{"id":61132,"date":"2019-03-04T09:20:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T09:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/gh\/?p=61132"},"modified":"2019-03-03T05:20:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T05:20:31","slug":"rocky-dawuni-launches-new-album-beats-of-zion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/rocky-dawuni-launches-new-album-beats-of-zion\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocky Dawuni Launches New Album \u201cBeats of Zion\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>International music artiste, Rocky Dawuni releases his highly anticipated 7th studio. The album is <em>Beats of Zion<\/em> and he released it with Six Degrees Distribution.<\/p>\n<p>The album is a thirteen-track set. Furthermore, this follows the GRAMMY nominated album Branches of the Same Tree. 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