{"id":20764,"date":"2025-07-24T14:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/20764\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:58:08","slug":"dj-azonto-blames-dr-likee-for-career-setbacks-demands-billion-dollar-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/20764\/","title":{"rendered":"DJ Azonto blames Dr likee for career setbacks, demands billion-dollar compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/DJ-Azonto-blames-Dr-likee-for-career-setbacks-demands-billion-dollar-compensation-1993027?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/33030911.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ghanaian Amapiano sensation, DJ Azonto and Kumawood actor Dr Likee\" title=\"Ghanaian Amapiano sensation, DJ Azonto and Kumawood actor Dr Likee\" width=\"295\" height=\"255\" \/> <\/a>Ghanaian Amapiano sensation, DJ Azonto and Kumawood actor Dr Likee<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Ghanaian Amapiano sensation, DJ Azonto claims he has lost numerous ambassadorial opportunities as a result of Kumawood actor Dr Likee mimicking his style. <\/p>\n<p>According to the &#8220;Fa No Fom&#8221; hitmaker, his fashion sense distinguishes him from all other creatives, and thus he seeks $1 billion in compensation from the popular Kumawood actor.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview on Angel FM on July 22, 2025, DJ Azonto stated that he needs the money to launch a microfinance company that will help creatives, particularly TikTokers.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am charging Dr Likee for copying my brand. In the industry, I am the only one known for wearing female dresses, so I don&#8217;t take it lightly if someone will copy me without authorisation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have lost so many ambassadorial deals due to the way he dresses in his skit-making, and that has affected my brand,&#8221; DJ Azonto said in the interview.<\/p>\n<p>DJ Azonto has made the headlines recently following a similar compensation demand from Medikal and Shatta Wale over copyright infringement.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently promoting his new single &#8220;One Shoulder One Cedi Tax.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AM\/KA<\/p>\n<p>GhanaWeb Special: The gold market that fuels galamsey<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ghanaian Amapiano sensation, DJ Azonto and Kumawood actor Dr Likee Ghanaian Amapiano sensation, DJ Azonto claims he has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-20764","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20764","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=20764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}