Month: January 2019

Ghanaian Reggae/Afrobeat/highlife singer and songwriter, Rocky Dawuni talks about his come up. During an interview with Hitz FM, he revealed certain tidbits about his life.

He stated that he recently found out rapper Sarkodie was once a student in his class.

The ‘Jammin Nation’ hitmaker is currently on a media tour promoting his new album in an interview on HITZ FM. Furthermore, he stated that this was during his stint as a National Service personnel.

Sarkodie even confirmed the news. Sark stated that it was during his days as a schoolboy at Koforidua.

Rocky Dawuni is currently shooting the music video for his song “Wickedest Sound” featuring dancehall artist Stonebwoy of his upcoming album #BeatsOfZion.

Dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy starts the year great. The Ashaiman Municipal Assembly honored Stonebwoy for putting Ashaiman on the map through his music.

Moreover, as part of its 10 year anniversary on its sanitation campaign, the municipal assembly recognized the “Top Skanka” singer. Also, it was for his immense contribution to the development of the township.

They gave him a  citation that pointed out that he put Ashaiman on the world map. He captioned the post

The Ashaiman Municipal Assembly kick starts it’s 10 Year Anniversary with a sanitation campaign against open defecation dubbed “TOILET IN EVERY HOME”. I’m honored to play a role in this worthy cause and humbled to have received a citation.

The Municipal Assembly’s 10 Year Anniversary celebration, a campaign against open defecation. Furthermore, the campaign is “TOILET IN EVERY HOME”. Therefore, they launched it and appointed Stone as an ambassador to help propel the worthy cause.

Ghana’s rap doctor, Okyeame Kwame talks about his journey. He chronicled some of the challenges he faced in the early parts of his career.

Kwame made these statements in an interview with Kumasi based Agyenkwa FM’s, B Ice. Moreover, he revealed that at some point in time he called the likes of Daddy Lumba, Kojo Antwi, Amakye Dede, Amandziba, Rex Omar and a few other top stars. He did this in order to get a feature on their songs.

Furthermore, according to OK, he did 219 features between the years 2003 – 2008. This was in order to maintain a name and still remain relevant in the music industry. However, he quickly added that the music industry in Ghana seen a lot of changes. Therefore, the competition is quite fierce than the times past.

OK stated that in the past when they started music in the late 1990s, all you needed was a manager and a producer, in present time, you need to have a much bigger team if you have plans to survive in the industry. The ‘Bra’ singer stressed that now there are a lot of radio and TV stations which have to get your song before you are heard nationwide but in times past it was just two (Otec and Joy) and you were everywhere.

Veteran rapper, Tinny talks about his personality. He stated that people often mistake his “swag” for arrogance.

He made these statements in an interview with Andy Dosty on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM. The rapper said:

“People, perceive me to be arrogant because “my swag is different and I brought a different theme altogether in the industry.”

“My product was so different and I still got it. So when people tag me [as] arrogant person… I see it like normal…it’s me that people should talk about, I don’t need to talk about people”

The “Aletse” hit maker is of the opinion that the Tinny people see on TV is different from the one in real life.

Also, the rapper added that he’s been able to come this far because he’s been focused.

“I’ve been focused. When you are focused you see things normal”

Upcoming Ghanaian artiste, Tulenkey talks about his career. According to him, he and his team want Nigerian rapper, Falz on his hit track “Fuck Boiz Anthem”. Tulenkey made this disclosure on the X-Jam Show on Xlive Africa.

Moreover, he revealed that he wrote the song in 2016. However, at that time he felt that it wasn’t good enough. Recently, while working on a mixtape, his engineer dropped a random beat and he tried the lyrics on the beat. That was how the song came about.

Furthermore, the host asked him if he thinks the established stars see the upcoming ones as a threat. He answered in the affirmative.

Tulenkey says he wrote his first song in Primary Six (6).

His parents weren’t really supportive initially with his decision to do music. However, then when they returned home from abroad and found him still busy with music after his graduation from GTUC, they just let him be.

He said he had tried soccer, a bit of drawing, and all, but then, “there’s nothing I do better than music”.

“It’s a journey, so when I get there I’ll get there”, this was his answer when asked if he will ever give up on music .

