{"id":151069,"date":"2026-01-10T14:24:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T19:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/interviews-panm360\/mahakwe-frappe-fort-avec-drogba\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T17:59:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T22:59:50","slug":"mahakwe-frappe-fort-avec-drogba","status":"publish","type":"interviews","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/interviews-panm360\/mahakwe-frappe-fort-avec-drogba\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahakwe Hits Hard With &#8220;Drogba&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>He&#8217;s not Ivorian, but he still wanted to pay tribute to African football icon <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Didier_Drogba\">Didier Drogba<\/a> in his second single as a solo artist. <a href=\"https:\/\/mahakwe.com\/\">Mahakwe<\/a>, a French-Nigerian based in Lyon, chose the Africa Cup of Nations period to release the track &#8220;Drogba.&#8221; A marketing ploy or a simple coincidence? A bit of both. What&#8217;s certain is that this song is likely to become an anthem for African football, and its catchy rhythm is sure to get everyone talking. After a football career and an injury that forced him to leave the sport, he turned to music and never looked back. 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