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Many celebrities have over picked a bone of contention with reporter, especially, the ones who write for entertainment blogs.

Ghanaian celebrities like Shatta Wale, Abeiku Aggrey Santana, Kojo Nkansah Lilwin

and a few others have always condemned these bloggers accusing them of being lazy

writers who always publish fake stories with some even arresting these type of bloggers.

But it seems ‘Ground-up Chale’ Music signee, Kwesi Arthur has a different opinion when

it comes to bloggers publishing false stories about him or any other celeb for that matter.

The rapper in an interview on the popular ‘Celebrity Ride with Zionfelix Show’ stated that

he does not have any problem with bloggers publishing fake stories about him.

The ‘Grind Day’ hitmaker told Zionfelix that he believes it is all part of the show business. He added that many of the bloggers have what they put up on their blogs as a means of survival because that is how they eat.

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The Fan Milk Company ambassador further made the point that if you post a story about him which is false, he has no business chasing you to either retract it or suing you because he is sure in his mind that it is untrue.

When Kwesi Arthur was further asked if he has plans to ever sue a blogger for publishing a false story about him, the Tema based rapper reiterated that he is not sure it will ever happen. He, however, didn’t shut the doors to the possibility of it happening someday.

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The showbiz industry is one that comes usually with a lavish lifestyle. Many expect to see entertainers living lavishly notwithstanding how they started

As such, most entertainers strain on daily basis just to prove that they are financially

stable even when they are not.

They usually do this through their wardrobes, aside from the expensive cars they ride and mansions they live in.

As noted by many ace entertainment however, living such a lifestyle without proper

planning and management usually ends them poorer than they were before they became stars.

Perhaps, from this wise observation, Tema-based rapper, Kwesi Arthur has decided to

cut his coat according to his cloth.

Kwesi has been criticized for his choice of clothes. Some entertainment critics believe that

his status now disqualifies him from repeating clothes.

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The Ground Up artiste has therefore addressed the issue on the latest episode of ‘Celebrity Ride

with Zionfelix Show.

The ‘Woara’ hitmaker told Zionfelix that people should understand that he bought the clothes

with his own money and as such he can decide to wear it every time he wants to.

Kwesi Arthur also stated on the show that dressing the way he does is what he loves since

it is comfortable and less financially cumbersome.

He adds that many of the younger ones out there look up to him and as such he cannot

wear expensive clothes which many of them cannot afford.

When Zionfelix asked him why he always decides to remove his attire during his performances even though, he is aware that the youth who admire him, will pick it up, the Fan Milk Company brands ambassador stated that it helps with his performance. The energy that I feel when I take off my attire during my performance is special and as such, I will never stop, he added.

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Ground Up artiste, Kwesi Arthur is currently one of the A-list artistes currently in Ghana.

He is invited to perform at almost all the big shows that hit Ghana in this year.

As such, many have suggested that his charges as high as over over Ghc40,000 just to perform at a show.

Reacting to the rumors however, the Tema-based rapper has stated that he doesn’t charge

that amount for a show.

The sensational rapper told Zionfelix on the latest episode of ‘Celebrity Ride with Zionfelix

Show’ that the amount he charges for every show varies.

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He adds that for him to decide to charge 40k or over for any particular show, then the particular show may be a huge one.

The ‘Woara’ hitmaker also revealed on the show that his rates for shows he performs at are not even determined by him.

His management usually decides the amount they will take for a show and as such, it is not even possible to talk to him (Kwesi Arthur) if you need him a show, since you would have to go through his management.

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It’s the dream of most artistes to win awards at various stages of their career.

In Ghana, most artistes aspire to win the coveted Artiste of the Year at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards(VGMAs).

But Tema-based rapper, Emmanuel Kwesi Arthur has revealed that winning such an award is not really his focus for now.

Making a recent appearance on the latest episode of ‘Celebrity Ride With Zionfelix’ with popular blogger Zionfelix, the ‘Grind Day’ rapper stated that he is not really enthused about winning the top award.

He was however quick to add that if his fans think the work he has done under the year under review puts him in the position for the award, who is he to say no?

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He also stressed that even though his focus is not on the award, he would be very happy if he wins the award.

Asked if he would ever destroy things and insult organizers of the awards scheme should he fail

to win the award if he is nominated, the Ground Up artiste revealed that it would never happen.

He added that there is no sense in destroying the property of the organizers.

