Hiplife Group Buk Bak Exposed!

Buk Bak, Ghana’s exciting musical duo, has been caught on camera in a fishing canoe along the Chorkor beach in Accra, singing their new song, ‘Fisherman’s Anthem: You Saw Me’.

The group, comprising Prince Bright aka Bling Sparkles and Ronnie Coches, recently bounced back to mainstream music after abandoning the stage for some five years. Buk Bak is on record as the first hiplife group in Ghana to be successful with Ga lyrics and also top music charts with songs in Twi, English and Pidgin.

NEWS-ONE caught up with Bright and Ronnie for an exclusive chat:
Fisherman’s Anthem The idea is to launch this album by the end of the year. For now we are releasing the tracks in singles and we are grateful to Ghana that we have been accepted back. When we see people singing and dancing to the track, we just get a sort of encouragement. I think we should salute radio guys and all of you for this.
Profane
‘Fisherman’s Friend: You Saw Me’ is not profane. It may be interpreted in Ga to sound a bit of what you are thinking but that is not the aim. We do not do profane songs, it is not our style and we have never believed that a song should be profane before it sells.

We have the track record to prove this. Take it from the days of ‘Komi Ke Kena’ all through ‘Condom’ and ‘What Dem Plan’ and you would get an understanding of what we stand for. We stand for entertainment and not profanity.

The Dream
We are happy to be back in music and we are ready to do our best to satisfy our fans. By God’s grace, we shall not disappoint any of you guys. We have something to offer this country and that is what keeps driving us. We have a contribution to make, a mission to accomplish and a music industry to build.

We dream of helping the upcoming ones to become great and even greater than us. Take for instance 4×4 or Castro or Pope Skinny or K-2 and you would understand our contribution to this industry. They all trace their history to Buk Bak and if we can do it for them, we can do it for the current upcoming ones too.

The Comeback
On December 17 this year, we shall stage the Buk Bak Comeback Concert and that is what we are working on for now. It would be Buk Bak and friends and we can assure you that the show would be great. It does not mean we would stay away from shows. We would continue to honor invitations and respond to contracts.

The Breakup
That happened in the past, we would like to focus on the future. No serious person keeps living in the past. Something happened, we’ve expressed regret and learnt from our mistakes, the way forward is to move on and plan for the future but not to keep talking about the past.

Once we have learnt a lesson from that, we should move on. We should focus on the album we are working on as we continue to rehearse for shows.

Tic Tac starts Club 2 Club tour November 5

One Ghana’s Most Wanted  celebrated and seasoned rap artistes, Nana Kwaku Duah popularly known on stage as Tic Tac, is about to embarking on a Club 2 Club tour this November.

With six albums to his credit, Tic Tac still remains an unassailable artiste with immense experience in his belt, gifted with an original style of flow that sets him apart from the field.

Fefe ne Efe, Philomena, Kangaroo, Shoddies, Beware of dogs and other international hits by Tic over the years have been the toast of several events and radio plays.

Tic Tac is about to release his seventh album, Ghana 4 U which already has two hot tracks, In The Gallo which features Gyadu Blay Ambulley and Feel The Heat also featuring the US based The Canz and Myshel, enjoying rotations on radio.

The tour which is a pre-album, party and video premiere is planned to give fans an opportunity to enjoy the first time showing of the two videos In the Gallo and Feel The Heat.

The Club 2 Club tour, according to Tic Tac who spoke to Joy FM (ACCRA) in an interview,That this is his “seventh album and the number seven(7) means a lot to him because of that he thought of going to the clubs with the music and also giving my fans the opportunity to have that one-on-one interaction for the first time and also see me perform snippets of the tracks they should expect from my upcoming album.”

The tour will take Tic Tac to Vienna City Nite Clubs in Takoradi, Kumasi, Accra and Tema, beginning November 5 from Tarkoradi.

Revelers in Kumasi will feel the Tic Tac magic on November 12 when the tour hits Oseikrom. Tema and Accra will have theirs on November 19 and November 26 respectively.

Although Tic Tac will headline this tour, other chart topping acts have been billed to make appearances on the tour. He will not give out names but said, “Trust me I am bringing on board some of the biggest names when it comes to Ghanaian music today.”

Tic Tac explained that the rationale behind the choice to get close to his fans via the night clubs is that “most of the songs make hits through the clubs and there are some die-hard Tic Tac fans who will always love to go to the club. Such fans are the primary targets.”

“We are trying to satisfy people who go to the clubs to listen to our music and not only listen to it from other mediums like the TV.”

Stay J, Eduwuji fight over "Yen ko nkuaa"

Not long ago, this two(2) Musicians came out with the only song “Yen Ko nkuaa” creating waves on the music scene since it was released last March, but it is also wedging a huge rift between two hip life artistes: Eduwuji and Stay J.

Both artistes are laying claim to the song. While Eduwuji, real name Raymond Eduwuji Gbedze, is accusing Stay J of breaching the contract between them not to sing the song at shows without him since he (Eduwuji) had made a one off payment of GH¢1,500 to Stay J to just feature on it, Stay J of “Shashewoowo” fame claims he has every right to perform “Yen ko nkuaa” without Eduwuji because he is the original composer of the song.

In an interview with Graphic Showbiz last Tuesday, Eduwuji said he wrote the entire song by himself and that Stay J only sang the Twi part.

“In fact it was a demo I wanted to master at sound engineer, Kaywa's studio and because we were both then on the same record label, Under One Entertainment, the management suggested that Stay J who was already out with “Shashewoowo”, should do the chorus which he did, but Stay J is not the owner of the song,” Eduwuji said.

