{"id":281952,"date":"2017-01-05T14:53:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T14:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=281952"},"modified":"2017-11-10T10:58:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T10:58:35","slug":"sarkodie-eulogizes-daasebre-gyamena-with-kokooko-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/sarkodie-eulogizes-daasebre-gyamena-with-kokooko-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarkodie eulogizes Daasebre Gyamena with \u2018Kokooko\u2019 track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrated Ghanaian artiste, Sarkodie, has eulogized the late hiplife star Daasebre Gyamena, who<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/29\/daasebre-gyamenah-passes-away\/\"> died <\/a><\/strong><\/span>in July 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Sarkodie, featuring Akwaboah, paid tribute to the late singer by remaking the late singer\u2019s most popular track that shot him to fame in 1999, \u2018Kokooko\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed his condolence to the bereaved family, and said Ghanaians would remember his contribution to highlife music in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the track by Sarkodie<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uT5UorBpMtA\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the late musician<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Daasebre Kojo Gyamenah who became very popular with the \u2018Kokooko\u2019 hit which featured Lord Kenya, who\u2019s now an Evangelist.<\/p>\n<p>The highlife singer died after a short illness at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The Kokooko track at the time, was one of the major fusion of hiplife and highlife in Ghana, and meant a successful career for both musicians.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, Daasebre was imprisoned in the United Kingdom for possession of drugs and was later acquitted of the offence.<\/p>\n<p>But this didn\u2019t stop him from releasing another album called \u2018A Friend In Need\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The song became a hit on Ghanaian radio charts with the popular songs \u2018Seetei\u2019, \u2018Wafom\u2019, \u2018Ahuofe\u2019.<br \/>\n&#8211;<br \/>\nBy: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrated Ghanaian artiste, Sarkodie, has eulogized the late hiplife star Daasebre Gyamena, who died in July 2016. 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