{"id":7038725,"date":"2026-08-16T03:41:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T03:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/african-music\/ghanaian-rap-faith-lyricism-the-5th-august-series\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T03:41:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T03:41:42","slug":"ghanaian-rap-faith-lyricism-the-5th-august-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/?p=7038725","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaian Rap, Faith, Lyricism &#038; the 5th August Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"podcast_player\">\n<div id=\"3640440120\" class=\"castos-player dark-mode \" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Podcast player\" data-episode=\"32999\" data-player_id=\"3640440120\">\n<div class=\"player\">\n<div class=\"player__main\">\n<div class=\"player__artwork player__artwork-32999\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hiphopafrican.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Joe-Logo.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Hip Hop African\" title=\"The Hip Hop African\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"player__body\">\n<div class=\"currently-playing\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Hip Hop African\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Ep. 109: Lyrical Joe on Lyricism &amp; Legacy<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"play-progress\">\n<div class=\"play-pause-controls\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button title=\"Play\" aria-label=\"Play Episode\" aria-pressed=\"false\" class=\"play-btn\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Play Episode<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button title=\"Pause\" aria-label=\"Pause Episode\" aria-pressed=\"false\" class=\"pause-btn hide\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pause Episode<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hiphopafrican.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/css\/images\/player\/images\/icon-loader.svg\" alt=\"Loading\" class=\"ssp-loader hide\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<nav class=\"player-panels-nav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"subscribe-btn\" id=\"subscribe-btn-32999\" title=\"Subscribe\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Subscribe<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"share-btn\" id=\"share-btn-32999\" title=\"Share\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Share<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/nav>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"player-panels player-panels-32999\">\n<div class=\"share share-32999 player-panel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"close-btn close-btn-32999\" aria-label=\"Close\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"player-panel-row\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmbed\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<textarea rows=\"1\" title=\"Embed Code\" class=\"input-embed input-embed-32999\" readonly=\"readonly\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;wp-embedded-content&quot;\" data-secret=\"&quot;1nOF7ZJUDo&quot;\"><p><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/hiphopafrican.com\/ep-109-lyrical-joe-on-lyricism-legacy\/&quot;\">Ep. 109: Lyrical Joe on Lyricism &amp; Legacy<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" sandbox=\"&quot;allow-scripts&quot;\" security=\"&quot;restricted&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/hiphopafrican.com\/ep-109-lyrical-joe-on-lyricism-legacy\/embed\/#?secret=1nOF7ZJUDo&quot;\" width=\"&quot;500&quot;\" height=\"&quot;350&quot;\" title=\"&quot;\u201cEp.\" lyrical=\"\" joe=\"\" on=\"\" lyricism=\"\" legacy=\"\" the=\"\" hip=\"\" hop=\"\" african=\"\" data-secret=\"&quot;1nOF7ZJUDo&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" marginwidth=\"&quot;0&quot;\" marginheight=\"&quot;0&quot;\" scrolling=\"&quot;no&quot;\" class=\"&quot;wp-embedded-content&quot;\"><\/iframe><script><![CDATA[\n\/*! 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