{"id":16824,"date":"2020-08-08T22:06:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T22:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=16824"},"modified":"2020-08-08T22:06:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T22:06:31","slug":"my-songs-about-ganja-are-just-for-motivational-purposes-yaa-pono","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16824","title":{"rendered":"My songs about \u2018Ganja\u2019 are just for motivational purposes \u2013 Yaa Pono"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Uptown Energy frontliner and \u2018Highgrade\u2019 hitmaker, Yaa Pono has debunked widely considered perception that he\u2019s championing the smoking of marijuana through his songs amongst the youth who follow his works.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sure people see me as ganja ambassador but mostly I do such songs for the street. I did a song titled highgrade so most of the people play it at the ghettos\u201d, he revealed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking in an exclusive interview with Amansan Krakye on GBC Radio Central monitored by MyNewsGh.com, Yaa Pono revealed that most of the songs he does for the youth about marijuana is for motivational purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt has motivational words in it that\u2019s why they love it and not because it\u2019s about wee. I didn\u2019t even say in the song that anyone should go and smoke but I said if I get I will smoke. So it\u2019s not for radio play but for the streets because every year I drop a song for the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yaa Pono further stated that his \u2018wee\u2019 songs may have made some people perceive him to be a \u2018Ganja\u2019 ambassador but most people don\u2019t associate his brand or timeline to be a marijuana crusader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMe doing this for them every year may bring that perception but if you follow my timeline nobody associates my brand with marijuana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut when I go to Holland I do go to the coffee shop to get some nice parcel for my personal consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source:MyNewsGh.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uptown Energy frontliner and \u2018Highgrade\u2019 hitmaker, Yaa Pono has debunked widely considered perception that he\u2019s championing the smoking of marijuana through his songs amongst the youth who follow his works. \u201cI\u2019m not sure people see me as ganja ambassador but mostly I do such songs for the street. 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