“In fact the chorus which Stay J sings: “So me ha na so me ha……” was initially written in English as “Hold my here, hold that” and he only translated it into Twi. If the song belongs to him, why did I have to pay him GH¢1,500 to feature on it?” he asked.

Eduwoji said Stay J had performed the song on several platforms knowing he didn't have the right to do so. “He goes about saying the song is his. I have respected him all this time but it seems he has no regard for contracts. If this situation continues, I'm afraid I have no option than to get my lawyers to write to him”, Eduwuji stated.

William Kojo Johnson, aka Stay J, however, said after releasing “Shashewowo”, he decided to help Eduwuji out by featuring him on Yen Ko nkuaa.

“It's rather unfortunate Eduwuji is saying he owns the song. I only asked him to sing on “Yen Ko nkuaa” just because we were on the same record label. I felt because he sang only in Ewe, it would be difficult for him as an up-coming artiste, so I decided to feature him on “Yen Ko nkuaa” to get him the exposure. Is this my reward for helping him out?” asked Stay J.

Stay J said if Eduwuji wants to ride on his back to be famous he has no problem with that but he cannot accept the lies he (Eduwuji) is peddling around about the song.

“Yen ko nkuaa” was supposed to be released on an Under One Entertainment compilation but out of greed, Eduwuji claimed ownership of the song. I rest my case in the hands of God, but I know the truth about who actually owns the song will come out one day,” said Stay J.

Stay J also denied the allegation that he was paid GH¢1,500 by Eduwuji's management not to perform the song on any platform.

“The money was rather paid to me for allowing him to sing the Ewe part of my song. My manager asked Eduwuji to take care of the recording of the beat and video clip which cost GH¢ 1000 if they wanted to be part of the song. I also demanded for additional GH¢500 for the clothes I had bought for the video clip. That's how come they gave me GH¢ 1,500”, he added.

Dr Sid to rock Miss Malaika finals

The top Nigeria music icon, Dr Sid of ‘Pop Something’ fame, will have his first major performance in Ghana at the grand finale of the 2011 Miss Malaika beauty reality TV contest.

The Mo Hits star will perform alongside some selected seasoned Hiplife music icons which include Sarkodie, at the Accra International Conference Centre on November 5.

A dentist by profession, the singer cum songwriter, born as Sidney Onoriode Esirican, can be said to be one of the hottest musicians in Nigeria as he is currently enjoying a great ride with his hit single ‘Pop Something’.

As the rest of the nation roots for their favorite delegates to make it to the grand finale, the competition continued last week with another extraordinary episode dubbed ‘The Fashion Night’.

Each contestant was first tasked to produce a design for an evening wear with the help of an accomplished designer. Then the contestants were put into groups to come out with designs for casually smart outfits, beachwear and avant-garde designs.

The judging panel for the night comprised the two godmothers of the competition, Anne Mary Sakyi and Mrs. Kay Bentsi-Enchill, plus the versatile Miss Sheila Gabrah, a talented model and budding fashion designer.

Don’t forget another eviction is just around the corner and patrons are encouraged to vote by texting the names of their favourites to the short code 1757 (all networks) to keep them in the competition.

Miss Maliaka Ghana 2011 shows Sundays on GTV at 9.30pm, GhOne Entertainment TV at 8.30pm, e.TV at 10:00pm and Homebase TV at 5.30pm. You can also follow your favourite on www.missmalaikaghana.com.

Miss Malaika Ghana 2011 is proudly sponsored by RANA Motors, Air Namibia, Simbin’s Furniture, Inspiration by ATL, Sleek Make up, Royal Richester and powered by GhOne Entertainment TV.

Kwabena Kwabena Fights For Obour

Ghana’s sensational singer, Kwabena Kwabena has condemned the behaviour of some Ghanaians who have started criticizing MUSIGA President Bice Osei Kufuor, few months after taking over the mantle of the music union.

Kwabena Kwabena was upset at the time of speaking to The Weekend Moment saying “Obour is barely some few weeks old in office and he is just about to kick start his plans, but some Ghanaians have already started criticizing the president, a thing that may cause the downfall of the union if not checked”.

He called on Obour to stay focus and never allow any criticism that may come from any corner of the country to destruct him from his intentions for the union.

He continued that “the behaviour of Ghanaians doesn’t speak well of us and its unfortunate to see these things increasing daily in the country, not only in the music cycles but in how we do politics in the country”. The silky voice hi-life singer said plans are far advanced to make the Ghana music industry a formidable one in no time.

“Just at the ruling N.D.C took over from N.P.P administration, the same as the sitting president Obour also took from Diana Hopeson setting regulations and structures”. He said.

He charged Ghanaians to unite and make the country a better place to stay, instead of turning everything into politics in the country.

2011 Nominnes Released For 4Syte Music Video Awards

Nominations for the upcoming third edition of the 4Syte Music Video Awards has been released after several days of brainstorming and discussions.

The only music video award in Ghana is organized by 4SYTE  and sponsored by telecommunication giant, Vodafone.

Speaking to Peacefmonline.com The CEO of 4SYTE TV  Mr. lgnace Hego said the completion is very tight this year because it was very difficult for the selection committee made up of various professional video Directors and critics to cut down the videos because each one of the video were equally good.

The main event will take place at the Accra International Conference Centre on Saturday November 19, 2011. According information available to Peacefmonline.com, the organizers are working on bringing two surprise acts from Nigeria to rock the stage with some great Ghanaian performers.

