{"id":426494,"date":"2026-02-15T04:47:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T04:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/426494\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T04:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T04:47:15","slug":"i-came-very-close-to-getting-married-el","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/426494\/","title":{"rendered":"I came very close to getting married \u2013 EL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/I-came-very-close-to-getting-married-EL-2021743?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/12738182.295.jpg\" alt=\"EL is a Ghanaian musician\" title=\"EL is a Ghanaian musician\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/> <\/a>EL is a Ghanaian musician<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">\u201cNo, I\u2019m not married,\u201d rapper EL said when asked about his marital status, adding that he is currently in the market and that anyone interested in a committed relationship can get in touch with him.<\/p>\n<p>According to the rapper, he was once very close to getting married to a woman he believed he would spend his life with, but unfortunately, it never happened. He shared this in an interview with MX24 TV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came very close because when you find somebody and at the back of your head is like \u2018I\u2019m gonna marry her,\u2019 but unfortunately that didn\u2019t happen, so I\u2019m still in the market,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/EL-signs-on-to-Sony-Music-Publishing-West-Africa-2021129\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EL signs on to Sony Music Publishing West Africa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>EL was also asked whether he preferred social media messaging or phone calls. He said he preferred messages because he does not like talking too much.<\/p>\n<p>The rapper explained that this preference came with age. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBack then, I would spend hours on the phone, but now that\u2019s not the case,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, Sony Music Publishing West Africa recently announced EL as its latest signee. The company shared the news on Instagram, stating, \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to announce EL as the newest member of the SMP family!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post highlighted his achievements, including his 2016 Vodafone (now Telecel) Ghana Music Awards \u2018Artiste of the Year\u2019 title, among others.<\/p>\n<p>In a video shared by SMP, EL expressed his excitement and gratitude to his supporters. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m the newest member of the Sony Music Publishing family. I\u2019m so excited and I feel so blessed. Thank you all for holding me down. Looking forward to straight-up new music,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the interview below:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">I was very close to getting married, but unfortunately it didn\u2019t happen. I\u2019m still on the market; just email me. \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elrepgh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@elrepgh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mx24gh?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#mx24gh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/funfearlessfactual?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#funfearlessfactual<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheAMClub?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#TheAMClub<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThrowbackThursday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#ThrowbackThursday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rAPVZrbwCW\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/rAPVZrbwCW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MX24 TV (@mx24gh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mx24gh\/status\/2022019409020432712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 12, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, experience the art of chocolate making with Defli Ventures<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>AK\/MA<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL is a Ghanaian musician \u201cNo, I\u2019m not married,\u201d rapper EL said when asked about his marital status,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-426494","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}