One of Africa’s finest DJ brands and
household name in the Ghanaian musc
industry, Kwadwo Ampofo also known as DJ Black has been nominated (Best DJ Africa category) in maiden THE AFRICAN MUZIK MAGAZINE AWARDS (AFRIMMA).

The award ceremony that caters for all musical genres including including
Afrobeats, Assiko, Bongo, Decale, Funana, Genge, Highlife, Hiplife, Kwaito, Lingala and Soukous will be held at the plush Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts and Corporate Presentations in
Richardson, Texas on July 26th, 2014.

DJ Black was recently in Austin, Texas to present a paper on Digital Media/Music in Africa during 2013 SXSW Music Festival.

SXSW Music is the largest music festival of its kind in the world, with more than 2,200 official performers and bands playing in more than 100 venues.

Ghanaian singer Efya, who has been confirmed to perform on this year’s World Music Award(WMA) is set to share the stage with international music superstars from around the world.

Efya will perform alongside Nigerian music superstar D’banj, Mariah Carey, Ricky Martin, Flo Rida, Miley Cyrus, Leona Lewis, Jason Derulo and Fall Out Boy.

Efya’s smash hit song “Best in me” has received nominations in 5 different categories: World's Best Song, Best Female Artiste, World Best Live Act, World Best Entertainer of the Year and World Best Video.

Rapper Sarkodie and UK-based Fuse ODG have also received nominations for the same awards.

The reigning VGMA best female vocalist has also been nominated for the Best Female award in Africa’s most respected music awards event – the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs) 2014.

This brings to seven, the award nominations so far this year.

A clearly overwhelmed Efya has taken to her official Facebook page to thank her fans and team, asking for further support to win all the awards she’s been nominated for.

The international award show is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 27th May 2014 in Monte Carlo,Monaco, France.

Source: peacefmonline

The stage of Africa Movie Academy Awards will be lightened up on Saturday 25th May, 2014 when
Afro-hip-hop super star Fally Ipupa from the Democratic Republic of Congo alongside Nigerian contemporary high-life act, Flavour , Ghanaian Keche musical group and Nigeria’s J-Martins will perform at the continental showbiz fiesta.

Announcing the musical stars that will be on parade, Mr. Tony Anih, Director of Administration of AMAA said that Nigerians and international
guests that will be in Yenagoa for the awards should be prepared for a great time with the musical artistes drawn from West and Central
Africa.

‘’As an African brand AMAA always parade the best of our musical stars and celebrities to perform and host the awards.

We are continuing in that tradition again and for our 10th anniversary
we went for the best available within the continent.’’

The awards that is being sponsored by Glo, MRS oil, Sterling Bank as platinum sponsors will also have
Nigeria’s Segun Arinze, Nigerian-British born Lloyd Nathaniel, Ghana’s Naa Ashorkor and a yet to be
announced South African hosts of the event.

Red carpet of the show will be anchored by Kenya’s Mariam Kaptuiya, Ghana’s Igantius Annor and
Mamavi Owusu. The Nigerians who will be part of the red carpet anchors include John Mike Nwadibie,
Chike Osigwe Emamuzo and Ogbeta Huldah.

AMAA is hosted by Bayelsa State government under the leadership of Governor Seriake Dickson
who has promised that the state is well secured for the comfort and enjoyment of residents and
visitors who will come from all parts of the world to the oil-rich state.

Other corporate organisations that are sponsoring AMAA this year include FCMB, Skye Bank, CCECC,
Atlas Oranto Petroleum International, Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation, Dan Etete Foundation, Skymit Autos, BUA Group while the media partners
are Bella Naija, ONTV, Ebony TV and Cool FM.

Here comes another glowing star from the Volta region of Ghana. Hecta is the real definition of versatility and dynamism. A sparkling star that combines matured lyrics with rhythms to create music.

Since infancy Hecta has always dream of becoming one of Ghana’s industry big music names.
Hecta started pursuing his musical career at a tender age when he used to rap and sing at the same time to entertain people he hangs around with.
Since then, he has gone through major evolution to ensure that he produce more commercial songs that will be accepted by the market.

Hecta is undoubtedly one of the rising stars from southern Ghana who is enjoying massive airplay and also performed on major stages in the country and beyond. Hecta through his hard work and creativity has been able to share the same stage with big names like Kwaw Kese, Edem, 4X4, R2bees, D-Black, Castro, and Guru etc.

