Contrary to earlier media reports, songstress Efya isn’t waiting to win a Grammy before she gets married.

In an interview with Elia Chebib of GH and Beyond, she set the record straight on what she actually said and how her exact words have been taken out of context.

“I didn’t say I was not going to get married till I win a Grammy.

I know that’s how it seems like when I
said it in the paper but this is what I said ‘I said I’m not ready to get married yet and then in between the time if I win a Grammy, I would be grateful,” she says.

“I believe in love and I love love and I love the people that I love and because of that maybe they love me back and might want to take me personal but I did not say if I do not win a Grammy, I won’t get married.”

“I just said that I will like to win a Grammy during this time when I’m not so engulfed about the whole fantasy of getting married like some young women do at my age.”

The four time GMA Best Female Vocalist winner also spoke of how her music has evolved over the years. “My music has evolved.

I can’t say that it hasn’t because I can feel it and my fans also feel it .

And the people that I work with feel it. My producers also realize that I’m not making the same kind of music that I used to make before and that is also very good for an artiste because it shows your level of development at certain point and I love it.”

Efya’s debut album Love Genes is set for release later this year.

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The implications of the two words “Carter V” may
not seem like much.

Maybe he’s thinking about Jimmy Carter’s great-great grandson. Maybe it’s just a late-night thought of Lil Wayne ‘s Young Money associate Drake .

The point is we don’t know, but Drake tweeting “Carter V” is likely to suggest that Lil Wayne has started working on, or is somewhere in the midst of working on the fifth installment of Tha Carter series.

The series celebrates its 10th year anniversary this year, with the first chapter being released in June of 2004. It’s most lauded and successful episode is triple-platinum Tha Carter III , released in 2008.

According to Complex , the album has been in the works for over a year now, but there have been no updates about its status since Lil Wayne put out the fifth installment of his concurrent series, Dedication this past summer.

Wayne did tell MTV in 2012 that Tha Carter V would be his last album.

One of Ghana's pioneer comedians and Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South, Fritz Baffour has called for a concerted effort to help push the Ghanaian to the top.

The MP had said in an interview with Channel R last week that, “I’m not too enthused about Ghanaian comedy.

When we started comedy in the past with people like KSM and Tommy Annan Forson, we gave out deep comedy.

Now the industry is bad! Investment in comedy is poor, so basically, I’m not enthused about comedy in Ghana now.”

Speaking as a guest on Rhythmz A-Z on Joy FM Saturday, Fritz lamented that the fortunes of the Ghanaian industry has dwindled drastically and called for support for up-and-coming comedians to sustain it.
"It's not as good as I thought it should be.

The way we started and I thought more people will come on board and that there will a great response from the Ghanaian people," he said.

Credited for starting standup comedy in Nigeria in the late 1980s, the MP recalled that,

"When he started in 1986 with Fritz & Friends with Tommy Annan Forson, it was a pioneering thing because that kind of comedy thing had not been seen in Ghana for quite a long time,"

although he will not take full credit for starting comedy in Ghana.

He gave credit to the likes of JB Danquah's son, Paul Danquah and BT Kingsley Hayford for laying the foundation for Ghanaian comedy in the 1960s.

His hit comedy series, Fritz & Friends, was aimed at mentoring people who wanted to do comedy but there was no support in terms of sponsorship, Fritz lamented.

According to him, during the Charter House comedy series "we had our guys but they put on the backburner and that was it.

If you don't encourage them, if you don't interact with them, if you don't give them the chance to perform, to polish their routine then you are in trouble."

Ghanaian comedians, the veteran lamented, came in as openers for the big Nigerian stars and that was it.

"Young men like comedian David Aglah, I see him, a wonderful young man but I feel sorry for him because he is not given the push," he said.

"When it comes to comedy, it's not about you pushing yourself, you actually need somebody to push you...if you don't have the backing and the support, then we are in trouble," Fritz stressed.

After almost six months of break- up with her boyfriend Keita, musician, Eazzy is relishing how good it is to be single.

“You are not under any pressure to satisfy your partner and also satisfy your fans with good music.

Now I have all the time in the world to concentrate on my music career which is my first love.”

Eazzy told Showbiz on Tuesday.
According to her, being single has also given her time to explore other businesses.

“I want to start acting and engage in emceeing shows aside the music I do.

Currently, I have some scripts on my table and my fans will soon see me on the screen”, Eazzy revealed.

Asked whether she will return to dating anytime soon, the Wengeze hit-maker said it will take her sometime to date again since she just stepped out of one.

She explained that she needs to take her time and study whoever the next guy might be.

She said she was happy none of her family members or friends was putting pressure on her to date soon.

“All the push I get are positive comments on my music career which gives me motivation and I realise am doing a good job”

Pretty Eazzy claims that after her break up there have been so many men knocking at her door but she was not giving anyone attention as she wanted to focus on her career.“You know life is not all about relationship.

There are a lot of things to think about than being in a relationship.

