Getting a million views on YouTube for music videos from Ghana is not a joke but hiplife artiste Kofi Kinaata is attaining it uncomplicated like drinking a cup of water.
Confession, a song, which gave the rapper songwriter of the year at this year’s VGMAs, has again given him another feather in his cap. The official music video for the song has hit a million views on American video-sharing website, YouTube. The three-minute thirty-eight seconds video attained the millstone on Monday, September 11 2017.
Ghanaian female highlife front runner, Becca shares the stunning visuals for her new single, Number One featuring Mr Eazi taken from her just released album “Becca Unveiling.” She has no doubt earned widespread acclaim and attention for her bold yet sophisticated brand of contemporary highlife. The song is produced by Killer Tunes and sees Becca’s vocals at its very best.
The accompanying visuals shot in Accra by George Gyimah, opens with Becca boldly professing her love in this dark imagery further solidifying her ambition to always make the kind of personal music that speaks to her fans.
Number One follows Becca’s incredible previous releases from this album including: Hwe, Beshiwo and the recent Na Wash featuring Patoranking which is still the current highest most viewed video by the songstress with over 6 million views in a short period of time.
Gospel songstress Ohemaa Mercy turned 40 on Thursday, September 7 this year and it was a big deal for her.
The minstrel after donating to Christ Faith Foster Home at Adenta Frafraha on the day had a big birthday party on Saturday, September 9 at the plush Tang Palace Hotel in Accra. The strictly by invitation event had all the crème de la crème in the country showing up. The tall list of personalities who paraded at the Ohemaa Mercy @ 40 event included men of God, politicians, actors, musicians, media personalities and many others.
Popular figures who were at the event included Rev. Abraham Lamptey and wife, Nana Ama McBrown and husband, Amanda Jissih, Gloria Osei Sarfo, Diana Hopeson, Mary Ghansah, Abena Ruthy, Martha Ankomah, Ceccy Twum and husband, Cwesi Oteng, Big Ben and wife, Ramsey and any others.
Parents, children and schoolmates of Mr. and Mrs. Twum-Ampofo (Ohemaa Mercy and Husband) were also at the 40 years birthday celebration.
Musicians who performed at the event hosted by politician Obuobia and Minister Obed included reigning VGMAs artiste of the year, Joe Mettle, Piesie Esther, Ceccy Twum, Akesse Brempong, Francis Amo, Gifty Osei, Joyce Blessing and many others.
Watch how the Ohemaa Mercy @ 40 party happened below:
Days ago, singer Godwynn was in the news for choosing the “Sponsor” hitmaker, Ebony Reigns over our very own “Jeje” queen, Sista Afia as the most influential female artiste, currently.
Sista Afia, who seems not bothered about this comparison has come out to comment on GodWynn’s opinion.
In an interview with Sista Afia on Black Legendary TV, the “Pass You” singer says she isn’t moved by his (GodWynn) opinion because these are the things that make up the entertainment industry.
I am so cool hearing his opinion. Honestly, I didn’t know about this until now and I’d say as a musician, it’s normal to be hearing such comparisons all the time and for someone like me, such things dont move me. This is so because, the moment I dedicated my life to do music, I got ready to accept such critics. Aside me understanding this side of the work, i also know these things make up an active entertainment industry and I’m grown pass these things that relate to my emotions. If Godwynn says he isn’t a fan today, i know he will be tomorrow. Sista Afia added
She further noted that, she is busily promoting her latest single titled “Pass You” which was released weeks ago before she left Ghana to U.K. and so far so good, the song is cooking hot on the airwaves which is another plus to her and the entire Ace Kandi Records team.
GodWynn on the other hand will soon release his much awaited single titled “Eazy”, which was produced and mastered by multiple award winning sound engineer, Kaywa of Groovezone Studios.
Watch Sista Afia’s latest music video titled “Pass You” from below..
The “Mansa” hitmaker is currently on a world tour, as part of his latest project dubbed “Road2Konnect” which is aimed at connecting High Life music to the world.
He is currently in Australia, where he has had two successful shows in two different cities within a week; Perth and Melbourne and management tells us, there are more ahead.
Bisa Kdei shares series of footage from these concerts and we have no doubt High Life music is being loved by the mass.
In a video below, Bisa Kdei performs for mixed race some of his hit songs, including Brother Brother, Mansa, to mention but few
Another video shows one of Australia’s biggest shopping malls jamming to Brother Brother and showing anticipation to be at his concert.