Renowned Kumawood filmmaker, Jackson K Bentum speaks about his daughter. Moreover, he is the father to young socialite, Yaa Jackson. He spoke publicly about Yaa Jackson’s pursuit in the Showbiz industry.

The movie producer made these statements in an interview with Andy Dosty on Hitz FM’s ‘Daybreak Hitz’. Also, he clarified some rumors about his daughter.

A few months ago, Andy Dosty blasted him for the behaviour of his daughter.

According to Jackson Bentum, he never forced his daughter to act. This is because she was only 2yrs old when she made her movie debut. Furthermore, he explained that she said it out of interview pressure.

In the conversation, he clarified his daughter’s real age, revealing that the young actress/songstress is actually 19 and not 17 as widely reported.

Kumawood actor, Kwadwo Nkansah Lil Win talks about his school. He is the owner and proprietor of Great Minds International school located at Ahenkro of the Offinso South Municipality. Moreover, he disclosed that he already acquired a large parcel of land at his hometown, Kwaman. That is where he plans to build a secondary school someday.

The award-winning actor made this disclosure recently when he took bloggers on a tour trough the school. According to him, his initial plans were to build his basic and junior high school in his hometown. However, due to the unavailability of land, he decided to settle on Ahenkro, a place he can refer to as home too.

He further disclosed that currently, he has been able to purchase a large space at Kwaman where he will in the near future put up a secondary school building once he has the full financial strength to do so.

Talented Sunyani based beat and sound engineer, Paul Manu Amankwah ties the knot. The producer, Dare Mame Beat tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend, Janet Agyeiwaa Nyanteh popularly known as Berry J. Also, she is a musician.

The traditional marriage ceremony took place over the weekend. The likes of Guru NKZ, Ike Frimpong, Cafi Doma, Qwesi Qorang, Bodwese, Kooko, Kswagg, Imrana, Tactical Ras Shifo, Fali Finest, Papa Sunyani, Jake, Nana Kwaku Asare, DJ floppy, DJ Khalifa, Boga Aziz, Obonto and many other showbiz personalities were in attendance.

The DMB records boss won the best sound engineer of the year at the maiden edition of Brong Ahafo music awards 2018 and has worked with the likes of Guru, Efya, Stay J and many others. His wife also has some great tunes in her name. Her loudest banger currently is ‘Issues’.

Fast-rising musician, Chaka New Year makes a major move in his career. Moreover, he penned down a five-year recording deal with Hoodz Entertainment. The deal is worth about half a million dollars. Also, the deal comes with a house.

The signing happened at Kikibees, East Legon (Accra).

Hoodz Entertainment is a record label and events organization company. A dedicated Ghanaian based in Holland owns the company. Boss of the label revealed during the contract signing ceremony that they have plans to make sure they develop their artiste in all the areas that matter musically during their five-year relationship.

Furthermore, until the signing of Chaka New Year, they had Takoradi based musician, Ayesem. He was the singer of the popular ‘Koti’ song as its top star.

As an event organization firm, they recently organized a well-attended event in Holland, which saw the likes of Kuami Eugene, Kidi, King Promise and host of other top Ghanaian musicians perform.

Musician, Kofi Kinaata talks about the missing girls in Takoradi. Moreover, he adds his voice to the campaign for the release of the three kidnapped girls in Takoradi.

The three are 15-year old Priscilla Mantebea Koranchie, Priscilla Blessing Bentum, 21, and Ruth Love Quayson.

Furthermore, sources say a 21-year-old lady at Nkroful Junction in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis was also kidnapped in August last year.

This happened two days after another girl, who was kidnapped on August 15, 2018. However, she was found about hundred metres from her house at New Site, near Takoradi.

Recently, some residents of Takoradi and relatives of the kidnapped girls hit the streets of Sekondi-Takoradi to put pressure on authorities to bring the perpetrators to book.

Kofi Kinaata in his tweet, wrote:

“I stand with my sisters who have been kidnapped, the families and my people in #Taadi. I’m confident our girls will be found. I urge the police to do more and speed up their operation to rescue our girls. Stand strong Taadi. We will win this battle.”

Kinaata is a native of Takoradi is known for songs like ‘Susuka,’ ‘Sweetie Pie,’ ‘Last Show,’ Single and Free,’ among others.