboth in terms of money and life in general compared to an artiste in Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we Ghanaians get famous, we become pretentious and we lose all respect. He lamented that \u201cwhen we see other people, we think we\u2019re bigger than they are,\u201d and he challenged people to \u201ctravel and see.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to him, it is common to find local artists in other countries who \u201chave better jobs\u201d and are disinterested in pursuing a career in music.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey even get upset when you mention music because the money they would make in seconds is more than a week, two weeks, or a month\u2019s worth of an artiste\u2019s work here in Ghana,\u201d he stated. \u201cThe money they would make in seconds is more than a week, two weeks, or a month\u2019s worth of an artiste\u2019s work here in Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n
On records, Patapaa rose to fame not just in his native nation but also throughout the rest of the world as a result of the popularity of his song \u201cOne Corner\u201d and the Scopatomana catchphrase.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Patapaa Ghanaian music hit-maker and performer\u00a0Patapaa has said that whenever he travels outside Ghana, he washes cars for a living and that job pays more than being a music star in Ghana. The artist appeared as a guest on the Accra 100.5 FM programme Ayekoo Ayekoo on Thursday, July 20, 2023. The host, Nana Romeo, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"\n
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