{"id":24250,"date":"2022-07-13T09:24:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T09:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=24250"},"modified":"2022-07-13T09:24:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T09:24:52","slug":"veteran-musician-a-b-crentsil-reported-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/07\/13\/veteran-musician-a-b-crentsil-reported-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran musician A.B. Crentsil reported dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary highlife musician, Alfred Benjamin Crentsil, popularly known as A.B. Crentsil has reportedly died at age 79.<\/p>\n<p>The news was announced on Facebook by sound engineer, Fred Kyei Mensah on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fredyma, the veteran musician has been unwell for some time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10032129237\" title=\"Veteran musician A.B. Crentsil reported dead\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-9.02.41-AM.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-9.02.41-AM.jpeg 448w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-9.02.41-AM-300x267.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-9.02.41-AM-337x300.jpeg 337w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-9.02.41-AM-157x140.jpeg 157w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-9.02.41-AM-140x125.jpeg 140w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-9.02.41-AM-281x250.jpeg 281w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-9.02.41-AM-168x150.jpeg 168w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-9.02.41-AM-55x50.jpeg 55w\" alt=\"Veteran musician A.B. Crentsil reported dead\" width=\"448\" height=\"399\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFarewell A. B. Crenstil. The original composer and singer of the famous and controversial songs, \u2018Moses and Aba AB Crenstil, has died!<\/p>\n<p>He had a stint with a lot of bands before joining the Sweet Talks Band with Smart Nkansah and then his own band, Ahenfo. His hit songs, \u2018Juliana and Obi ba wiase cannot be forgotten,\u201d the Facebook post read.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10032129241\" title=\"Veteran musician A.B. Crentsil reported dead\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-9.04.13-AM.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-9.04.13-AM.jpeg 453w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-9.04.13-AM-287x300.jpeg 287w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-9.04.13-AM-134x140.jpeg 134w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-9.04.13-AM-119x125.jpeg 119w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-9.04.13-AM-239x250.jpeg 239w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-9.04.13-AM-143x150.jpeg 143w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-9.04.13-AM-405x424.jpeg 405w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-9.04.13-AM-48x50.jpeg 48w\" alt=\"Veteran musician A.B. Crentsil reported dead\" width=\"453\" height=\"474\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Tributes have been pouring in for the legend following the news. With many regarding him as one of the greatest Ghanaian musicians.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIP AB Crentsil \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffd\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NvKiC7vLIh\">pic.twitter.com\/NvKiC7vLIh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mempeasem President (@AsieduMends) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AsieduMends\/status\/1547140898663931904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIP AB Crentsil. Gone But Never Forgotten\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dIYLKISH7u\">pic.twitter.com\/dIYLKISH7u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Twilight (@the_marcoliboy) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/the_marcoliboy\/status\/1547143502731026433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rest In Absolutely Peace Uncle AB Crentsil. <br \/>I have enjoyed every moment we have shared together. May The Lord Keep Your Happy Soul  In Safe Place \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OaghLSHU9D\">pic.twitter.com\/OaghLSHU9D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NANA AMA (@Adadziewaa_) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Adadziewaa_\/status\/1547139854739406848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary highlife musician, Alfred Benjamin Crentsil, popularly known as A.B. Crentsil has reportedly died at age 79. The news was announced on Facebook by sound engineer, Fred Kyei Mensah on Wednesday. According to Fredyma, the veteran musician has been unwell for some time. \u201cFarewell A. B. Crenstil. The original composer and singer of the famous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":24251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80,54],"tags":[1277,9951,6083,5241,1099,5468,12612,3355,4521,10104,12692,11973,6838,9881,5350],"class_list":["post-24250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-obituary","tag-a-b-crentsil","tag-age","tag-dead","tag-died","tag-engineer","tag-facebook","tag-farewell","tag-fred","tag-ghanaian","tag-legend","tag-musician","tag-one","tag-singer","tag-smart","tag-twitter"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}