{"id":47250,"date":"2018-07-18T11:45:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T11:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/gh\/?p=47250"},"modified":"2018-07-18T10:18:11","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T10:18:11","slug":"i-nearly-stopped-music-epixode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/i-nearly-stopped-music-epixode\/","title":{"rendered":"I Nearly Stopped Music \u2013 Epixode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dancehall act, Epixode said that he almost pushed music aside last year. Furthermore, he did this to pursue a degree in professional painting. This was after facing financial challenges in the music industry.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Ogbooni\u2019 hitmaker revealed this to Kafui Dey on GHToday. Moreover, he added that he wanted to quit dancehall music due to the low level of appreciation of the craft in this part of the world. This is regardless of how much effort one puts into it.<\/p>\n<p>Epixode added that his new song \u201cDear Mama\u201d is inspired by his thoughts of putting his frustrations into his music.<\/p>\n<h4>Epixode on frustrations in the music industry<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWe need to put food on our table, we are growing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So if the family or the people surrounding you always have to see you like you\u2019re doing music because of fun and nothing is coming home, then I think that was what I was going through.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Furthermore, the artiste is on a media tour to promote his new album \u20183NITY\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dancehall act, Epixode said that he almost pushed music aside last year. Furthermore, he did this to pursue a degree in professional painting. This was after facing financial challenges in the music industry. The \u2018Ogbooni\u2019 hitmaker revealed this to Kafui Dey on GHToday. 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