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Tema-based rapper, Kwesi Arthur is currently one of the ambassadors for Fan Milk Limited.

The ‘Grind Day’ hitmaker has however revealed that the contract is only for three

months duration.

According to him, he is in the try-out period with the milk and fruit-based company.

He made the revelation in an interview with Andy Dosty on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM.

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The ‘Woara’ crooner is however hopeful for an extension of the contract after his probation.

“Fanyogo has done a lot for Ghana and I am grateful for working with them. I am going to be an ambassador for 3 months. It’s like a probation. Maybe when it ends, we might continue…,” he said.

Fan Milk is a manufacturer and retailer of ice cream and frozen dairy products in Ghana,

which has a leading position on the West African market.

After nurturing his musical talent in the Church of Pentecost, it was the desire of rapper Kwesi Arthur’s mother to see her son join the gospel music fraternity but he ‘swerved’ her.

The young musician like most artistes who started from the church shot to fame with his popular ‘Grind Day’ song, a secular piece in a HipHop vein last year.

So while people were jamming to it, the Ade Akye rapper’s mother was unhappy because she wanted her son to work for God.

Kwesi Arthur who made this revelation on the Delay Show went on to say his mother who initially

wanted him to do gospel music because of his strong Christian background has grown to accept the path he has taken with good guidance.

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“Initially, she wasn’t happy with my music career path when I started. But now, I always play my songs for her to listen and

she will be like, ‘I don’t like this word, take it out’ and all that. She has always been supportive though.

“Her only wish was for me to do gospel music so when I came out with Woara, she was very happy.

The song is even her ringtone now,” Kwesi Arthur said.

The ‘Anthem’ rapper said even though he’s not departed from his strict Christian upbringing,

he has fallen to temptations from women on a few ocassions.

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Hip-Hop/ Trap musician Kwesi Arthur Emmanuel Kwesi Danso Arthur Junior popularly

known in the music industry as Kwesi Arthur has refuted media reports that he is content

with his senior high school certificate stating ardently that is not true.

According to him, even though he may not enter a classroom again to continue his education,

he has found other ways to learn which he says is helping him build his career.

“I still educate myself. I don’t think I’ll be able to go to a class with a lecturer in front of me. I’m opened to learning new things every day,” he said.

The ‘Grind day’ hitmaker was speaking in an interview on the Delay Show with Deloris Frimpong Manso.

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He told Delay he always advises the younger ones to take education seriously because no

matter what you want to become, you still need to be educated.

“I tell the kids out there to educate themselves every day because if I wasn’t educated, I can’t write my own songs and speak eloquently. So my advise to the kids out there is to go to school cos school is important,” said Kwesi Arthur

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A West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) certificate bearing the

name and photograph of rapper Kwesi Arthur has found it’s way on the internet.

Many however believe that the certificate is fake due to the picture located on it which happens to be a current photo of the artiste.

From the result, Kwesi performed very well as a pure science student from Tema Senior High School.

This leakage comes days after Kesi Arthur revealed in an interview that he is no longer

interested in pursuing higher education.

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According to him, has money now and can afford to pay for his formal education.  However, he is no more interested in formal education and he is very okay with his SHS certificate.

Throwing back however, the ‘Grind Day’ hitmaker recalled that there was no money to further

his education after he completed Tema Senior High School so he had to quit and focus on other things.

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Tema based artiste, Kwesi Arthur, has revealed that he and his team got attacked when they were shooting the video for his hit single ‘Woara’.

“The day of the video we went to Shai hills, we didn’t know we had to go through the authority to get to the venue. we went straight to the hills and you know the people take care of the place. Some people “pull up” on us saying we can’t do this here. And we were actually talking to him and he was saying a lot of things.

“We didn’t know what he wanted so we were like okay the sun is going down and we needed sun light for the video so we told him that we want to wrap up the shoot and get back to him. We finished the shoot not knowing he had called the rapid response team and told them that we were poachers and we are shooting.

“He didn’t tell them we are shooting a video he just told them we are shooting. So the rapid response team came with guns and stuff and told us to go down as they fired shots.” Kwesi Arthur recounted.

According to the ‘Grind Day’ rapper, it was like a movie and he thanked God that nothing happened to them

“I was in the car and I heard the gun shots.  Everyone was scared and they told me that I should just stay calm in the car. So I stayed calm in the car, some of my friends were slapped. And the white shirt we used for the video got dirty. So yeah it was like a movie, it was crazy but I thank God that nobody got hurt though some were slapped,” he added.