Hecta is a signed artiste under ‘KabaKaba Music’ where he co-owns the record label with his long time clique Abraham Fiza. He has added more value to his music brand by involving other online promo portals like Showbiz GH and Noexit Ghana that co-promote his songs and effect his media relations but still working industriously and looking forward to sign deals with record labels who believes in his musical proficiency. A dedicated number of fans and friends called TEAMHECTA are also behind pushing his career, since the moon is the target.

Hecta has a good number of songs to his credit and still producing countless number of them that will be released subsequently .His first hit single features Dobble 'Woni ma wo' and followed by a couple of others.

However the song that shot Hecta into the mainstream was his much talk about street anthem ‘Evuna’ which features one of Ghana’s top stars, Guru of Bola Ray’s empire entertainment. The song produced by Bushington DK crony Danny Beat forced it way beyond the borders of Ghana through to Togo, Swaziland, Nigeria and other African countries. A timeless music still reigning in other parts of the world.

Hecta’s songs are for the street. His latest release ‘Gbadu’ is a club banger which features Stay Jay and expected to become a major hit in the months ahead.

In his words Hecta said; ‘music is my thing, a lot is yet to come. This is just the tip of the iceberg. My fans have not yet had enough of me. More to come by God’s grace ‘ Mi nor cheky

Connect with Hecta on the social media today and get interactive
Facebook: Hecta GH
Twitter:@HectaGH
Instagram:@HectaGH
YouTube:HectaOnline:
Hash tag: #Hecta #TeamHecta
Alternative Links: www.reverbnation.com/hectadevolta1

From being touted as ‘The ladies’ to be being called ‘The man with many wives’, the self-acclaimed ‘King of African Dancehall’, Samini, seems to have shirked all those titles and wants the title, ‘Man with no wives’.

The dancehall artiste has revealed that, he is no longer married and has no wife presently, contrary to the known fact that he had two wives.

Making the revelation to Delay Frimpong Manso on the ‘Delay Show’ after some hesitation, Samini said that he had married two ladies at a young age with the perception that he was doing the honourable thing of marrying all the mothers of his children.

According to him, he felt he was doing the right thing but the ladies, after a while did not agree to the arrangement of being married to the same man and the circumstances of the marriages and decided to call it quit; so he is currently with no wife.

‘I don’t have a wife. Everybody has gone their separate ways.

Thanks to civilization, my former wives decided to stop the marriage,’ he disclosed.

Samini defended his action of marrying more than one woman by saying: “where I come from, it is acceptable to marry more than one woman and it was my wish to marry all the mothers of my kids and make them comfortable.

I thought I was doing the right thing but the women felt otherwise”

“Once you can take care of your wives and children, it is acceptable to marry the women as a responsible
man,” he continued.

The irony of Samini’s marriage life which hit the headlines years ago was not about his marriage to two different women but how he did it.

In February 2011, Samini got married to Mercy Geker, mother of his daughter, Yelisun Samini in London.

At the time, Samini was already engaged to Christian Aboagye Mensah, a Ghanaian-based in Canada and the mother of his daughters- Toyila Samini and Ayana Samini, unbeknownst to Mercy Geker.

Samini, on 10th May 2011, officially registered his marriage to Christiana Aboagye Mensah in a low profile ceremony which took place at the Registrar General’s Office in Accra in the presence of their children.

Samini currently has four kids, three girls and one boy from different women but he is not married to any of the women, per his account.

Samini is also gearing up to open a restaurant/night club called ‘Dance Sterdam’ at Dansoman.

According to him, the place will serve as a restaurant during the day and a nightclub in the evening; and will be opened very soon.

Source: Razz Newspaper

Bull Dog is doing a good job in prison where he has been staying since last Thursday, May 15 .
The manager of dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has been passing on his food to his colleague prisoners .

Who wont love such a person? He is now the toast of his environment due to his kind gestures.

It is said that sometimes one ’ s predicament serves as a blessing to others , and this was the case when CEO of Bull Hause Entertainment, Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson aka Bulldog made his cell mates enjoy food items that were sent to him by family and friends .

Bull Dog had been the toast of his cell
mates as he passes on almost all his food brought to him from family , friends and loved ones .

When Flex newspaper paid a visit to him at the Cantonment Police Station , he had turned the cells into a party ground as other cellmates enjoyed the food passed on to them by Bull Dog who had little attention for food but his friends who have come around.

Bull Dog who is the manager of
controversial dancehall artiste Shatta Wale was arrested at Kokomlemle on Thursday 15 th May , 2014 over the death of the late Fennec Okyere who was stabbed in his Manet Garden home not long ago by unknown
assailants.

The Criminal Investigative Department of the Ghana Police in pursuit of the murderers, came across Bull Dog’ s name as a suspect of the crime.

