{"id":131879,"date":"2015-07-06T14:58:24","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T14:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=131879"},"modified":"2015-07-06T14:58:24","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T14:58:24","slug":"simply-put-bet-is-not-for-africans-bulldog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=131879","title":{"rendered":"Simply put! BET is not for Africans \u2013 Bulldog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson alias Bulldog has fired critics for mocking his golden boy Shatta Wale for not getting nominated for any award at the recent\u00a0Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shatta Wale has claimed\u00a0that he is the best dance hall artiste in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stonebwoy was awarded the Best International Act at the 2015 BET Awards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He won in a category, which included Sarkodie, South African cool kid A.K.A, and Nigerian beauty Yemi Alade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many have since taken to social media to celebrate Stonebwoy for making Ghana proud at the International stage but mocked acclaimed dance hall artiste Shatta Wale.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They questioned why Shatta Wale was not nominated despite his popularity in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bulldog-fb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-131885 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bulldog-fb.jpg\" alt=\"bulldog fb\" width=\"600\" height=\"763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bulldog-fb.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bulldog-fb-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quoting from Wikipedia, Bulldog explained on this Facebook page that \u201cThe BET Awards were established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate African Americans and other minorities in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBET AWARDS is not for Africans. #simplyput,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He further questioned: \u201cWhy are we begging for attention\u2026 LET&#8217;S BUILD OUR OWN\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson alias Bulldog has fired critics for mocking his golden boy Shatta Wale for not getting nominated for any award at the recent\u00a0Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards. Shatta Wale has claimed\u00a0that he is the best dance hall artiste in Ghana. Stonebwoy was awarded the Best International Act at the 2015 BET Awards. 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