Sunday 14 April 2013

Funny Face To Host Ghana Music Awards Nominees Jams



Ghana’s finest comedian and aspiring musician Funny Face is set to rock Ghanaian musicians with his rib cracking moves at this year’s Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) Nominees Jams slated for April 20.

For the first time, the Nominees Jams will be held at the Jackson’s Park in Koforidua away from the hectic traffic life in Accra.

Funny Face as host for the event means that organizers Charter House expect the nominated musicians for this year’s VGMAs to dance and laugh their hearts out before the showdown in May.

Over the years, the Jam train had made stops in the Ashanti and Western Regional capitals of Kumasi and Takoradi respectively with great performances by some of the country’s finest and most sought after musicians.

“Over the years we have tried as much as possible to include other parts of Ghana in the music celebration. This is to make the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards a real national experience. It is our belief that before long the train for the Nominees jams would have visited the whole country and who knows, the main awards night may one day see itself in a different city,” Theresa Ayoade, Executive Director of Charterhouse said.

According to her, this year’s edition of the VGMA Nominees Jam promises to be an unforgettable and exciting experience that music lovers cannot afford to miss. To make more interesting, the event will aired live on GH-One Entertainment TV.

She noted that VGMA will also host a stakeholder’s forum dubbed ‘Next Level Forum’ on May 9 to discuss development and growth of our music industry.

Bull Dog Retracts Kwadee ‘Death’ Comment




Chief Executive of Bull Haus Entertainment, Bull Dog, has taken back his words after he publicly stated that he wishes Ghanaian rap artiste Okomfour Kwadee dead.

“I want to take the opportunity to retract what I said about my brother Kwadee. I apologize to his fans and family,”Bull Dog humbly admitted on Etv’s Talk Showbiz.

Fans of the ‘Ka Wo Nan To So’ singer took offence when Bull Dog stated on Flexy’s Show that death was nothing bad and for a man to suffer and go through what Kwadee was going through, it was better to die.Some key players in the creative arts industry have given the nod to Bull Dog’s retraction, terming it as an act of ‘maturity’.

Bull Dog, who is known in private life as Lawrence Nana Asiama Hanson, is currently the manager of dancehall artiste Natural Face and Hip life group VIP. He is also the brain behind the celebrated BASS Awards for reggae and dancehall musicians.

Ama K. Abebrese Preaches Against Skin Bleaching





Call her the rave of the moment and you wouldn't be wrong as the award winning actress and TV presenter, producer, host/mc-Ama K. Abebrese is in the news again, and this time she is sending her candid advice to all the celebrities, wannabes, boys and girls, papas and mamas who have indulged themselves in the act and art of re-creating themselves starting from their skin color.

The actress who was recently invited with Nana Ama McBrown to Dar es Salam, Tanzania for the 1 year memorial service of Tanzanian superstar actor Steven Kanumba, who died last year, posted this morning on her Facebook page this, “Please do not mention names, its not about putting anyone down or judging anyone who bleaches/tones/lightens their skin. 

Just want us to love our skin, and not risk skin damage and skin cancer, just for the sake of being a few shades lighter. Despite the negative stereotypes, Black is beautiful, whatever our God given tone, dark, caramel, light etc.”

Remember she also have two new tattoos (one on her hand and the other on her leg) and recently she showered praises on them, see My tattoos are just pretty – Ama K. Abebrese.

Do you think she has the moral right to pass such an advice knowing well that tattoos can cause skin problems such as granulomas (red bumps caused by inflammation) and keloid scars, and they can provoke allergic reactions, making skin itch and break out?

Or isn't it a case of preaching virtues and practicing vices?