{"id":12819,"date":"2018-10-26T21:54:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T21:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=12819"},"modified":"2018-10-26T21:54:02","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T21:54:02","slug":"my-stage-name-made-it-difficult-for-me-to-shine-yaa-pono","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12819","title":{"rendered":"My stage name made it difficult for me to shine \u2013 Yaa Pono"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Although he has some recognition in the music industry, rapper, Yaa Pono, believes he could have been among the top musicians in Ghana had it not been for the stage name he adopted early in his career.<\/p>\n

According to Yaa Pono, whose real name is Solomon Adu Antwi, his stage name was difficult for the media to accept perhaps because of the sexual connotation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have very powerful songs but the media houses I went to preferred that I changed my name before they played my songs. I suffered this for a long time but it is better now,\u201d he told Showbiz in an interview on Tuesday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He said he would have been a big artiste by now if the media had supported him and given him the push they had given to other artistes.<\/p>\n

Yaa Pono, who now prefers to be called Pono Biom, said despite several attempts to explain that PONO meant Prince Of New Origin, people had refused to accept it.<\/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 he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Despite the bashing he has received for using that name, the rapper says nothing will make him change his name.<\/p>\n