{"id":309622,"date":"2026-02-25T14:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/309622\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:40:12","slug":"i-was-rejected-at-some-shows-because-i-sing-in-yoruba-asake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/309622\/","title":{"rendered":"I was rejected at some shows because I sing in Yoruba \u2013 Asake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/I-was-rejected-at-some-shows-because-I-sing-in-Yoruba-Asake-2023149?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/28550271.295.jpg\" alt=\"Asake is a Nigerian singer\" title=\"Asake is a Nigerian singer\" width=\"295\" height=\"167\" \/> <\/a>Asake is a Nigerian singer<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Nigerian singer Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake, has recounted some of the challenges he faced during his early days as a rising artiste.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Famous TV, the Sungba crooner recalled that, at one point in his career, show promoters rejected him because he sang mostly in Yoruba.<\/p>\n<p>He said that looking back now, he is glad he didn\u2019t change his sound or stop singing in Yoruba despite the rejections he endured.<\/p>\n<p>He credited his resilience and perseverance for his growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow I got to where I am today is by God\u2019s grace, self-belief, consistency, and endurance. At some point, a lot of people said no to me; they didn\u2019t allow me to perform at shows because I spoke Yoruba. But thank God I didn\u2019t stop, and I kept believing in myself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, look at where I am today. I am so happy for myself,\u201d the singer said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Asake is a Nigerian singer Nigerian singer Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake, has recounted some of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[458,146,85,46],"class_list":["post-309622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}