Month: February 2019

Ghanaian actor, Yaw Dabo talks about his possessions. Moreover, he revealed that in his books, owning a car is a luxury and not a necessity. Therefore, all the people who consistently questioned him on his should cut him some slack. He stated that people ask that anytime they see him go on board a public car

Furthermore, he quoted some portions of the scripture to make his case on why he thought a car was not really a necessity for him. The actor made the point that the Bible states that earthly wealth is to the benefit of believers. However, it is not the supreme motive of man.

He made these statements on the latest episode of Celebrity Ride show. Also, he added that recently his manager, Kofi Asamoah indicated that he wanted to buy a car for him. However, he declined the offer because he felt it was not time for him to own a ride yet.

According to him, every height one reaches in the entertainment industry has some peculiar eyes that begin to monitor the individual’s movement and as a result, his strong belief that the time is not ripe. He was, however, quick to stress that the people should not be too surprised when they see him cruising in a new baby very soon because with God all things all possible.

Gospel musician, Patience Nyarko talks about her legal issues with the ruling party. Moreover, she threatened legal action against the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) for using her song at its delegate congress. According to her, they used her song without permission.

She made these statements on Adom’s entertainment Hall on Adom FM. Furthermore, she stated that they used her song without consulting her management.

Patience Nyarko about her song used by the NPP

“I got a hint that NPP used my song during their congress without my consent where the MC being an active member of the party, Lord Commey, declaring ‘Obi Nyanime” song as the official song for the event which borders on copyright…” 

The host asked her what her next line of action was. This is if they don’t hear back from the party. She stated that then they would go to court.

“The reason is that I think about my fans, we first considered what the party discussed with us to make peace but they think they are big and that they can just take someone’s property without thinking about the person”

Also, she revealed that her management wrote officially to the General Secretary of the party, John Boadu, Chief of Staff Tourism minister. However, there were no results.

“People think I have sold the song to NPP, it is very difficult for people to believe me when I ask for loan from them because they think I have taken money from NPP. Nobody has given me anything, they took the song without my consent”

“It’s not right, it’s a big offence for using someone’s intellectual property without the person’s knowledge and I believe that NPP is a big party which understands all these legalities so I’m hoping for the right thing to be done or go to court for redress”

Furthermore, they contacted the deputy General Secretary of the part, Lawyer Obiri Boahene. He apologized on the party’s behalf for the mistake. Also, he added that, the management should exercise patience for the matter. This was better than discussing it on air.

Ghanaian actress, entrepreneu and Yolo star, Fella Makafui talks about her relationship. She spoke about this pn Zionfelix Uncut Show.

Moreover, the host asked about the emotional and sexual relationship between her and AMG rapper, Medikal since they started their relationship. She stated that it was difficult.

According to the entrepreneur, life in its actual sense is not an easy one. This is because whenever an individual begins any journey, a lot of bumpiness comes along. However, you don’t give up but just soldier on as a true fighter. Furthermore, Fella stressed that she never expected to have it easy when they started their love journey. Therefore, she is very okay with some of the troubles that come their way.

Also, she clarified that they consider themselves as a family now. Therefore, they don’t have petty problems. She added that the problems they have had so far have been with the media, some fans and a section of the society.

To her, the public spoke against their affair on several occasions and that is a big problem.

Ghanaian controversial dancehall artist, Shatta Wale talks about some of his practices. Moreover, he finally admitted that he likes insulting his colleagues in the music industry. However, he have several reasons for his actions.

According to Shatta Wale, during his Bandana days, he was very respectful. That attitude made him poor because people took him for granted those times.

Therefore, he realized his mistakes. He switched to his current state and now his colleagues see him to be a threat because he is richer than most of them.

He took to Twitter to share his views

“I use to respect everyone in the industry when I was Bandana

And they took me for granted and I lived a very poor life ..

But as I changed I made enough money than any many of my colleagues who now see me as a threat cuz they still have that notion at the back of their minds that if you don’t respect you won’t go on..

My guy what am doing is called FORMAT !!!”.

Ghanaian musician, Young Rich shares his grievances about D Black and Stay Jay. Moreover, he described an apparent approach by colleagues D Black and Stay Jay to outsmart him and take the spotlight.

Young Rich accused D Black of stealing the concept of his song ‘Di Me Ruff’ for his newly signed act, Ms Forson. Also, Stay Jay did same for Sharon Stone.

He made these statements in an interview with DJ Premier on Accra FM. Young Rich who released his song in on September 19, 2018 vehemently chastised the rappers for the ‘unfair treatment’ meted out to him.

