{"id":131987,"date":"2015-07-06T15:27:52","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T15:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=131987"},"modified":"2015-07-06T16:24:07","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T16:24:07","slug":"blakk-rasta-quits-hitz-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=131987","title":{"rendered":"Blakk Rasta quits Hitz FM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Controversial radio personality Blakk Rasta has resigned from Hitz FM after eight years with the station<\/p>\n<p>Making the announcement on both his Facebook and Twitter pages on Tuesday, Blakk Rasta, known in real life as Abubakar Ahmed explained that he no longer has inspiration to continue staying at the station.<\/p>\n<p>His post read: \u201cJust resigned from Hitz FM after 8 years in action. Not being inspired anymore&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/blakk-rasta-resigns-fb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-131993\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/blakk-rasta-resigns-fb.jpg\" alt=\"blakk rasta resigns fb\" width=\"494\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/blakk-rasta-resigns-fb.jpg 494w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/blakk-rasta-resigns-fb-300x95.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blakk Rasta thanked his listeners and fans for their support throuhgout his eight-year stay at Hitz Fm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks for the love and energy. Will give you details soon. To Jah be the glory&#8230;.#Kuchoko.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blakk Rasta, who doubles as a reggae musician hosted the Taxi Driver show on Hitz FM for the past 8 years. He is known for making controversial statements.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/blakk-rasta-resigns.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-131994\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/blakk-rasta-resigns.jpg\" alt=\"blakk rasta resigns\" width=\"589\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/blakk-rasta-resigns.jpg 589w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/blakk-rasta-resigns-300x83.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two weeks ago, he was <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/06\/22\/parliament-to-grill-blakk-rasta-on-thursday\/\" target=\"_blank\">dragged before the Privileges Committee of Parliament<\/a><\/strong><\/span> for claiming that about 80 percent of Members of Parliament (MPs) smoke marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>He subsequently <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/06\/25\/blakk-rasta-apologises-to-mps\/#sthash.Lu1JDI6g.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\">apologized and retracted<\/a><\/strong><\/span> his statement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamidan\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @ osamidan<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![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>Controversial radio personality Blakk Rasta has resigned from Hitz FM after eight years with the station Making the announcement on both his Facebook and Twitter pages on Tuesday, Blakk Rasta, known in real life as Abubakar Ahmed explained that he no longer has inspiration to continue staying at the station. 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