He was then invited by the police to aid in investigations regarding the gruesome murder.

Bull dog was remanded in police custody last Monday at the Accra Central Magistrate court till June 2 to enable the police carry out further investigations.

Dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy, leaves the shores of Ghana today for Europe to commence a two-week musical show.

The Ghanaian artiste will perform shows in Germany, Austria and climax it all in Italy where he is expected to thrill thousands of reggae and dancehall music lovers.

This is his first European tour since his musical career.

Stonebwoy, who has won the heart of many Ghanaians with his consistent hit songs, appears to have stretched his wings not just in Africa but across the European continent wishing to see the dazzling dancehall artiste performing.

The 2013 Bass Awards winner who over the years has established himself as a force to reckon with in the Reggae and Dancehall genre is said to grace the tour as the headline artist.

With thousands of his teeming fans expected to be part of the tour, one can imagine the exploding response from the crowd when the artist performs his banging hit songs, “Pull up,” “Give it to them,” and “Onumade.”

In an exclusive interview with Entertainment Today via telephone, Manager of Stonebwoy, Mr. Karl Gidiglo, said the whole management team is very excited about the tour which Stonebwoy is embarking on.

According to him, this is the first time Stonebwoy will be performing in Germany and Italy… “and I feels it’s a good cause for the artist to showcase the talent we have in Ghana.

However, he expressed gratitude to God for this favour on his artist.

“It is just amazing to know how people outside appreciate the good work we do in Ghana; I am honestly humbled by the huge responses we are getting out already and I believe this is also a platform for Stonebwoy to go out there to show the talent Ghana has.

“……we promise to give a great and memorable show,” he assured.

He noted that the tour was made possible due to the kind of music he [Stonebwoy] does and how Europeans have developed interest in it.

“This shows that the kind of music Stonebouy does is not just for Ghanaians only but also for the international market,” Mr. Gidiglo added.

Stonebwoy will be performing in Hamburg, Germany on the 24th and 28th in Austria before his final show slated for 7th June, 2014 in Italy.

Source: Today Newspaper

Ghana’s top actor, John Dumelo, has made it known that he sometimes gets affected by the role he plays in movies.

He made reference to a particular movie in which he acted as an aggressive husband.

“There was one time I was to act as an aggressive and abusive husband towards Nigerian actress Rita Dominic.

I was given a script to act like an aggressive husband who was supposed to be beating his wife every day.

The character had so much impact on me that by the time the shooting was complete – I became so aggressive.

It took me some days to come to myself,’ he revealed.
These occurrences seem to have strengthened the actor who has a passion for acting.

The actor who was in the company of his colleague, Majid Michael, went on to reveal his challenges as a new actor.

“There were lots of criticisms, and in the first movie I casted, I was paid Ghc10.00, but because I know what I was looking for I did not complain.

I have not been to any acting school, but because of the passion, determination and support I got from people, I was able to make it to the top.”

The handsome actor has already started giving back to society as he has opened an acting school named John Dumelo Film Academy to nurture young talents.

He further revealed his dream to act in Hollywood should an opportunity arise.

He expressed the belief that Ghana can reach a Hollywood status if the movie industry could be developed to attain more international recognition.

Source: The General Telegraph

Actress Yvonne Nelson has opened up about her life in an exciting interview with Jessica Opare Saforo on the Traffic Avenue.

The gorgeous actress took Jessica on a joy ride when she answered questions related to her career, love life and the controversies.

Asked if she’s dating currently, she responded that “I’m very paranoid. I don’t believe in what any man says. I’m no longer dating but I still believe in love.”

Yvonne Nelson wasn’t at the recently held Vodafone Ghana Music Awards and she used the opportunity to dispel assertions that her absence was because of Iyanya, her ex-boyfriend who has billed to perform.

“I wasn’t at the # VGMAs because I was involved in an accident on my way there. I was to present an award,” she said.

Reacting to rumors that she has been bleaching, she explained that the use of filters on Instagram among other things make her look a bit fairer and that she has not bleached.

She explained that some people would just not accept explanation but remain resolute about the bleaching rumors.

Among other things, she revealed how with time she has managed to build herself up in the movie industry.

She’s currently working on her latest self-produced movie which features the best of the Ghanaian movie industry.

Sarkodie is a very great strategist and talent individual. When it comes to creativity, he does NOT lack in that field.

Even though his Adonai song with S.K Blinks on his Sarkology album was not that great, he went ahead to remix it with Castro and it was an instant hit song.

Well, the two are in South Africa now
shooting a video for it with Nana Kofi
Asihene.

Here are some of the Behind the Scenes photos from the set. You know sey money no be problem.