For now, I have to achieve the things I wasn’t able to do when I was dating and now that I am single I think this is the right time” Eazzy said.

Away from her love-life Eazzy said she was at present in the studio putting finishing touches to her second album which should be ready in a couple of weeks.

According to her, musicians like Edem, Stonebwoy and other prominent artistes will feature on the album.

To her fans and love ones, Eazzy said she was happy for the support and encouragement shown to her when she was going through her breakup blues.

“My family, friends and my fans are simply the best people I have around me.

They never stopped encouraging me with text messages and phone calls. I pray God gives them long life” she said.

Rozay dropped the full lineup in a dramatic album trailer, which reveals that Kanye West and Big Sean will be featured on the track "Sanctified," while Lil Wayne will appear on "Thug Cry," and The Weeknd pops up on "In Vein."

The MMG CEO even threw in a little dancehall, tapping Sizzla and Mavado for "Mafia Music III." Diddy is executive producing the project, which is scheduled to drop on March 4.

1. "Intro"
2. "Rich Is Gangsta"
3. "Drug Dealers Dream"
4. "Shots Fired"
5. "Nobody"
6. "The Devil Is a Lie" (featuring Jay Z)
7. "Mafia Music III" (featuring Sizzla and Mavado)
8. "War Ready" (featuring Jeezy)
9. "What a Shame"
10. "Supreme"
11. "BLK & WHT"
12. "Dope Bitch Skit"
13. "In Vein" (featuring the Weeknd)
14. "Sanctified" (featuring Kanye West and Big Sean)
15. "Walkin on Air" (featuring Meek Mill)
16. "Thug Cry" (featuring Lil Wayne)

The call for Africans abroad to return to the continent has been given some more support by MOBO award-winner and ‘Antenna’ hit-maker Fuse ODG.

In an interview on the BBC’s News Day programme earlier on Wednesday, the Ghanaian born Afro pop superstar called on Africans worldwide to rally behind development efforts to change the negative perceptions about Africa and make it as good as the countries they have emigrated to. “It’s a call of action.

Africa is not all about the negatives. We need to actually do something.

We need to actually take action to make sure that the perception actually changes and as being in Africa and actually something to make sure that Africa is a great place to be,” he said.

He added that: “We need to go back to the continent to re-invest and invest our skills because I feel that our parents left Africa because the home that they had was not quite habitable for them…so it’s important that we rebuild our home…and I feel that it has to be our generation.

We’ve gained skills from the UK, we’ve gained skills from the US and it’s our responsibility to build Africa,” he continued.

Fuse ODG disclosed in the interview that he is on a mission to showcase the new Africa to the world through his music.

His TINA – This Is the New Africa – movement became a global phenomenon after the success of his first two singles ‘Azonto’ and ‘Antenna’. The latter featured Wyclef Jean and earned him a MOBO Award.

Fuse ODG, born Nana Richard Abiona, is expected to release his ‘TINA’ album in May 2014.

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With the battle between dancehall artistes, Samini and Shatta Wale (Bandana) rages on, showbiz personality extraordinaire Kwasi Kyei Darkwah believes that Samini is currently the superior of the
two.

Samini and Shatta Wale have over the year ruffled each other's feathers over who is the country's best dancehall act.

KKD, speaking on the heated rivalry between the two musicians on Drive Time on Joy FM with Kwabena Anokye Adisi (Bola Ray) Friday, said while he admits that the two are good, Samini "is up there".

According to him, the entertainment industry the world over thrives on such rivalries and an artiste like Jay Z, for example, sees this kind of competition "everyday".

The multiple award-winning broadcaster, arts and culture personality said Shatta Wale "accepts that Samini is up there and he wants Samini's place".

He advised Samini that in the face of such competitions, it is important that he keeps his dignity.

According to him, for every established artiste, "once you climbed up to the top, everybody wants to bring you down, but it is important to maintain your dignity."

KKD, also known as the Finest, disclosed that "there are more Samini songs that I like than Shatta Wale [songs]."

"I think Shatta Wale is hot but he has to keep his focus," he advised and urged Bandana to release songs that are pleasing to his fans.

The second edition of GMW 2014, a week-long celebration of Ghanaian music, was launched at the Alisa Hotel on Tuesday morning.

The main festival comes off from March 3 to March 9, 2014 at the National Theater, Accra Sports Stadium and other venues in Accra.

“2014 GMW is primarily about Education (seminars, forums); Festival (music, dance and comedy); and Awards Show; and seeks to be recognized as the biggest music festival and conferences in Africa within the next 5 years”, says Musiga President, Bice Osei Kuffour, in his keynote address.

GMW 2014 is organized in partnership with the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, the National Theatre, British Council of Ghana, Charterhouse and Fantasy Entertainment (U.S.A).

According to Musiga, GMW will be organized under the broad theme ‘Positioning Ghanaian Music as heartbeat for Tourism Promotion” for the next 3 years.