To vote for your favorite video text name & category of artiste to Vodafone short code 1738 and all networks.

Check out the full list of Nominees:

BEST GROUP VIDEO:
VIP ---------------- MY BABY
R2Bees-------------- AGEEI
4X4----------------- WAIST AND POWER
RANA --------------- FLY WITH ME
5FIVE ---------------MOVE BACK
Ruff N SMOOTH -------AZINGELE
F.O.I. --------------ONE MORE


BEST CHOROGRAPHY VIDEO:
PRAYE----------------- NEW DANCE
CASTRO --------------- DO DA DANCE
SHERIFA GUNU------- MBRANTIE
RICHIE ---------------- ASA FOFRO
VIP -------------------- AWAY
SLIM BUSTERR -------- LOVE SOMEONE 


BEST HIPLIFE VIDEO
OBOUR ----------------BACK TO OBOUR
STAY J ---------------SUE
R2BEES ---------------AJEEII
VIP ------------------AWAY
D.CRYME --------------KILL ME SHY
KWAW KESE ------------FOR THE POPPING
REGGIE ROCKSTONE -----ESEWARA
BRA KEVIN BEATS ------THREE HEADED BEAST
GURU -----------------MMA KUO
OKYEAME KWAME --------FAITHFUL
ASEM -----------------NO MORE KPAYOR


BEST HILIFE VIDEO
GEORGE DARKO ----------LUCKY STAR
KWAME ZAGGY -----------JUST THE TWO OF US
KWABENA MAFIA ---------I GO PAY
JAY GHARTEY -----------ME DO WO
KING DAVID ------------BEDI
BLESS -----------------ME DAN DA
ADENE BEST ------------DJATA BI


BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
CHASE ------------------TELL ME YOUR NAME
NU AFRICA --------------NU AFRICA
AJ NELSON --------------SAME GIRL
OBOUR ------------------BACK 2 OBOUR
WUTA KOBBI -------------AMBULANCE


BEST REGGEA VIDEO
IWAN --------------------TELL THEM
WA DON ------------------HIGH PERFORMANCE
SONNI BALLI -------------OH WHY
BLAKK RASTA -------------MISS RIGHT
ROUGH N SMOOTH ----------TIME CHANGES
SAMINI ------------------DADIE KYE


BEST FEMALE VIDEO
BECCA --------------------PUSH
EAZZY --------------------ONE GIRL
DIAMOND ------------------POPPING
SHERIFA GUNU -------------MBRANTIE
SALA ---------------------FALLING
RAQUEL -------------------ODO
EFYA ---------------------SEXY SASSY WAHALA


BEST MALE VIDEO
TRIGMATIC ------------------MY LIFE
ASEM -----------------------NO MORE KPAYOR
D.CRYME --------------------KILL ME SHY
BRA KEVIN BEATS ------------THREE HEADED BEAST
CHASE ----------------------TELL ME UR NAME
OKYEAME KWAME --------------FAITHFUL
SAMINI ---------------------DADIE KYE


BEST EDITING
IWAN -----------------------WHO IS BAD
ASEM -----------------------NO MORE KPAYOR
STAY JAY -------------------SUE
RICHIE N SWAY ----------INTOXICATED
SARKODIE -------------------LAY AWAY
D-BLACK --------------------GET ON DA DANCE FLOOR
4X4 ------------------------WAIST & POWER


BEST COLLABORATION
STAY JAY & SARKODIE --------SUE
CASTRO & BABY JET ----------DO THE DANCE
BECCA & TRIGMATIC ----------PUSH
EAZZY & RICHIE -------------ONE GIRL
REGGY & SAMMINI ------------ESAWURA
JAY GHATEY &TINNY ----------HARD ALL DAY
D-BLACK & KWABENA K. -------SOME BODY
R2BEES & SARKODIE ----------AJIIEE


DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR
D.CRYME ---------------------KILL ME SHY
YAW SIKI --------------------WUPE SA
ZIGGY -----------------------YOU SAY WATIN
BRA KEVIN BEATS -------------THREE HEADED BEAST
FRITZ FT GURU ---------------ME DO WO
J-TOWN ----------------------GUNS AND ROSES


BEST DIRECTED
BECCA ------------------------AFRICAN WOMAN
EAZZY ------------------------ONE GIRL
GURU -------------------------MMAA KUO
JAY GARTEY -------------------WAITING FOR YOU
SARKODIE ---------------------LAY AWAY
OBOUR ------------------------BACK TO OBOUR
BRA KEVIN BEATS --------------THREE HEADED BEAST
REGGY & SAMINI ---------------ESAWURA


BEST STORYLINE
OBOUR -----------------------BACK TO OBOUR
REGGIE ROCKSTONE ------------ESEWARA
CHASE -----------------------TELL ME YOUR NAME
BECCA -----------------------AFRICAN WOMAN
TRIGMATIC -------------------MY JOLIE
GURU ------------------------MMAA KUO
EAZZY -----------------------ONE GIRL


OVERALL BEST VIDEO
4X4 --------------------------WAIST & POWER
ASEM -------------------------NO MORE KPAYOR
BRA KEVIN BEATS --------------THREE HEADED BEAST
BECCA ------------------------AFRICAN WOMAN
OBOUR ------------------------BACK TO OBOUR
OKYEAME KWAME ----------------FAITHFUL
R 2 BEES ---------------------AJIEE
JAY GHARTEY ------------------WAITING FOR YOU


