Following the furore resulting from
an act of lighting what people suspect to be a “joint” by headline artist Chris
Brown at the Hope City Concert last Tuesday, the organizers of the show,
Charterhouse, have denied that the artist smoked marijuana live on stage.
According to Mrs Theresa Ayoade, Brown,
as part of his act, which can be described as one of the most exciting stage shows
ever to take place in Ghana, enacted a scene as he performed his song, Smoke Out The Brain in which he discussed the conflict
that arises within a person when under pressure to do a vice like smoking, and
to illustrate, lit up a slim cigar and pulled a symbolic puff.
As the conflict rage on within him,
we overhear his voice and other songs urging him to go ahead and smoke, while
his inner voice is also overheard through the loud speakers, saying “Chris,
don’t, it can make you crazy!” He then symbolically goes ahead to ‘kill’ the
lighted cigar by stepping on it, before falling to floor amid coughing. In the
ensuring, it can be said that good triumphed over evil. Unfortunately, it was
this action that many have misconstrued as Brown lighting and smoking marijuana
in public.
“For the brief moment that Chris
Brown stopped over in Accra for the concert, I can confirm that he comported
himself. Indeed, his rider which spells out what he wants on the event night,
listed strictly water and soda as his requirement, and spelled out ‘No
alcohol’!” And, none was supplied to them. The cigar was only a prop he used as
part of an act, which actually sort to caution against the smoking of “weed”.
Brown gave a thrilling show
stopping performance to wrap up the celebration for the sod cutting of rlg
Communication’s H.O.P.E City technology park project scheduled to be built in
Dokornaa by 2015.
It was powered by leading events
management company, Charterhouse, with support from GHOne Entertainment and Empire
Entertainment.
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