{"id":13354,"date":"2018-11-27T23:07:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T23:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=13354"},"modified":"2018-11-28T07:22:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T07:22:40","slug":"journalists-give-shatta-wale-too-much-leverage-lenny-akpadie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=13354","title":{"rendered":"Journalists give Shatta Wale too much leverage \u2013 Lenny Akpadie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/akpadie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/akpadie.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/akpadie-410x281.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/akpadie-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/akpadie-110x75.jpg 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gospel musician, Pastor Lenny Akpadie has expressed worry about how journalists give Shatta Wale the platform to promote ill acts.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to Shatta Wale\u2019s recent \u2018Ghana is a village\u2019 comment on Kasapa FM, he said the dancehall artiste is uncultured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Ghana is a village then you\u2019re a villager. Ghana as a whole is divided into regions and he comes from one of the regions because the regions are also divided into districts and constituencies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He therefore blamed the media for accommodating his unsavoury talk.<\/p>\n<p>If he says regions are below village level then when it gets to his [Shatta Wale] hometown, it may be a hole. I want to put on record that journalists are giving Shatta Wale too much leverage,\u201d Pastor Lenny added.<\/p>\n<p>Shatta Wale during his performance on stage at his Reign Concert in London, he paused and said \u201cI just wanna share that word with you. Shatta Wale is a very nice guy. All that you keep reading about me on google from Ghana\u2026Ghana is a village, say village, village.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-461117 aligncenter disappear mom_appear\" src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/shatta-4.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/shatta-4.jpg 650w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/shatta-4-300x198.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"430\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Realising that some of the patrons started hooting him to leave the stage he said \u201cno no, girls let me tell you, don\u2019t get pissed. Look at how you are looking beautiful, nice, sexy, sumptuous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lenny Akpadie is known for his \u2018Most High God\u2019 song which became very popular about ten years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The song won him the Artiste of the Year and the Popular Song of the Year awards during the the 9th edition of the Ghana Music Awards.<\/p>\n<p>He is out with a new song titled \u2018Yes, You are.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: Citinewsroom.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gospel musician, Pastor Lenny Akpadie has expressed worry about how journalists give Shatta Wale the platform to promote ill acts. Responding to Shatta Wale\u2019s recent \u2018Ghana is a village\u2019 comment on Kasapa FM, he said the dancehall artiste is uncultured. \u201cIf Ghana is a village then you\u2019re a villager. 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