“This is welcome news as the Government is aware of the many untapped potentials in the tourism and creative arts that require various forms of investments which Music continues to be one of them”, Said Mrs Elizabeth Ofosu-Agyare, Ministry
for Tourism, Culture & Creative Arts.

She said the Ministry had been working closely with MUSIGA and other bodies in the arts industry in almost all of its activities, including PANAFEST and Emancipation Day Celebrations, World Tourism Day, among others.

“My office is open to support any creative arts domain with proposal worthy of considering”, said the Minister.

She was referring to initiatives such as Musiga’s ongoing industry research work being undertaken by KPMG, aimed at establishing the economic contribution of Music to the National economy.

Mrs. Amy Appiah Frimpong, Deputy Executive Director of the National Theater added that: “National Theater is excited to be part of GMW from day one.

As hosts, we promise that GMW 2014 will be the official meeting ground for those leading and shaping our industry; bringing together and encouraging participation of not only locals but internationals.”

Touching on highlights for this year’s festival, Obour outlined the following activities: “On March 3, 2014, Ghana Music Day (on the air), will see musicians hosting various radio and TV shows and granting interviews throughout the day”.

The Opening Ceremony, which is expected to celebrate music & dance from all 10 regions of Ghana, will be held at 11am on March 4 at the National Theater.

According to Obour. “Unlike last year, there wouldn’t be exhibition of goods and services at the National Theater this year”.

A Stakeholders Forum on Ghana Music Study (Research Project) comes off on Tuesday, March 4, 2014.

Ghana Music Honours, the industry’s ONLY awards show (by and) for the Industry, comes off on March 5 at the National Theater to reward music excellence.

There will be a major Gospel Rock Show at one of the big Churches to be announced soon.

There would be a 2-Day Workshop on Music Business Development and Artiste Management on March 5 and March 7.

The workshop will focus on ways to market and promote artistes in this modern era and will be facilitated by world class practitioners with broad-based marketing and entrepreneurial knowledge.

The workshops are free and capacity is limited to 100 participants.

Interested parties (artistes, artiste managers etc) are encouraged to submit their applications no later than February 27th, 2014.

To apply, artiste managers and everyone who works
or would like to work in music management must complete the application form at
www.ghanamusicweek.com.gh or contact Fiifi Khan at multimotivation@yahoo.co.uk.

Also, there will be regular updates at
ghanamusicweek@live.com; facebook.com/ghanamusicweekfestival and twitter.com/GhanaMusicwk

GMW 2014 flagship concert dubbed ‘GH All-Star Live’ comes off at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday, March 8, 2014.

Veteran and legend broadcaster Tommy Annan Forson popularly known as Uncle Tommy has disclosed that any time his maker calls him, he should be buried with his honorary award he received at the 2013 Ghana DJ awards.

Uncle Tommy made the statement during an official presentation of his long awaited life time achievement award by the Ghana DJ Awards team at his RABOBEF offices in Accra.

After receiving the award, Uncle Tommy said, ‘to be frank with you, I have waited for close to a year for this Plaque but upon seeing this plaque it is worth the wait’.

The legend also added that he has seen plaques and held plaques but the Ghana DJ awards plaque is something he will cherish for the rest of his life.

‘Listen, if the old man calls me and you put me in that box, you make sure you put this thing (plaque) with me’, Uncle Tommy intimated and used the opportunity to confirm his attendance to the 2014 Ghana DJ Awards scheduled to hold at the National Theatre February 22.

The veteran broadcaster was honored at the 2013 Ghana DJ Awards for his contribution to the DJ culture in Ghana by training and inspiring young Disc Jockeys and presenters to attain higher heights in their fields of Endeavour.

The first ever National DJ Awards in Africa, the Ghana DJ Awards, recognized the efforts of radio veterans Kwesi Kyei Darkwa a.k.a KKD and Tommy Annan Forson on February 15, 2013.

The 2014 Ghana DJ awards slated for the 22nd of February 2014 at the Ghana National Theatre with gate opening at 7pm sharp, according to the veteran, will be a night worth celebrating.

Ghana DJ awards 2014 which has the theme the Rhythm nation will see performances from DJ Mensah, DJ Mic Smith, DJ Slim, DJ Bright, VIP, Edem, Ms V, Keche, Stonebwoy and many more. We  simply can’t wait to party with Uncle Tommy on the night.

Get ready for an exceptional event full of great music.

Shatta Wale is angered at the way media houses have been 'bugging' him on his beef issue with Samini for some weeks now that he had to take it to Facebook to announce his displeasure.

"I am saying this once more and for the last
time..I charles nii armah mensah jr a.k.a. shatta wale does not want any media house to ever call me on any issue concerning samini dagaati till da world comes to an end and it is coming from the depth of my heart and I mean this..#SM4LYF", Shatta Wale wrote.

Like his new song titled 'No Sitting' says, it does not look like he is ready to sit down and quench his issues with Samini.