Olu Maintain Fathers 3 Ghanaian Kids
In a bid to establish a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that would focus on helping less privileged kids particularly those who are interested in music, the Nigerian Hip Hop sensation has adopted three Ghanaian kids. Olu believes that adopting Esther, Samuel and Joseph Owusu, is his wasy of helping the needy and that his charity organization will be doing more of such deeds in the near future. » Read more…
‘Madman’ Sweeps Ghana Music Awards
Even tough Ghana’s young hip-hop genre popularly known as hip-life suffered a tumble in the past year, Kwaw Kesse was able to steal the big prize at the Ghana Music Awards by winning the award for Artist of the Year. Kwaw Kesse had been the most outstanding artist of the past year. His unique showmanship as a madman who can turn up on stage dressed as anything or anyone had fans screaming ‘Abodam’ (craziness) all over the country. Kwaw Kesse won four awards on the night but gospel music was the biggest winner with Album of the year going to Ohemaa Mercy and Song of the Year going to Lenny Apkadie.
New Yorker Wins Miss Universe Ghana in Accra
The refined and elegant 5′ 7″ beauty is a third year Africana Studies undergrad at the University of Albany, New York. Yvette was crowned Miss Universe Ghana after a rigorous selection process at the La Palm Hotel in Accra. The delegates were judged on their communication skills, intelligence, beauty, elegance and poise in three keenly contested rounds. » Read more…
Nas, Freshly Ground, Tic Tac and others Shake Nigeria
Watch out MTV, African music channels are giving you a run for your money. Following a great tradition that was started by Channel O, African music videos are now getting the recognition they deserve. The Soundcity Music Video Awards (SMVA) is the newest kid on the block. The first ever SMVA took place recently at the Shell Hall of the prestigious MUSON Centre. Soundcity is Nigeria’s first and foremost lifestyle, music and entertainment television channel and the award ceremony lived up to its billing. It was filled with all the glitz, glamour and quality entertainment.The Awards was telecast live on cable and terrestrial television, with commentaries on radio transmitted across Africa, the United States, the United Kingdom, and some other parts of Europe. US hip hop legend, Nas was on hand to thrill patrons with exciting performances of his hit songs one after the other. There were also amazing performances from the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Musical Society of Nigeria, Tony Teteuila, Eedris Abdulkareem and Eddy Montana of the Remedies. South Africa’s mega group, Freshly Ground, Ghana’s Tic Tac, P Square, D’Banj, Don Jazzy and the Mo’Hits Crew, Nato C, Ikechukwu, Sasha, Kaffy, and Question Mark All Stars also brought their exceptional talents to bear on the event. It was hosted by D’Banj, Ashionye and fast-rising comedian AY.
Guess who’s back?
As the thrills, drama, deceits, games and sexual escapades of Big Brother Africa 2 still lingers on; the producers of the hit reality series have made a call on Africans to enter the brand new season slated for launch on Sunday, August 24. » Read more…
Ja Rule promises to thrill Ghanaian fans
New York rapper, Ja Rule will join Nigerian R&B duo P-Square and Kenya’s hottest contemporary artist, Nameless in thrilling music lovers at the upcoming 2008 Ghana Music Awards Festival in Accra. The three-day festival starts with the Ghana Music Awards Gala Night on April 23. This will be a ceremony to honour deserving artists, producers, distributors, instrumentalists, video directors and other industry player for their contributions in the year under review. Special lifetime achievements awards will also be presented at the gala on the backdrop of live band highlife music, over a three course dinner. » Read more…
More Baby Mama Drama for 2face
According to reports, Nigerian superstar, 2face Idibia is now father of twins. Pero Adeniyi, daughter of multimillionaire businessman Chief Jide Adeniyi Nigerian, delivered the tow baby boys in far away Barbados. This isn’t the first time that Pero has been linked with the Nigerian crooner; Pero also had a daughter some years back for the musician. » Read more…
Africa Movie Academy Awards not yet truly African
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have always had a problem accepting the AMAA to be a truly African award scheme due to its overabundant Nigerian influence. A lot has changed since the inception of the awards including a change in the size and design of the award trophy but one thing that hasn’t changed from day one to date is the undeniable fact that most of the nominees and eventual winners are Nigerian. As the countdown to the 2008 edition heats up, Nigerian actors and movies AGAIN seem more favoured to win the major categories. » Read more…
Scandalous lies!
You can trust Nollywood to get all Hollywood when it comes to their actors. Apart from the occasional flashy Hollywood-like premieres, Nollywood can also spin some real scandals as well. One of the most talked about sex scandals in Nollywood at the moment has to be the one involving Emeka Ike and a certain woman by name Ruth. Ruth is the ex-wife of actress Ini Edo’s current boyfriend, Philip who is based in the United States of America. Confused? Let me break it down for you. Phillip accused Ike of having sex romps with his estranged wife. » Read more…
Let’s Mix It Up A Little
The C.E.O decided to reorganize the teams in episode 7. So after the teams had chosen their project managers, Bekeme and Nnamdi, the CEO asked them to assemble new teams by alternating gender. To add some extra twist to the reshuffle, each project manager was asked to select the members of the opposite team. This brought the 6-week battle of the sexes to an ended. The new members of Matrix Corporation were Bekeme, Nancy, Eddie, Oscar, Regina, and Blessing. While in Zulu Corp were Nnamdi, Deox, Kathleen, Eunice, Tunde, and Isaac.
The new teams were tasked to create an original brand identity for roasted peanuts. Matrix Corp came out with the name Nutty Nuts for their brand while Zulu settled for Zizi Nuts. After some elaborate designing, packaging and even producing jingles and mascots for their various brands, it was soon time for the exhibition and assessment of both brands. The focus group analyzed the merits and demerits of the brandished brands, questioning each team’s ideology behind their brand. Zulu’s mascot caught their curiosity, and Eddie had to defend the absence of a Matrix mascot. Eddie answered that their mascot was already on the package of their product. » Read more…
Slick-J makes waves in Naija
He thinks he’s slick and his fans think he can sing. So who at all is Slick-J? Born Emmanuel Steven Iyere, he is an up-and-coming R&B/Pop singer. Although he’s had a passion for music since childhood, it was not until somewhere in 2000 that a career in music became an option. His recent streak of performances across Nigeria has given him some sort of relevance on the Nigerian R&B scene. It is therefore not surprising that some people are already touting him as the next big thing. » Read more…
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