BEST AFRICAN ACT
NAETO C -------------------10/10
CABO SNOOP (ANGOLA) -------WINDECK
WIZKID --------------------HOLLA AT YOUR BOY
ICE PRINCE ----------------OLEKU
DBLACK --------------------GET ON DA DANCE FLOOR
SAMINI --------------------DADIE KYE
D BANJ --------------------MR ENDOWED RMX
R2BEES --------------------AJIIEE


BEST HIPHOP VIDEO
DBLACK --------------------GET ON THE DANCE FLOOR
C-REAL --------------------IBE THE SWAGG
NU AFRICA -----------------NU AFRICA
J-TOWN --------------------GUNS AND ROSES
SCIENTIFIC ----------------I LIKE U GIRL
SAKORDIE ------------------LAY AWAY
MANIFEST ------------------SUFFER
TRIGMATIC -----------------MY LIFE


BEST GOSPEL VIDEO
GIFTY OSEI -----------------FE FEE FE
NO TRIBE -------------------BOHYE
CWESI OTENG --------------- MERCY
PHILIPAH BAAFI -------------DE3BA WONS3M
LADY PREMPEH ---------------FAA FAA
CECILIA MARFO------------ --AFUNU BA

Ama K Wins Best Actress Again

The sky is definitely the starting point for Ghana’s showbiz icon, Ama K Abebrese.

She has once again earned an enviable recognition in Africa’s movie industry by winning the Best Actress Award at the Zimbabwe Film Festival.

She was named Best Actress for her role in ‘Sinking Sands’. She grabbed the award ahead of other big names from across the African continent.

Ama K has since her recognition at Zimbabwe Film Festival been receiving congratulatory messages on all social networks.

Last night, she was expected to increase the tally with another win at Screen Nation Awards held in London at the IndigO2.

The Screen Nation Film & TV Awards 2011 is an annual ceremony to celebrate outstanding achievements and diversity on the British movie screen. The event was hosted by one of TV’s favourite couples, Angellica Bell and Michael Underwood, and brought together a lot of world stars.

Currently, Ama is African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) Best Actress in leading role, an award she snatched from competitors Genevieve Nnaji, Omoni Oboli and other top African actress at the last AMAA.

She is hopeful of winning the Oscars one day if God gives her life.

“I won an award as Ghana UK Media personality last year and the Best Actress in leading role at the African Movie Academy Awards. Now my next thing is to bring on the Golden Globe awards, and the Oscars, you have to dream big. People say that aim for the moon. If you don’t succeed at least you will be among the stars. Right now I feel I am among the stars and I only want to aim higher. I want to keep getting better and by God’s grace I will get better roles and improve. Now I really had to work harder than before,” she said after she received her AMAA statuette.

Jayso and Sarkodie To Release A Joint-Album

Remember Jay-Z and R Kelly’s ‘Best of Both Worlds’ and more recently Jay-Z and Kanye West’s ‘Watch the Throne’?

Well, Ghana may soon see its version of such a collaboration between two distinctive forces within the hiplife game as it exists currently. According to sources, Jayso and Sarkodie have been secretly cooking up a joint-collaboration album which is almost ready to hit the market.



The project is reportedly titled ‘The Mind Game’ but is subject to change upon completion of the album. The source also hinted that there will be surprise guest appearances from across Africa, UK and the US.

This isn’t the first time the two rappers will be working together; Jayso produced most of the tracks on Sarkodie’s hit debut album, ‘Maa Kye’ and featured on some of the songs as well.

Three (3) Ghanaian Men In Finest Africans List

The Source which get to Dj Oxygen Empire is that their are three Ghanaians which have popped up in the current list of the finest and sexiest African guys. Ghana’s Idris Akuna Elba, a British and American movie star; Prince Kevin Boateng Ghanaian footballer; and Ghanaian actor Van Vicker found their names in the top list compiled by Essense, an American-based reputable monthly magazine with a base circulation of some 1,600,000.

The magazine said Idris Elba is one of the sexiest men on the planet, hands down. British-born, Idris’ father is Sierra Leonean and his mother is Ghanaian. It said Ghanaian actor Van Vicker is one of the most recognized, and gorgeous faces to come out of the African Film industry.

He has won many award and has over 20 hits films. Van, born to a Liberian-Ghanaian mother and a Dutch father is based in Ghana with his family.


The third Ghanaian on the list is German-born Ghanaian Soccer star Kevin Prince Boateng who many people, the world over, drooled over during the 2010 World Cup. Macho man Kevin had more ladies tuning into the World Cup than ever before, according to the magazine.



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Spain's Billionaire Duchess Remarries At 85 Years Of Age

She is a frizzy-haired 85-year-old eccentric and hugely wealthy aristocrat with a squeaky voice and an impossibly long name. He is a lowly civil servant 25 years her junior. Today the two were married, prompting a frenzy of excitement in this southern Spanish city.

Crowds formed outside Seville's Dueñas Palace – just one of several regal residences the Duchess of Alba owns around Spain – as she, her family and a few friends gathered for a small ceremony for her marriage to Alfonso Díez in the palace's private chapel.

The billionaire duchess, who has been known to ask the media for money in the past, allowed in just two news agencies – for free.

"She is an amazing woman. She does whatever she wants and doesn't give a damn what people say," said 18-year-old tourism student Ana Trigo, as she fought for space on the pavement outside the Dueñas's imposing gates. "I know she's got lots of money, but that's just the luck of birth isn't it?"

A neatly groomed priest, a flamenco singing troupe, innumerable bunches of roses, sunflowers and carnations, and at least two bullfighter guests made their way into the palace complex as security guards pushed back the crowd of gawping, shouting Sevillanos.