Tema based rapper Kwesi Arthur has revealed that Canadian rapper, Drake, inspired him to start writing music.

“My dad used to play music in the house. But I started listening to Drake and that’s what made me to feel like I can write music. So, Drake made me to start writing music. He was talking about his life so why not go into it and write about myself so that’s how it started.” He said in an interview on Focus on Africa BBC.

According to the artiste his song “grind day” talks about how we work every day trying to survive. He further went on to say that social media has played a vital role in promoting his songs

“The people who like my music upload it on their twitter and Instagram page and we have this platform “ground up chaley” where we mostly upload our video and when people like it they share it” he added

The artiste further went to say that his songs are about his lifestyle and it will help motivate those that might be facing the same situation which he went through while growing up, that they shouldn’t look at their situation but they can make it.

The official Instagram account of Ghanaian Hip-Hop artist Kwesi Arthur was hacked July 28.

The reason for the hack on the BET Award-winning is yet unknown.

Several attampts by some eagle-eyed fans of the ‘Grind Day’ hitmaker drew the alert as they couldn’t be logged in.

Kwesi later took to Twitter to confirm that his account had been compromised.

He has however opened a new account to keep his fans updated.

Loyal fans can hence access the new account with the handle kwesiarthur_

Kwesi’s tweet below;

My instagram account has been hacked 🤦🏾‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/dAHi27xQYi

— KWESI ARTHUR (@KWESIARTHUR_) July 27, 2018

Hip Hop star, Kwesi Arthur has performed his latest song “woara” to his congregation.

Kwesi was in his church, Community 9 Pentecost Church in Tema for a thanksgiving service.

The rapper shared a video of himself sharing a testimony of how far God has brought him and where God is taking him to.

“who knew that one day i would make the kind of songs my family would be singing along to in the church! this was a spiritual moment for me…‬” reads his caption.

After the testimony, Kwesi sang the song and to his amazement, the congregation tagged along.

Meanwhile, Kwesi had revealed in an earlier interview that he used to sing in church but had to stop. Something he attributed to the fact that he used to end up singing secular songs in the church.

Background

Ghana musician Kwesi Arthur was nominated for the 2018 BET Awards Viewer’s Choice Best International Act category this year.

He battled it out with Sjava (South Africa), Mc Soffia (Brazil) Nailah Blackman (Trinidad and Tobago), Not3S (UK), Prince Waly (France), Sik-k (South Korea), TakeAMic (France) and IAMDDB (UK).

Although he didn’t win, he sees such an opportunity as a blessing to greater achievements considering his background.

He has since been grateful and released a gospel song, ‘Woara’ to thank God for his blessings upon his life.

Born Emmanuel Kwesi Danso Arthur Junior, the rapper who has churned out hit songs Grind Day and Anthem also picked up the Hip hop Song of the Year at the 2018 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards for his Grind Day (Remix) track.

Video below!

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Tema-based Hip-hop artiste, Kwesi Arthur says he always wants to be divergent with his fans in terms of music.

According to the ‘Grind Dey’ hitmaker, he always wants to take his fans to a journey that they haven’t embark before.

“I always want to give my fans what they haven’t heard before. I don’t just do hip-hop, I do African music.” Kwesi Arthur said in an interview with Melvina Frimpong Manso on Suncity Radio’s Showbiz 97.1 in Sunyani.

When asked how difficult it is to do hip-hop in Ghana, Kwesi Arthur answered:

“Hip-hop is not a genre that is well accepted in Ghana so it’s kinda hard. But people love my songs and they are accepting it.
It [Hip hop] has been overlooked and we have to push it hard.”

Kwesi Arthur, however, admitted that his fan base is growing steadily.

He also revealed that Sarkodie felt in love with his ‘Grind Day’ song, and that’s the reason why they did a remix of it.

Commenting on how his 2018 BET Awards ‘Best New International Act’ nomination came about, he said,

“I was on twitter and I saw someone’s post that I have been nominated. Went to BET’s official page to confirm. I was overwhelmed. I’ve now noticed that there is unity in our industry looking at how people are voting and also calling on others to do same.”

You can vote for Kwesi Arthur by clicking on the link below:

https://www.bet.com/shows/bet-awards/2018/bet-international/nominees/vote-viewers-choice-best-new-international-act.html