{"id":8263,"date":"2018-03-05T16:05:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T14:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/sa\/?p=8263"},"modified":"2018-03-05T16:13:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T14:13:18","slug":"touch-blood-akas-last-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/touch-blood-akas-last-album\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Touch My Blood&#8217; to be AKA&#8217;s last album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AKA&#8217;s upcoming album <i>Touch My Blood, <\/i>will be his last.<\/p>\n<p>This was confirmed by his managers who said he wants to pursue other interests.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, he had hinted the same news on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/akaworldwide\/status\/970204249819963392?ref_src=twcamp%5Ecopy%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Ecopy%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E3<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yup. This is it. This is his last album. He wants to do other things with his life beyond music. AKA is a father and a businessman. 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