Bisa Kdei before leaving Ghana released another high life song dubbed Sister Girl which is cooking hot on our airwaves.
Packed with 15 brand new songs, 3 interludes and a bonus track, Sarkodie’s Highest album had already been setting the pace even before its release, with a landmark UK press tour and support from the biggest global tastemakers including Noisey, BBC 1Xtra, MTV, Hunger Magazine, Capital Xtra, and Radar Radio, to mention a few.
In less than 24 hours upon its release on Friday, September 8, “Highest”, the 5th studio album from Sarkodie was dominating iTunes album charts globally, with groundbreaking chart positions across iTunes charts in America, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and Switzerland among others.
Upon release, the Highest album shot to the top of the iTunes album charts in Ghana, and landed the #2 spot on the iTunes album charts in Nigeria. The album also reached the top 20 on the iTunes Hip-Hop/Rap album charts in both the UK and US, landing at #13 and #7 respectively. In other parts of the world, the album gained massive strides as well, reaching the top 30 on the iTunes Hip-Hop/Rap album charts in Canada and Switzerland.
Kuvie – Fine Girl (Feat. RJZ, $pacely x Kiddblack)
In a pop azonto tune, RJZ, Kiddblack and Spacely sing praises to a the object of their affection- a pretty girl with a rather large posterior. With rhythm and a flow created to make your girl fall in love, RJZ and Spacely ride the Kuvie made afropop beat in a the silkiest manner.
With the successes from his radio hit, Grind, which rocked Ghanaian and UK radio stations from December 2016 to June 2017, Villain Sounds producer Kuvie channels his creative geniusness into this raw, yet expressive production of Fine Girl.
RJZ, Kiddblack and Spacely are paving a way through the Ghanaian music scene with audio magic through their verses and vocals. RJZ’s You Waist gained radio play in Chicago with Spacely even scoring a feature on Ghanaian Hip hop star Joey B’s Rock the Boat, off his Apple chart topping Darryl EP. Kiddblack, who also featured on the Darryl EP with ‘Family Come’, represents on ‘Fine Girl’ with his signature baritone, witty words and a melodic bridge that finalizes the agenda.
Fine irl may have been released in the last days of summer, but it still calls out to the inner whines, sundress season and sun.
The global media and marketing platform, Social Media Week was finally launched in Accra today at the Accra Mall. The launch event which drew over 300 people to the Accra Mall food court had in attendance, industry leaders, agency heads among media personnel. The week-long event dubbed, ‘ACCRA IS CONNECTED’ will take place at the Accra Mall from 11th to 15th September and will host speakers from academia, corporate Ghana, media among other areas.
CEO of EchoHouse, Beryl Agyekum speaking to the importance of the internet and why the agency decided to organize such an event said, “The internet has created 1000s of virtual shops that have no physical location, no physical stock, but huge purchase traffic. Today, when you put out content, your audience is the world. This week, Social Media Week is affording us the opportunity to change the narrative of “MY EMPLOYER COULD BE ON YOUR TIMELINE, RT”
Social Media Week
Vodafone Ghana CEO, Yolanda Cuba spoke on the ‘Get 1000 Businesses online’ initiative that seeks to introduce 1000 informal businesses to social media. The initiative kicked off right after the launch and has volunteers moving from market to market to help and make social media friendlier.
Steered by Anita Erskine, the event had Marketing Manager of the Accra Mall, Denise Asare, the Mayor of Accra, Hon. Mohammed Adjei Sowah as well as a representative from the Communication Ministry share why their various outfits support the Social Media Week, Accra.
The lineup activities for the week are as follows:
Day 1 which is the 11th of September is the kickoff event and has been categorized into three main parts namely;
Launch and unveiling of street museum at Tetteh Quarshie
Market storm – Get 1000 businesses online
140 character CV
Day 2 which is the 12th of September is about content creation and has been categorized into two main parts; namely;
Pursuing a digital career in Ghana
Using LinkedIn for Professional Brand Enhancement
Creating Content That People Love
The power of twitter
Day 3 which is on the 13th of September will be about tech and media and has been categorized into three main parts; namely;
Twitter Masterclass
The future of the media
The Ghana case study
Corporate Women Mentorship Session
Day 4 which is on the 14th of September will be about SMEs and Big Brands. This has been categorized into three main parts, namely;
SME Clinic
Managing Your Finances
Google Masterclass
Brands Changing the Status Quo
Social media is a 360 business
Day 5 which is on the 15th in September and is also the final day comes with arts, fashion and entertainment and it’s been categorized under
Making Money Off Content People Love
Instagram Runway
Accra Is Connected Concert
To attend or be a part of the event, visit, www.smwiaccra.com to book a seat.
