#poor

Senegalese-American singer, Akon has stated that he was happier when he was a poor man than when he became successful noting that life is tougher for the rich than poor. He made this comment while defending a statement he made following actor Michael K. Williams' death in September 2021. He used Williams' death to show that the more one becomes successful the more problems they will have. “Nobody can sit there and tell me, that I didn’t go through poverty. I was the young African kid, barefoot and playing soccer…

Multiple award winning rapper, Michael Owusu Addo has said that men who are usually found in the kitchen acting all romantic, caring and helpful are usually broke guys. According to him its rare to find rich men in the kitchen so if any man finds himself in the kitchen all in the name of love then obviously he is poor. In his verse of Sista Afia's 'Sika remix' Sarkodie quizzed what a grown man will be doing in the kitchen if not poverty that has sent him there. This comment will certainly not sit well with gender…