The ' Chris Brown Live in Ghana ' concert took a wild twist in the
early hours of Wednesday when the headline artiste, Chris Brown, smoked
marijuana during his performance and called on his audience at the Accra
Sports Stadium to do same.
The laws of Ghana criminalize the
possession or usage of Indian hemp popularly called wee or ganja; and
for an American R'n'B singer to boldly smoke the narcotic substance in
public and ask his live audience to do same in the presence of law
enforcement personnel, raises a controversy that would certainly remain
on the showbiz scene for some time.
Barely an hour into his
awesome performance, Chris Brown paused and then asked the charged
audience: 'How many of y'all smoke weed?'
The question drew a loud
response from the crowd, with some pushing clenched fists skywards and
yelling to affirm they were wee smokers.
The positive response
seemed to have boosted Chris Brown's confidence, as he pulled out a
neatly packaged roll of marijuana, lit it up, took a long drag and
puffed thick clouds of smoke through his nostrils.
The sight of
Chris Brown smoking marijuana on stage during a live music concert sent
the crowd into a frenzy, but the American singer had more acts up his
sleeves as he added: 'If anybody tripping on ya'll smoking weed, f**k
them!'
As if on a long-awaited cue, several persons at the
stadium, especially the crowd around the 'popular stand', grabbed their
own weed and went into an unrestrained smoking spree.
The
never-to-be-forgotten music concert was exclusively sponsored by rlg as
part of activities to inaugurate the company's Hope City project.
It was a concert also aimed at adding an entertainment touch to the celebration of Ghana's 56 th Independence Anniversary.
The
' Chris Brown Live in Ghana ' show would go down in history as one of
the most successfully organized musical concerts in the country.
Aside the impressive attendance, the performances were outstanding and the stage lighting and sound quality were par excellence.
Pundits
expressed skepticism when news initially broke that rlg Communications
would bring Chris Brown to Ghana on the eve of the 56 th Independence
Anniversary.
Until Chris Brown touched down in Ghana just a few
hours before his performance, some news reporters continued to speculate
that he would not honor the invite, although his crew had arrived in
the country some three days earlier.
Chris Brown has a huge
following in Ghana and stories of his rocky love relationship with
Barbadian superstar Robyn Rihanna Fenty is being closely followed by
Ghanaians.
Chris Brown turns 24 this year. He is a recording
artiste, a dancer and an actor with several award winning songs of
international fame.
There were speculations that he was paid $1million to perform in Ghana.
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