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Ja Rule Who?

Written by Ameyaw Debrah | May 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Kwaw Kesse, Ghana’s self proclaimed King of the Streets has described Ja Rule as a spent force with no relevance in today’s hip-hop world. “Ja Rule isn’t hot any more”, Kwaw Kesse said recently in a TV interview when he was asked about performing with Ja Rule. The two recently shared the stage at the Ghana Music Award beach party and even though Kwaw admitted that Ja Rule was able to excite the crowd, he still maintained that Ja Rule wasn’t hot. “Ghanaians are tired of Ja Rule”, he added.

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‘Madman’ Sweeps Ghana Music Awards

Written by Ameyaw Debrah | April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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.

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Ja Rule promises to thrill Ghanaian fans

Written by Ameyaw Debrah | April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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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…

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