“Ms Forson also recorded a song with same title and even picked some of my lines without my consent” 

“They’ve been doing this to some up and coming acts and the practice kills the talents of these young folks. They may be thinking I’m nobody but I can say on authority that when I started music, D Black hadn’t even thought of doing music.”

“I recorded an album in 2006. When did he [D Black] record an album? Sharon Stone also has a song like that which features Stay Jay. Stay Jay is my friend. Actually, he’s the first person to have commented that the song is a hit when I shared a link. So he knows about the song.”

Young Rich mentioned that he was furious because a similar experience some years ago affected his music career, hence, he will not tolerate another.

He said:

“I lost my producer because of the same treatment. Kwaadee took a line from my song when we were at Morris Babyface’s studio. It hurts. They are warned. They better get something tangible to tell me, else I will unleash the venom in me.”

Former hiplife musician turned minister, Evangelist Papa Shee talks about Delay. Moreover, he revealed that television presenter, Deloris Frimpong Manso interviewed him on The Delay Show several months ago. However, she refused to air it for reasons best known to her.

He made these statements in an interview on “Entertainment Ghana” on Neat 100.9 FM. Furthermore, Papa Shee disclosed that Delay interviewed him about four months ago. Also, she promised to air it specifically on December 24, 2018. However, she refused to show his interview till date because the interview didn’t go in her favour.

According to him if he said something negative that would make her show trend, she would have quickly posted it on social media for views. However, because he preached the word of God in the interview, Delay deliberately refused to air the interview for her personal interest.

Therefore, he challenged Delay to air the interview as she promised.

The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta talks about Menzgold CEO, Nana Appiah Mensah. Moreover, he revealed that government will liquidate the assets of the company to repay the deposits of the clients of the company. He revealed this during an interaction with officers of the Ghana Armed Forces at the Burma Camp.

According to him, the government is in the process of liquidating properties of NAM 1 to pay customers. This is over GH¢200 million.

“I think we have come up with the realisation that maybe over 200 million… is outstanding… He [Nana Appiah Mensah] has been apprehended in Dubai and I am sure a committee will be put together to see how to liquidate and whatever it is that can be found can be given to those who gave money” 

However, he stated that government won’t spend money on issues of unlicensed businesses such as Menzgold.

“But, government is not going to be spending for issues of this nature. We were very clear that they were unlicensed. Therefore, you know the risks that you took”

Furthermore, the Finance Minister’s explanation was in response to an appeal by some soldiers. These soldiers invested in Menzgold and used the opportunity to call on government for help.

Ghanaian musician, Guru talks about an unfortunate incident that happened to him. Moreover, he revealed that he lost 450 unreleased songs to armed robbers.

He made these statements to DJ Reuben on Kumasi-based Luv FM. According to Guru, he explained that all 450 songs were on his phone. He saved them there

According to him, this unfortunate event inspired him to release a new song daily for the entire month of February, 2019.

Already, he shared with his fans a while back on Twitter about this decision. Also, he said that it was better for them to enjoy the music than to loose them to an armed robber.

Guru has been in the music industry for about a decade now. Some of his hits include “Lapaz Toyota”, “Pooley”, and “Samba”.

Actress and TV host, Efia Odo gets into it with controversial counselor, Counsellor Lutterodt. Moreover, they literally got into a fight inside the Okay FM studios.

However, there is no real reason behind the fight. Furthermore, in the video Lutterodt was quite harsh on Odo. He made all manner of pronouncements on her.

Furthermore, in the video, Efia Odo questioned why the media gives Counselor Lutterodt the time and platform to say all manner of things about people.

Lutterodt then got angry and attacked Efia. He spoke about her manner of dressing. Also, he stated why any good parent will allow their ward to go out dressed like that.

In the video, Abeiku Santana, host of the show, is seen holding counselor back and trying to get him to exit the premises.

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Ghanaian rapper, Edem talks about his colleagues in the industry. Moreover, he made a shocking revelations about the flashy lifestyles of fellow musicians. He spoke about how these musicians make their money.

According to Edem, it is difficult to live extremely good in Ghana as a musician. Therefore, one must look out for ways and means to double the figures. In the quest to do that, most of them especially the males go to the extreme way of getting money. These ways include internet fraud otherwise known as “Sakawa”.

He made these statements in an interview with DJ Reuben on Luv FM’s Drive Time. Edem revealed that the flashy lifestyle of some artist are not linked to the shows and royalties alone but rather ‘Sakawa’.

However, he failed to mention names of such artists but the flashy lifestyles of some of the artists will give you a fair idea of what he is talking about