{"id":852,"date":"2024-08-02T00:43:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T00:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=852"},"modified":"2024-08-02T00:43:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T00:43:26","slug":"barima-sidney-expresses-regret-over-releasing-papa-no-song-apologizes-to-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=852","title":{"rendered":"Barima Sidney expresses regret over releasing ‘Papa No’ song, apologizes to Mahama”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ghanaian hiplife recording artiste, Sidney Kofi Ofori, known professionally as Barima Sidney has offered an unqualified apology to former President John Dramani Mahama for releasing his viral track dubbed \u2018Papa No\u2019 some three years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will be recalled that many Ghanaians partly blamed the song for the former president\u2019s defeat in the 2020 general elections. However, speaking in an exclusive interview with Joy Prime\u2019s Roselyn Felli on  Prime Morning on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, the crooner disclosed he never released the song for Mr. Mahama, as many Ghanaians claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Detailing the origin of the song, the \u2018African Money\u2019 hitmaker made known that the \u2018Papa No\u2019 track was inspired by a social media trend during that period. Sidney further stressed that nobody was a target at the time he was making the song, as he was simply continuing with his usual music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, some individuals inserted Mr. Mahama\u2019s pictures onto the track, and the musician clarified that he was unaware of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the words of Sidney; \u201cI heard two ladies conversing on social media about \u2018Papa No\u2019 and we all know those two celebrities, Gloria Kani and Tracey Boakye. So, when I heard of Papa No, I was like, this is very interesting. Let me just work on something. So, I just went to the studio one night from 12 to 7 a.m.; we just released it, and by 9:00, it was all over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I didn\u2019t have anybody in mind, but then some people gathered some rashes of the former president and put it behind the music, and they were using it to promote their own stuff. So, at the end of the day, people thought it was me. I had no idea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The renowned musician further apologized to the NDC flagbearer for any harm the song has caused him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ll take this opportunity to apologize to the former President John Mahama. I mean, it wasn\u2019t about him, and I wasn\u2019t the one who did those videos and rashes that circulated on social media. \u2018Papa No\u2019 goes to everybody,\u201d he pleaded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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