"I've written a paso doble and want to sing it for her," said composer Vicente Tarrancón, who travelled the 300 miles from Alicante with an electric piano and a violinist but who remained firmly outside the palace gates.

Onlookers mostly were not disturbed by the duchess's inherited wealth, estimated at up to €3.5bn (£3bn), even though one in five Spaniards are currently unemployed and the economy is heading towards a double-dip recession.

Apart from her palaces, the duchess owns huge tracts of land all over Spain and has a collection of paintings that include works by Goya and Velázquez.

"She gives a lot of money to charity and employs a lot of people. And she repaired the church of the Christ of the Gypsies," said housewife Mari Luz González. "She's wonderful."

Cries of "Guapa!" or "Good-looking!" welcomed the pallid duchess when she appeared dressed in a pink wedding dress with a green ribbon around her waist at the palace gates with her new husband. She responded by dancing a few flamenco steps.

Most people, however, seemed to be taking a tongue-in-cheek attitude to the duchess's latest romance and using it as an excuse to indulge in Seville's favoured pastime of partying. At least one onlooker had dressed in a bridal gown. Another came disguised as Spain's monarch, King Juan Carlos, who was reportedly petitioned by the duchess's children to see if he could dissuade their mother from remarrying.

"Let's face it, the scandal is not that he is younger, but that she is so old," said Margarita Ruibal. "It's not every day you hear of someone of that age getting married."

An unemployed man who called himself Buti came dressed as a yoghurt carton to protest at the €40 a day paid to farmworkers. "Here they are, living it up in their palaces while 300 families a day lose their homes in Spain," he said.

The duchess's attempts to stop her six children from squabbling with her husband-to-be over money – by making her will public before the marriage – failed to appease them all, prompting the duchess to call one daughter-in-law "lying, wicked and covetous" on a television gossip show.

The daughter-in-law and her husband were among the few guests who turned down the wedding invitation. "Alfonso doesn't want anything. All he wants is me," the duchess said earlier this year.

Newsstands, meanwhile, displayed the front cover of Interviú magazine – which showed topless pictures of the duchess taken three decades ago on an Ibiza beach. The publicity-loving aristocrat was said to be formally furious, but privately delighted, by the flattering figure she boasted when she was a mere fifty-something. The magazine said it had held on to the pictures for 30 years so as not to upset the duchess, but thought them now worth publishing.

Local shops were selling duchess-themed "I love DQS" T-shirts featuring her trademark frizz of white hair. The regional CanalSur TV station beamed live coverage into the city's bars, where unemployed men sold postcards of the Virgin Mary statues that populate Seville's churches.

The duchess, whose full name is María del Rosario Cayetana Victoria Alfonsa Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva, boasts 49 inherited aristocratic titles – at least 20 of which allow entry into the select club of Spanish Grandees. She also claims the title of Duchess of Berwick and boasts blood ties to the British royal family and Winston Churchill.

Twice widowed, her last husband Jesús Aguirre, who had previously been a leftwing Catholic priest, died in 2001.

Mavado To Rock Ghana On Friday

This friday, the Jamaican super star Movado who is tagged to stage a musical concert in Ghana at the Accra Sports stadium for only GH20 regular and GH40 VIP is all ready to arrive this Friday ahead of the big night.

Call him the Messiah hit man or on the rock man, as Mavado promises to rock his Ghanaian fans come Saturday and to help him do justice to the stage will be MOBO award winner and MTN icon Samini.

When Dj Oxygen Empire talked with the CEO of fantasy entertainment Mr. Lesley Quainoo he revealed that Fantasy is known for its international show standard so come this Saturday, another rocking show will be established.

He also disclosed that Mavado will be in town to meet the press on Friday and later jump onto all radio and TV schedules to tell people how ready he has always been to be in Ghana and satisfy them with the thirst quenching performance.

Batman Samini will be joined by a striking list of other strong artistes from Raquel, Efya, VIP, SCREW Face, Keche, Iwan, Buk Bak, Castro, Kwadee, Dcryme, Stay J, Bandana, Stone bouy, etc, so if people have not grabbed their tickets yet they should do that now, because information from the ticket lines shows there is shortage of tickets," Lesley stressed.

On his part, Gilbert Boakye Nhyira PR of fantasy entertainment also stated that there will be a surprise Nigeria artiste who will join Fidel ranks to mark the Nigerian celebration day in Ghana hence all Nigerians should come expecting a big celebration bash as well.

Mavado Live In Ghana, is termed as the official lights out day in Ghana, as all the major night clubs lights will be dimmed and the only lights that will be on will be the stadium lights, hence a great night of entertainment awaits fans.

Prince David Osei Hits Hollywood Red Carpet

The much-awaited Hollywood standard West African-set Zombie feature film, ‘The Dead’, written and directed by Ford Brother’s Howard J. Ford and Jon Ford, which featured Ghanaian actor Prince David Osei, is scheduled to hit Africa cinemas soon.

Last night, Prince David graced the red carpet in Los Angeles where the movie premiered ahead of a scheduled theatrical rollout in over 20 cities across US, starting from October 7.

The New York screening is also planned for October 14 and is expected to be big.

Last night’s premiere took place at the AMC City Walk Stadium 19 in Los Angeles. Already, the film has graced UK big screens and will make its way to Africa very soon.

