{"id":150678,"date":"2015-09-11T12:47:24","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T12:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=150678"},"modified":"2015-09-11T13:15:23","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T13:15:23","slug":"prophet-sarkodie-my-anas-prediction-was-coincidental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=150678","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Prophet&#8217; Sarkodie: My Anas prediction was &#8216;coincidental&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hiplife Artiste, Sarkodie has clarified that his\u00a0prediction on ace journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas\u2019 latest expose was purely coincidental.<\/p>\n<p>The song, which was produced in collaboration with rapper Jayso, has become a talking point after journalist Anas Arimeyaw Anas&#8217; investigative piece, captured judges taking bribes.<\/p>\n<p>The one time BET Award Winner in the song, had warned judges to desist from taking bribes from their clients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice fio, Judge fo) aa mo regye amanfo) dough, monhw3 no yie na Anas reba oo.\u201d the lyrics said.<\/p>\n<p>This literally means: &#8220;the\u00a0judges taking bribes should be careful because Anas is heading there to expose you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The lyrics of the rapper&#8217;s 2012 \u201cPizza and Burgar\u201d song, has fueled suspicions that he was privy to the latest expos\u00e9 by the journalist.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the <strong>Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong> on Friday, he said: \u201cI think it was predictable but maybe I went directly to where it is now at that time coincidentally&#8230;I saw that coming&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sarkodie has produced songs on various challenges Ghana is currently battling with including migration, inflation, politics, inconsistent power supply.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed to the host of the show, Bernard Avle that, though these songs have not yielded the desired results, he will still &#8220;spark some brains&#8221; to effect change in the society.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need drastic measures so what I am doing \u00a0might not be me trying to change these challenges but I believe there is a new generation that will listen to these songs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click on audio to listen to full interview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/223376696&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EfeAnsah\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @EfeAnsah<\/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>Hiplife Artiste, Sarkodie has clarified that his\u00a0prediction on ace journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas\u2019 latest expose was purely coincidental. 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