{"id":94105,"date":"2023-08-23T21:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T21:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/23\/mzbel-reveals-how-maame-dokono-inspired-her-hit-song-16-years\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T21:21:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T21:21:00","slug":"mzbel-reveals-how-maame-dokono-inspired-her-hit-song-16-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/23\/mzbel-reveals-how-maame-dokono-inspired-her-hit-song-16-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Mzbel Reveals How Maame Dokono Inspired Her Hit Song &#8220;16 Years&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Belinda Nana Ekua Amoah, better known by her stage name Mzbel, a rising star in Ghanaian music, claimed to have written the lyrics for her song \u201c16 Years\u201d in a taxi while listening to conversations about rape and girl children.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-901\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-114\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mzbel asserted that she was inspired by panel discussions on rape and adolescent girls\u2019 welfare that were moderated by renowned Ghanaian actress Maame Dokono.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-909\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in a taxi when I came up with the lyrics. I used to stay with a lot of girls from Jamestown, so I watched how they talked and how they behaved, and Maame Dokono was always on the radio talking about rape, so we were in a taxi one day listening to Maame Dokono, and I was watching how they were reacting to stories, and then I came up with the song 16 Years. I started writing in the taxi, so when I get home, I build on it.\u201d she stated while speaking at 3MUSIC.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-910\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-122\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>When asked if she anticipated the popularity and success the song obtained, she said, \u201cNot at all. I didn\u2019t even think it would go outside Ghana; it was just another nice song I think I have done, and I was going to play one or two shows of it, but the next minute it was in Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, and Togo; it was everywhere\u2026 My song 16 years started taking me out of Ghana, and the money was good.\u201c<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-911\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mzbel continued by stating that the reception she experienced when she gave performances in other nations was extremely different from the reception she had in her own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt the same way; the feeling didn\u2019t change for me, but the people reacted differently; when they see me, they welcome me. When they are taking pictures with you, you could actually feel that they are shaking, but here in Ghana, you will pop out somewhere where people are entertaining themselves, and when you are about to perform, people will be whispering, See the kind of clothes she is wearing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-912\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-123\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belinda Nana Ekua Amoah, better known by her stage name Mzbel, a rising star in Ghanaian music, claimed to have written the lyrics for her song \u201c16 Years\u201d in a taxi while listening to conversations about rape and girl children. 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