‘The Dead’, shot in life-threatening regions of Burkina Faso and Ghana, takes audiences on a horrifying road-trip through a zombie-dominated terrain. An American mercenary, the sole survivor of a violent plane crash, maneuvers through the hostile, arid landscape while battling against the newly-risen living dead. Almost losing all hope, he encounters an African soldier desperately searching for his son amongst the chaos. The mercenary and the soldier rise up together to forge their way through the unstoppable assault of the ever-hungry undead and into an uncertain future.

Along with its overseas theatrical run, ‘The Dead’, co-directed and written by UK natives Howard J. Ford and Jon Ford, has been a festival favorite since its debut last year, garnering rave reviews from horror fans and mainstream media alike.

“Out of nowhere a fan base for ‘The Dead’ rose up, much like the zombies themselves, demanding to see it,” co-director and writer Howard J. Ford joyfully intoned in press release on the film’s official site.

“We had hundreds of zombies down at the Cannes Film Festival carrying banners for our movie and turning up as the undead for festival screenings. Now Global Cinema is bringing our movie to the big screen throughout the U.S. I’m thrilled to be traveling with the film and meeting American audiences that have been so supportive of ‘The Dead’ over the past year.”

Prince David Osei reportedly gave a great delivery in the film.

He and veteran actor, David Dontoh, were the only Ghanaian top stars who proved themselves worthy of a role. It is however not clear if David Dontoh is in the USA.

The premiere, hosted by Global Cinema Distribution, gave the cast and crew, as well as other celebrities, the chance to walk the red carpet and enjoy the official US premiere which will be followed by an after-party.

The media checked in at 6.30pm with red carpet arrivals at 7.00pm. Official screening started 8.00pm and ended with the official after-party at Infusion Lounge 9:45pm.

The after party was hosted by the Presidential Inner Circle.

Ghanaians Miss Good Music – Kwaw Kese

The King Of The Street, Crazy, and Controversial man,The Award winning Ghanaian hiphop act, Kwaw ‘Abodam’ Kese has hit hard at some Ghanaian music acts. In an interview with Delay, the bold Kwaw Kese stated that Ghanaians miss good/sweet music.

Kwaw Kese who is seriously promoting three singles off his upcoming album says “most of the new songs on the market are chaskele.” He intimates that Ghanaians lack the great music that used to excite the country and describes most of the new songs on the market as perishable songs. Describing new artistes and the songs they do, he said, “all those people are not stars, they are song stars. Their songs dont last, they only last a week or two and it’s gone.”

“Pop, pop and the boys who do them, most of them are yawa guys. The ayigbe pop, twi pop, nzema pop, whatever pop, all those dem people are yawa guys, ” he said. However, asked whether his statement about twi pop artistes apply to Dr Chryme, he said even though Dr Cryme didn’t create the genre as most people think, he does fine twi pop which should be commended.

Kwaw added that VIP’s ‘I Think I Like Am’ is a serious song and described songs like Shashewowo by Stay Jay, ''The Thing'' by Atumpan, 'U Sey Wetin' by Ziggy and similar songs as good songs, songs of today that are clearing the air for better songs.

Kwaw Kese shares the view of StoneBwoy and he says “If it’s real it has to be hiphop, or reggae or dancehall”, describing what a good real song should be. In addition, he admonished upcoming artistes to be original and stop the imitation staying that singing like Nigerians and using expressions like “I Dey kolo” defeats the Ghanaian heritage of the music being produced by upcoming artistes.

Kwaw Kese believes that he’s graduated from a street rapper to a “degree holding” rapper and Ghanaians should expect a lot from him this year. Kwaw Kese’s “No More” featuring StoneBwoy and “Popping” featuring Dadie Opanka are enjoying massive airplay countrywide. Watch out for the other single “Eye Wo A” featuring SK Blinkz.     www.wsrsradio.net

Viasat 1 Flies Right to Dream To Norway

Local entertainment Television channel Viasat 1 is set to fly nine 12 to 14 year olds to Norway this month, to participate in the 2011 MTG United for Peace Tournament.

From Thursday 6 – 9 October the international MTG United for Peace Cup Final 2011 will be played in Oslo. Boys and girls from twelve countries will play against each other, but more importantly meet and become friends with their peers from other countries and backgrounds

The winner from Ghana was Right to Dream Academy (the academy is in partnership with Vodafone) and they thus earned a place in MTG’s international football tournament- MGT United for Peace, which aligns itself with the Nobel Peace Prize activities for this year. They will play teams from 11 other countries where MTG – Modern Times Group AB – has TV-stations. In July this year, the 12 to 14 year old team of the Academy came out tops at the MTG United for Peace Ghana Tournament at Old Akrade, organized by Viasat 1, an operating company of Modern Times Group (MTG).

MTG United for Peace arranges local youth football tournaments for 12-14 year old children from Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Africa and the UK. The winning teams are invited to represent their countries in the MTG United for Peace Cup Final in Oslo coinciding with the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. The children will have fun and learn important life skills, when they play football, make friends in between matches, as well as attending the interactive “School of Tolerance” hosted by the Nobel Peace Center.

The MTG United for Peace Cup Final 2011 will be played on Friday 7 October and Saturday 8 October. After the main tournament, there will be a mixed tournament and later in the evening an informal all-star tournament where former star players like Fredi Bobic, Viv Anderson, Lee Martin, Jan Åge Fjørtoft and Brian Deane will play against each other.

Last year Cestria Girls (from the UK) and Right to Dream (from Ghana) for the boys lifted the trophies (for girls and boys divisions respectively) after beating 10 other participating teams. Cestria Girls (from the UK) won with a score of 3-1 against Team Romerike (from Norway). And Right to Dream (from Ghana) finally came out on top for the boys after an exciting game against Nõmme United '97 from Estonia (1-0).

