{"id":200988,"date":"2024-02-08T11:06:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T08:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ke\/?p=200988"},"modified":"2024-02-08T11:06:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T08:06:46","slug":"rick-ross-considers-collaboration-with-kenyan-artists-after-being-called-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/rick-ross-considers-collaboration-with-kenyan-artists-after-being-called-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Ross Considers Collaboration With Kenyan Artists After Being Called Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-sourcepos=\"3:1-3:263\">In a surprise move, rapper Rick Ross responded to social media criticism regarding his lack of collaboration with Kenyan artists on his upcoming album &#8220;Champagne Moments.&#8221; Following an initial announcement featuring artists from Ghana, South Africa, and Tanzania, Kenyan influencer Cassypool called out Ross, demanding Kenyan representation on the project.<\/p>\n<p>Ross announced collaborations with artists from other African countries and Kenyan artists were notably absent from the list.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"10:1-10:26\">Cassypool&#8217;s Criticism publicly questioned Ross&#8217;s selection criteria and advocated for Kenyan inclusion. He highlighted the success of Kenyan artists like Khaligraph Jones. Ross acknowledged Cassypool&#8217;s message and recognized Kenya&#8217;s talent pool. He has now expressed openness to working with Kenyan artists, calling the country &#8220;a home of legends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"26:1-26:33\"><strong>Possible Future Developments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether specific collaborations with Kenyan artists materialize.<\/p>\n<p>This exchange opens the door for potential future engagement between Ross and the Kenyan music scene<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a surprise move, rapper Rick Ross responded to social media criticism regarding his lack of collaboration with Kenyan artists on his upcoming album &#8220;Champagne Moments.&#8221; Following an initial announcement featuring artists from Ghana, South Africa, and Tanzania, Kenyan influencer Cassypool called out Ross, demanding Kenyan representation on the project. Ross announced collaborations with artists [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6073,"featured_media":54210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[310],"tags":[13233],"class_list":["post-200988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-rick-ross-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200991,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200988\/revisions\/200991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}