Comedian Ajeezay has taken the bold step of showcasing the musical side him, adding to his well known word play comedy.
The King of Word Play – Nonfa King has finally unleashed a new hilarious joint. This piece is actually a cover of Nigerian afro-pop artiste Davido’s banger “FALL” which he titles *AJEEZAY COMEDY*.
The song which was mixed by *AQA* is an emotional piece which throws light on the comedian’s career so far.
B. Botch has officially announced his presence in the music industry with his debut single titled Feeling The Changes. The versatile artiste, B.BOTCH is managed by Loud Promo Inc. and he is set to leave a positive mark in the heart of all music lovers.
The track was produced by LEXYZ.
Stream, enjoy, download and share this groovy jam Feeling The Changes below:
Botch – Feeling The Changes (Prod. by LEXYZ) [Download]
Ghanaian music duo, Coast 2 Coast, well known as C2C jumps on DJ Frass’ Reggae Fest Riddim to serve us with what he termed us Pray.
With the cover song which also had the multi-award winning Dancehall act, Samini doing his latest single ‘My Own’, Coast 2 Coast encourages listeners to pray without ceasing.
Patoranking – Love You Die (Feat. Diamond Platnumz)
Patoranking is out with this new video and he performs “Love You Die” in this one here and it features Diamond Platnumz. It’s Amari Muziq on the directing for this one. Enjoy.
It’s Ruddest Movement Boss Rudebwoy Ranking setting it off for us here again. “Coco” is the name and it’s all you need to listen to. Dugud on the production. Enjoy.
Many of our artist today are searching for hits because they believe without a hit they can’t make it in the industry but that’s completely false. The truth is there is no formula to making a hit song and even experts till date don’t know how hit songs come about. Fact is only a few artists will make a hit song so why waste your time chasing one.
Unfortunately majority of the hit songs we produce in Gh today are useless songs and do not make any impact when they cross our borders and I believe this is as a result of the way our industry is moving in no direction.
Over the years some greedy DJs have collected monies aka Payola from artist that produce useless songs and have played these useless money induced songs to become acceptable by listeners by force so the average listener cannot even tell what a good song is.
You watch Music videos on TV and those who can afford are those that do mediocre songs and after a while our people accept mediocrity as perfect and that is where we are today.
Most of the songs that our people are accepting as hit songs now are so useless you can’t do anything with it but you can’t blame their sense of judgment after it has been reduced to that level.
My point is a bass guitarist in Ivory Coast and a Saxophonist in Senegal is making a lot of money so why can’t we realize that music is business that goes beyond just hit songs.
My little advice is keep doing good music so that when you get your dream Hit Song it will not be classified as a useless Hit Song.
This is the SarkCess Music act’s officially fifth studio album and it is captioned “Highest”. You will get a piece of everything you need here. Officially on sale via iTunes. Cope the links here and make them yours.
Prayer fused with patience, according to Lil Win, if mastered will lead everyone to their door of triumph.
“It is God who blesses man. Ghanaians know I am a good person. It is not Voodoo. I am not an occultist. Man can’t lead another man into stardom only God. If you are patient you will have your day. You don’t need to envy anyone. If God gives you two years and you remain humble he will extend it…” he explained.
He recalled how he was denied his first role in the movie industry but persisted until the director gave him a chance which eventually led to his stardom.
“I use to sell shoes, polythene bags; I never thought I will be a star. They told me I won’t succeed before my first big movie. There were a lot of stars present. I only wanted a free role. I was given the opportunity after I persisted…”
“Pastors prayed for me and told me I will be a star. Without God, I would have been a criminal. I thank him for the blessing. I don’t listen to people. I look forward to great things. If you give up, you won’t succeed…” he advised.
SpyderLee Entertainment brings to us this hot new video from Teephlow and it is captioned “PhlowDucation”. Hard rap punches to sham other rappers and the young act is tight. Pascal AKA doing the directing for this video here.
Supernova Records signee, ToyBoi the Ga, Twi and English sensational rapper is out with another amazing rap song and a stunning video he calls “SOMTIN”.
He rides on this infectious beat produced by the legendary record producer Killbeatz with his indigenous mixed rap flow and this video was shot and directed by Prince Dovlo.