This year Right to Dream have full intentions of retaining the cup. Captain of the team Evans Mensah said, “We are very excited to go to Norway to participate in this year’s tournament and we are even more excited to go there to defend our title as cup holders. We will make Viasat 1 very proud”.

12 Teams from 12 countries will participate in the final this year.

Bököny (Hungary) Alytus (Lithuania) Tower Hamlets (UK) Team Slovenia (Slovenia) Fortuna Hjørring (Denmark) Right to Dream Academy (Ghana) Aspudden (Sweden) Milosardie (Bulagaria) JK Viisu (Estonia) Kalachevskaya Orphanage (Russia) Imanta Orphanage (Latvia)

The team leaves the shores of Ghana on Wednesday 5th October 2011.

Ghana’s Richest Pastors

Ghana is a predominantly Christian country with several churches and pastors who are perceived to be generally rich, with some of them living affluent lifestyles.

While many have questioned these pastors over their source of income, the general response has been that they do not dip their hands into church coffers. Though they are not as affluent as their Nigerian counterparts, News-One takes a peep into the wealthy lifestyles of some of the leading pastors in Ghana and try to compare which of them may be the wealthiest.



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Sam Korankye Ankrah
Apostle General of the Royal House Chapel, Rev. Sam Nii Korankye Ankrah heads a thriving charismatic church that has its headquarters in Accra and a network of branches in many countries. The headquarters holds three services on Sundays, with each having close to 10,000 people in attendance. His children school abroad and he lives in a palace-like mansion at Sakaman Estates in Accra.
Among his fleet of cars News-One has sighted include a Cadillac 4x4, a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado, a Toyata Land Cruiser V8 and a Mercedes Benz ML.

He is on record to have explained his source of wealth as this: “We are blessed and we cannot deny that. The blessing does not only come by means of money but it comes through people that follow us. For example, I have a club in my church called the Kings Club. It is made up of very high-profile people who are doing something in society. Now every month, I pray with them and let them know that God has placed them in their positions so that they can serve people and serve mankind and so on.

Say I have 500 people in the club and it is Christmas or my birthday or my wedding anniversary, by Ghanaian customs and traditions where we honor our fathers, how much do you expect these people to give me? I will not lie to you; say to the whole world that I say that by our position as men of God, we definitely attract blessings of which includes money, but for me it is the following and the people which is more important and the more we serve them, the more they show us kindness at the least opportunity. It is not calculated and intentional; we do not work out these things. It is simply traditional, cultural and human.





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Ebenezer Adarkwa yiadom
Prophet Ebenezer Adarkwa Opambour Yiadom is the leader of the Ebenezer Miracle Worship Center in Kumasi. He is on record to have the largest church building and largest congregation in the Ashanti Region, Ghana’s most populated region. Opambour is the owner of Radio Mercury, a Kumasi-based private radio station and he would launch his private television station by the end of this year. He has also built a hundred-building estate which he has christened Island City.

In 2008, Opambour spoke of his wealth and denied that he charged money before he prayed for people: “I have never done that before. It is never true. On Tuesdays I do counseling for free and I do not charge anybody. I will use your medium to challenge anybody that has ever given me money for consultation to come out and speak. On Wednesdays, we have another church service, during which offerings are paid just like any other church. We start from GH¢50 upwards. It is not compulsory and only for those who can afford.

“What happens is that we pray for all those who give offerings and I invite them to my house for counseling, after which I give each of them a bottle of anointing oil and give them divine directions on how to use them. We also give the oil to anybody who pays offering; even if it is GH¢1. I rather give money to my church members. It is true I have good cars because you do not expect me to walk on foot to do God’s work, so as for cars I have got a lot of them; and very good ones of course. No one gets a good car and says he does not like it. I do not have a Hummer; I have never owned one. I have two Chryslers, about two of the latest models and other different types of good cars. It is also true I own a radio station. “I bought Radio Mercury in Kumasi to do God’s work; I bought the station, the entire building and the land on which the building is situated and paid cash for it. So I am not rich but very blessed by God and I do not lack any good thing. Mind you, I use my blessings to help those who do not have.”




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Dag Heward-Mills
Bishop Dag Heward-Mills is the overseer of the fast-growing church in Ghana, Lighthouse Chapel international, which has over 1,000 branches and is on every continent. Its headquarters in Ghana, the Qodesh, is undoubtedly the largest church building in Ghana.
Heward-Mills has written close to a hundred Christian books which serves as teaching and learning materials for his congregation worldwide. His source of wealth has been linked to his books but if we should go by the theory that pastors are paid through tithes, the congregation of his church alone should give a clue as to what lands in his bank account monthly.



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Duncan-Williams
Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams is known in many parts of the world as the “Apostle of Strategic Prayer.” He is the General Overseer of Christian Action faith Ministries, with over 100 affiliate and branch churches located in North American, Europe, Asia and Africa. It is not for a joke that a private bank decided to open a branch on the premises of Duncan Williams’ Church. Indeed, the bank operates on Sundays to take care of church proceeds.

Papa Duncan has not hidden his good taste for affluence which can easily be noticed from his talk-of-the-town designer suits and flashy fleet of cars.



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Agyin Asare
Bishop Charles Agyin Asare is the founder and presiding bishop of the World Miracle Church International and his source of wealth has been linked to proceeds from the sale of his books. His church has some 300 plus branches in Ghana and other countries.

