{"id":35980,"date":"2018-05-17T08:15:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T08:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/gh\/?p=35980"},"modified":"2018-05-17T10:12:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T10:12:52","slug":"rex-omar-says-he-wont-allow-his-children-do-music-for-a-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/rex-omar-says-he-wont-allow-his-children-do-music-for-a-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Rex Omar Says He Won\u2019t Allow His Children Do Music For A Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rex Omar speaks about his children.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran highlife musician, Rex Omar says he won&#8217;t allow his children to do music. Furthermore, he stated that\u00a0there is no way he is allowing his children depend solely on music to make a living and meet ends.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, he said the new crop of musicians are just made to appear like they live on extravagance. However, all is not well. Also, beyond the facade they display they are broke musicians.<\/p>\n<p>He made these statements on Cape FM\u2019s Entertainment Xtra. Also, he advised rising musicians to look at other options at generating income. Furthermore, he discouraged them from depending on music exclusively because the industry does not pay well.<\/p>\n<h4>Rex Omar on children doing music<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cOnce you are an up and coming, be sure you don\u2019t throw your education away. Try to be sure that as you\u2019re pursuing your music career, you do something that will put food on your table.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Until you start earning a serious income from music, do something to support yourself. For it\u2019s very dangerous today here in Ghana for young peers.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rex Omar speaks about his children. Veteran highlife musician, Rex Omar says he won&#8217;t allow his children to do music. 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