Ghanaian gospel musician, Obaapa Christy has shared her past and some life experiences growing up as a child.
The sensational artist in an interview with Adom TV’s Afia Amankwah Tamakloe on Mahyease, disclosed that she came from a poor background but was raised by her parents into a higher status due to hard work.
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My mother gave birth to us in a single room. We lived in my uncle’s house, it was a family house in Kumasi. There were a lot of occupants in the house.
“We took turns in scrubbing the bathhouse and sweeping the compound. All nine of us were in the single room, we divided the room with a curtain… we all urinated in a chamber pot at night. It was hard identifying who among my siblings wept the bed at night,” she laughed.
Opaaba Christy further recounted how she moved to live with her aunt where she helped her hawk pure water and ice kenkey.
Obaapa Christy who has been in the music industry for two decades stated that she believes her songs have made a huge impact on a lot of people and has given hope to her listeners.
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“I have been in the music industry for 20 years. It all started in 2002.. you just have to check your foundation. My first single ‘Me Tease’ was what helped and sustain me. People love the fact that I changed and sustained the industry, it was all by God’s grace. In 2002, I met the likes of Florence Obinim and my seniors, Daughters of Glorious Jesus, Tagoe Sisters, and I respect them. When I see them I bow before them to take their grace,” she added.
Source: www.ghgossip.com
