{"id":11733,"date":"2018-04-17T14:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T12:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/sa\/?p=11733"},"modified":"2018-04-17T10:18:03","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T08:18:03","slug":"kwestas-album-goes-seven-times-platinum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/kwestas-album-goes-seven-times-platinum\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwesta&#8217;s album goes seven times platinum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rapper Kwesta tweeted about his album that has gone seven times platinum.<\/p>\n<p>He made the announcement on social media, where he also celebrated reaching 700,000 followers.<\/p>\n<h3>Post<\/h3>\n<p>In the post, Kwesta wrote: &#8220;Want to say thank you to each &amp; every one of my SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND FOLLOWERS @twitter old and new! 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