I am A Virgin At 27 And Preserving Myself For My Wife – Ghanaian Actor

Dj Oxygen Empire has come across a 27-year-old Ghanaian actor who says he has never had sex in his life. Actor Eddie Nartey says he will only have sex on his honeymoon night and before that, his sex organ will never enter that of a woman’s.

Eddie Nartey has even thrown a challenge and stated that no lady can ever claim to have seen his nakedness or had sex with him. “Yes, any lady who says I had sex with her should come forward. No one can come because I haven’t. There is no need to prove that I am a virgin. I don’t think any doctor can come and tell me but the fact is I am a virgin. I have dated but haven’t had sex before. Romance yes, but no sex,” Eddie Nartey told News-One yesterday. Am proud to be a virgin,” was his BBM status. “I am preserving myself for my wife”, he told News-One. What is confusing about Eddie’s declaration is the fact that he was recently in the news for fighting director Kobi Rana over an actress when they shot controversial movie, ‘Kiss Me If You Can’.

Eddie is known for his role in movies such as ‘Wedlock of the Gods’, ‘Return of Beyoncé’, ‘Fantasia’ with Rita Dominic, Van Vicker and Yvonne Nelson and ‘Shakira’ with Mercy and Majid Michel. He has also received nominations for awards including the just-ended NAFCA awards in the United States of America.

Praye Tenten parts ways with group

The tallest member of music trio, Praye, Nana Kwame popularly known as Praye Tenten according to reports, has parted ways with the group which also includes Eugene Baah (Praye Ho-ne-ho) and Steven Fiawoo (Praye Tiatia).

Praye which means broom and stands for unity got their big break onto the music scene by winning the maiden Nescafe's African Revelation competitions held in Ghana in 2004. They subsequently went on to emerge West African winners.

They have over the years dazzled Ghanaians with hits such as Shordy, Lasupadora, Wodin and Angelina, and have widely been seen as one of Ghana’s most compact and successful music trio.

When joy fm contacted Eugene Baah, a member of the group, he confirmed the story saying, “Praye is still together only that Praye Tenten is no longer with the group.”

He said Nana Kwame left the group about a month ago on mutual grounds, explaining further that Nana Kwame opted to leave the group due to his busy schedules and his quest to explore new frontiers. “We agreed for him to leave.” Eugene stated.


                                                                Praye still strong

Eugene, The Choir Master, said as things stand, Praye is still alive and is now made up of Steven Fiawoo (Praye Tiatia) and himself adding, “The group is bigger than an individual. Let’s say 30 percent is out, it’s left with 70 percent.”

The Choir Master played down the effects the exit may have on the group, saying nothing will change when it comes to the vision and music ideology of the group. To prove this, Eugene said they are ready to drop three tracks, Wanting Wanting No Get, Adwoa Ataa and The Night is still Young next week.

The duo, which now makes up Praye, Eugene said, will still ride under the Brooms Entertainment label, a name Praye Tenten per the groups agreement cannot use.

A source has however tell Djoxygen Empire that Praye Tenten has ventured into Engineering and management of new artistes.

Praye apart from winning the maiden Nescafe's African Revelations, also won the Kora award for Best Group from West Africa. They were adjudged New Artiste of the Year in the 2006 Ghana Music Awards Festival with their song Shordy, winning New Hiplife Song of the Year.

Samini meets R&B star Joe over international project

Dancehall heavyweight Emmanuel Andrew Samini has held a private meeting with American R&B super star Joe in Accra last Sunday.

Joe who was on a one-day trip to Ghana requested to meet Samini to discuss his upcoming project which will see the ‘unification’ of the African and American music genres. The deal, according to a source, will see Joe collaborating with some African artistes including Ghana’s own Samini.

Samini confirmed the meeting, which took place from 4pm to 6pm at one of Ghana’s prestigious hangouts, in an interview with Joy fm.On Monday and said, “Joe was passing through Ghana as usual. A link close to me called me to tell me Joe was in town and he wanted to meet me.”

Samini said Joe was looking at having some African flavoured tunes on his upcoming album which forms part of the project, so they discussed “possibilities of me doing something for his project.”

He explained that the project will bring to bear influences from both American urban music and the Ghanaian form of music taking cognizance of their rich cultures and how the artistes, Joe and Samini, grow up in these environments also throwing light on how one can also make it in these environments.

Although the long-term documentary and music project is expected to kick start soon, the immediate agreement at the meeting will see Samini working on a couple of tunes which Samini said, “I will send to him as soon as he lands in the US.”

Applauding the Sunday meeting as “yet another project worth embarking on,” Samini also said it a unique opportunity to introduce himself to the US and world markets: “A step to get mainstream attention, both ends (America and Africa) will be listening.”

The Samini Music CEO said he has been eying the international market for sometime adding, “Joe is a huge name when it comes to entertainment and I think it’s a privilege to work with him.”

Born Joseph Lewis Thomas, Joe's successful music career includes several international hits such as All That I Am, Don’t Wanna Be A Player, I Wanna Know and Treat Her Like A Lady, with nine albums, four compilations and two Christmas albums to his credit.

“I will not blow my own horn," Samini said, adding, "I have won international awards as an artiste. I am currently the only MTV, Music of Black Origin (MOBO) and International Reggae & World Music Awards (IRAWMA) awards holder in Ghana,” making him a viable artiste for international acts.

Samini has four albums to his credit with the fourth, 18-track C.E.O released October last year. Joe Thomas left Accra after the meeting with Samini and is believed to have left for Nigeria.