{"id":15893,"date":"2025-07-22T17:01:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/15893\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T17:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:01:10","slug":"i-expected-only-a-citation-not-gh%c2%a210k-fameye-to-gta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/15893\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I expected only a citation, not GH\u00a210K&#8217; \u2013 Fameye to GTA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/I-expected-only-a-citation-not-GH-10K-Fameye-to-GTA-1992770?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/34236672.295.jpg\" alt=\"Fameye (pictured) has praised GTA for awarding him with GH\u00a210,000\" title=\"Fameye (pictured) has praised GTA for awarding him with GH\u00a210,000\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/> <\/a>Fameye (pictured) has praised GTA for awarding him with GH\u00a210,000<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Ghanaian highlife musician Fameye has expressed heartfelt gratitude to the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) for recognising his contributions to the music industry.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview on Hitz FM on July 22, 2025, Fameye revealed that he only anticipated receiving a citation at the event, but was pleasantly surprised when he was also awarded GH\u00a210,000.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I received some cash from the Ghana Tourism Authority&#8230; They gave me GH\u00a210,000, and I wasn\u2019t expecting it. I only went for the citation, which was the main reason I attended,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Fameye also thanked the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) and the GTA for honouring his work in the creative arts space.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First of all, I must say MUSIGA has done well. This is the first time they are honouring their Highlife Artiste of the Year. Big love to Uncle Bessa Simons, he has always been a father to me and also to the GTA as well,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Background<\/p>\n<p>Fameye was honoured in July 2025 for his contribution to the Highlife music genre.<\/p>\n<p>The event was held at the +233 Jazz Bar and Grill and featured powerful live performances from Highlife legends and contemporary acts, including Pat Thomas, Samuel Owusu, Kaakyire Kwame Appiah, Adani Best, Pauline Oduro, Sherifa Gunu, Aklerh, and Bessa Simons with The Bessa Band.<\/p>\n<p> Watch the video below:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">&#8220;I was only expecting a citation, but Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), in kind courtesy, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbeikuSantana?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@AbeikuSantana<\/a> gave me 10,000 Ghana cedis&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fameye?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Fameye<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DaybreakHitz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#DaybreakHitz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShowbizReview?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#ShowbizReview<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UHk4AqIgHe\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/UHk4AqIgHe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hitz 103.9 FM (@Hitz1039FM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hitz1039FM\/status\/1947606980438176002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 22, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>JHM\/MA<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, watch as KOD cites diaspora investment as the key to Africa&#8217;s rise:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fameye (pictured) has praised GTA for awarding him with GH\u00a210,000 Ghanaian highlife musician Fameye has expressed heartfelt gratitude&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-15893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}