{"id":35984,"date":"2018-05-16T10:05:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T10:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/gh\/?p=35984"},"modified":"2018-05-17T10:13:55","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T10:13:55","slug":"im-done-with-singing-richie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/im-done-with-singing-richie\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m Done With Singing \u2014 Richie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richie talks about his career.<\/p>\n<p>Ghanaian musician and producer, Richie Mensah speaks on how he had to choose between singing or managing artistes.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he had songs like Frema, Yaro, When I Get You, and London. However, he had to make a choice. He stated that it was difficult to make a choice.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, after weeks of deliberations, Richie gave up singing. According to him, he gave up singing to help build the careers of other young talents. Moreover, even though it was hard, it is worth it.<\/p>\n<p>They asked if he would sing again. However, he replied that he was done.<\/p>\n<h4>Richie on music and ending singing<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cMusic entails a lot. The work load is too much that I can\u2019t abandon my duties as the label boss and be shooting music videos and going on stages to perform. I will actually be competing with my own artistes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I have had a lot of calls from my fans to come back and start singing again but I have already decided and it\u2019s final. In as much as I want to satisfy my fans I don\u2019t think I want to come back to singing again.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I don\u2019t think I would do that because again I would have video clips with them and be on the stages with them and I don\u2019t think I am ready to do that.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richie talks about his career. 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