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Musician cum radio presenter at Zylofon FM, Blakk Rasta, has announced his last show with the popular radio station.

Blakk Rasta’s announcement follows a court order secured by the Economic and Organised

Crime Office (EOCO) to freeze all landed properties

and vehicles belonging to the CEO of MenzGold, Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM 1).

The ‘Barack Obama’ hit maker  joined the station in September 2017, and has since garnered

huge listener-ship for the station for his ‘Taxi Driver show’

Taking to his Twitter timeline, Blakk Raster made this announcement before he started his show yesterday.

“Last #TaxiDriverShow on @zylofon1021fm till sanity is restored. Thanks for helping me prove again that we’re the best in the game .. #AfricanHistoryClass To Jah be the glory…!” he posted.

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The Barack Obama hit maker’s decision follows the latest report from the Economic and

Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to freeze of assets of MenzGold and other related businesses

belonging to its CEO, NAM 1.

EOCO in a release Tuesday, January 29 and signed by Public Relations Officer, Jacquline Avotri,

advised family members of the wanted fugitive as well as associates in possession of such

properties to submit them to their EOCO in their own interest.

“By this news release, all employees of the affected companies, relatives and friends who are in possession of any of such properties are to surrender same by the authority of the high court to the Economic and Organized Crime Head Office and Regional Offices in their own interest. Failure to do so will constitute contempt of court which will attract the appropriate sanctions,” the statement read in part.

The listed properties include Landed Properties and Vehicles of MenzGold Ghana Limited, MenzGold Office Complex, Zylofon Art Complex, Brew Marketing Consult, Star Madrid Football Club, Zylofon Music and Media Company Limited, Brew Energy Company Limited as well as G-Tech Automobile Service.

The rest are Two (2) properties located at Trassaco Valley (Plot No. 315 and Plot No. 337), Plot of land (No. 54) near Oak Street – Trassaco Valley, Uncompleted Residence and 510 acres of land.

The radio presenter cum musician received a brand new Pajero by the management of the station before joining the station.

Read the full release below:

Ghanaian reggae musician cum radio presenter, Blakk Rasta has been voted the Best Performer at the 10th edition of the bi-annual world arts festival, MASA 2018.

The 2018 edition of the  bi-annual arts festival took place in La Cote d’Ivoire on Saturday, March 17, 2018.
The ‘Maluna’ crooner did not fail to thrill patrons and audience with a great masterpiece of his music.

Meanwhile, he was the only artiste from Ghana on the bill to perform on the main stage (MASA ON).

However, in 2014, Blakk Rasta got the privilege to perform on MASA OFF (Small Stage). His performance was really impressive and he got selected to perform again for 2018.  However, this time round, he did it on the main stage.

Blakk Rasta performed three times even though he was booked for two performances officially. This only goes to prove how good his performances were and how the audience enjoyed them all.

Other Ghanaian artistes who were part of musicians billed to perform at the MASA festival include, Knii Lante and Fatau Keita.

More than two hundred bands, theatrics, artists and dancers were selected for this year’s event under the auspices of the president and people of the Ivory Coast.

Eleven venues accommodated the various performances which started on the 9th of March and ended on the 17th. Several creative ideas and performances came to bare as the festival wore on to the admiration of the patrons who arrived from all walks of life.

Background

This year’s was the 10th edition of the bi-annual Market for African Performing Arts, known by its French initials as MASA. It also marked the 25th anniversary of the event.

MASA was launched in 1993 by the International Organization of La Francophonie, which represents French-speaking countries. It also offers African artists training for reaching an international market. The festival was badly affected by political crises that struck Ivory Coast between 2002 and 2011. It was relaunched in 2014. “We are doing better now than before the crisis,” said the festival’s communications chief, Chantal N’Cho Nabalema.

Controversial Radio Presenter and Reggae Singer, Black Rasta is reported to soon be part of the Zylofon Media Family. The radio presenter has been off air for the past 2 years and is soon to make a comeback.  former Hitz FM Presenter who has been off the airwaves for about 2 years, landed a new deal with the latest radio station in Accra, Zylofon 102.1FM.

According to reports, Blakk Rasta would be one of the first voices on the radio station and is expected to bring more heat to the issues he talks about. He affirmed his return to radio in an interview with Mikky Osei Berko on TV3 show “After Hour”. “My return to the console will shake the country”, he said, adding that “I will be on radio next month and the fire will be hotter than hell”.

Blakk Rasta was put before the Privileges Committee of Parliament two years ago for accusing 80 percent of the lawmakers in the country of smoking marijuana. This issue became such a huge controversy and led to several reports and hearsay.He resigned from Hitz FM, after apologizing to the parliamentarians live on national television.

The radio presenter used to be the host of Hitz FM’s mid-morning show, Taxi Driver. He revealed his resignation via his Twitter account.

We wish him success in his endeavours and hope there are no more controversies.