{"id":38446,"date":"2018-05-29T09:15:36","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T09:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/gh\/?p=38446"},"modified":"2018-05-29T06:00:28","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T06:00:28","slug":"ghanaian-artists-and-the-industry-are-stuck-reggie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/ghanaian-artists-and-the-industry-are-stuck-reggie\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaian Artists And The Industry Are Stuck \u2014 Reggie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reggie Zippy trolls the Ghanaian music industry.<\/p>\n<p>UK based Ghanaian hip-life artiste, Reggie Zippy of Reggie \u2018N\u2019 Bollie fame describes Ghanaian artistes as very selfish. Also, they are backwards unlike their Nigerian counterparts. Furthermore, he stated that the Nigerians artists unite for the growth of their industry.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, he stated that Ghanaian artistes come back and make noise. This is when given an opportunity by Nigerians to perform at their shows. However, they don&#8217;t work together as a team. Also, he added that Nigerians are on top of the music game in the UK.<\/p>\n<h4>Reggie made these comments during a Facebook discussion on the need to make Ghana entertainment Industry grow.<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cYou remember our chat a few months ago when I told you the Nigerians are conquering UK. Also, other parts of the world through their entertainment and it\u2019s a well calculated effort n plan.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ghanaian artists n the industry are stuck in their own clueless ways. There\u2019s a serious movement happening around the world for African music which is proudly being controlled by the Nigerians cuz they\u2019re smart n united.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Smh for Ghana cuz we\u2019re so far behind n selfish, when they put one or two Ghanaian artists on their shows, these same Ghanaian artists will go back to Ghana n disturb their colleagues that they\u2019re going international. kmt Let me rest it here\u201d.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reggie Zippy trolls the Ghanaian music industry. UK based Ghanaian hip-life artiste, Reggie Zippy of Reggie \u2018N\u2019 Bollie fame describes Ghanaian artistes as very selfish. Also, they are backwards unlike their Nigerian counterparts. Furthermore, he stated that the Nigerians artists unite for the growth of their industry. 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