Rapper, Yaa Pono talks about his music career. According to him, he believes he could have achieved more as a musician in Ghana had it not been for the stage name he adopted early in his music career.<\/p>\n
Moreover, he stated that it was difficult for the media to accept his stage name. Mostly, it was because of the sexual connotation (Pono). He made these statements in an interview with Showbiz.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have very powerful songs but the media houses I went to prefer that I changed my name before they played my songs. I suffered this for a long time but it is better now\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
He added that he would have been a big artiste by now if the media supported him and given him the push.<\/p>\n
Also, he added that there were several attempts to explain that PONO meant Prince Of New Origin<\/p>\n
\u201cI am tired of explaining the meaning of PONO. It is an acronym for Prince Of New Origin (PONO) and I don\u2019t care, however, anyone wants to interpret it\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
However, now he says nothing will make him change the name.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have had this name for a decade and nothing will make me change it because I have achieved a lot with it and I love it.<\/em><\/p>\n
\u201cI think the problem people have with the name is the Pono part which I have explained on several occasions\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
\u201cPono Biom is one of the best artists when it comes to stagecraft and no one can dispute that\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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