Shatta Wale has reacted to Stonebwoy calling him Corporal Nii.
The serial hitmaker commenting on a story which indicated Stonebwoy refered to him as Corporal Nii in Jamaica joked;
“Chale chale this name no deh be kwraaa ..ah !! my guy change it ..Try anada one … even gbee nabu was a bit ok …Joker!!”
Stonebwoy some months back also reacted to Shatta Wale’s Sergeant Lee lyrics in the smash hit single Taking Over.
The multiple hit factory in a radio interview said;
“Sincerely speaking, I chanced up on the Sergeant Lee thing twice. He told JOY FM. This is the third time I’m hearing it at a very reputable place and I think I have to start wanting to find out its meaning and what its driving at.
Shatta’s lyrics loosely translated says “Sergeant Lee, you are laid back enjoying tea and claim you are in a comfortable lead…”
“Listening to the song, sincerely, I do not hear any shots thrown at me or anybody. Some of the other songs might have thrown shots but thats even allowed once it doesn’t go beyobd certain limits. When it gets personal I will go personal too.
“When you don’t know me personal and you try to make it seem you do then we will have to let you expatiate. Its lyrical. The sergeant Lee lyric, if it means something positive then ‘I take am’ but if it doesn’t then I would like to know what they are talking about. I have done a lot and so may be that’s how the person want to praise me. I have also seen tweets where people call others Corporal Nii.
Written By Isshak Abdullai
Switzboiz – Two Faces (Remix) (Feat. Rashid Metal) (Prod. by DJ Air Afrique)
Off their “A WorldWide Thing” EP, SwitzBoiz brings to us the remix of Two Faces and Rashid Metal is featured on this one here. It’s talks about people who pretend and never keep it real with you in life. You need to be careful of such people. Enjoy this one here which was produced by DJ Air Afrique.
He told Showbiz in an interview, he is very proud of his daughter and supports everything she wears and does through and through.
“I am supportive of anything my daughter does and anything she wears. I am not ashamed as a father, the truth is that, I choose what she wears and I bless her before she goes out to perform. Some Ghanaians are hypocrites and I am sorry but I am not one of them,” he said.
Touching on how he feels when he hears of or reads negative things about his daughter, he said, “I am not bothered at all. The reason is simple, I know my daughter than anyone else. What people see out there is what we want them to see and that is because she is an artiste and needs a brand that will sell.
“For God’s sake, she is a Dancehall artiste and she wears what will make her feel confident when performing on stage. Something that will depict the genre of music and songs she churns outs”, he added.
When asked if his daughter, Ebony real name, Priscilla Opoku Kwarteng, is a bad girl, Nana Poku Kwarteng jumped to her defense saying “My daughter is not a bad girl, she is very calm, loving and a respectful person. Whatever she does on stage ends there. She is a different person when she gets home”, he said.
Describing the relationship between himself and Ebony, he said, “My girl as I usually call her is close to my heart. We are so close that I gave her the go ahead when she told me she wanted to do music.
“Initially I questioned her decision because, she is a very intelligent girl and was doing extremely well in school and every parent will want his or her child to get to the top of the highest academic ladder.
“But she insisted music was what she wanted to do. Music is where her heart is and I gave her my blessings. I couldn’t have stopped her because these children are smart”, the father of Poison singer said.
He also urged parents to “listen to their children, if they want to do something different than what you had in mind, just guide them and give them a reason to give their best and that applies to positive steps only. Do not you force your decision on them.”
After an astonishing performance at the Golden Movie Awards last weekend, the vocal queen and No one has to know hit maker NanaYaa known in real life as NanaYaa Thomas is set to host another mind blowing performance at the BADU Lounge this Friday.
The event – BADU Lounge Live with NanaYaa will take place on the 28th of July (Thursday) inside Labone – same road as Coffee Shop.
In talking about her performance, NanaYaa mentioned that it is always an honor to perform for her fans because they are the ones that have brought her this far and come Friday – 28th July, she will do what she does best- sing for them.
The singer who recorded with Sonnie Badu– ‘BABA’ noted that last weekend’s performance was amazing but she is promising a fun night come 28th July.
‘This performance at BADU Lounge is special for me because it gives me more time to interact with everyone and also especially when we get to connect through music, she opined.
NanaYaa extends an invitation to all her fans and music lovers in general to come out on Friday for another relaxing night backed by smoothing music and performance.
NanaYaa exclusive performance at the BADU Lounge stage will be a night of chills, see you there.
Music Mogul and CEO of Black Avenue Muzik D-Black, in an interview with David Mawuli on Pulse Ghana on 26th July had a discussion on issues ranging from music, showbiz, business, politics and personal life.
A very interesting part of the interview that made headlines after the interview was the story about D-Black not signing Mr Eazi.
After watching the video, we realized D-Black had been misquoted in those headlines. In the interview, D-Black was listing names of richest Ghanaian artists and he ranked Mr Eazi with the likes of Shatta Wale, Sarkodie and Stonebwoy. He then added that Mr Eazi was introduced to him back in 2013 through an acquaintance in hopes of signing him onto the Black Avenue Muzik label but for certain reasons that didn’t happen. He then signed unto the label, hiphop Afrobeats act Joey B.
A few months ago, D-Black praised Mr. Eazi’s Accra – Lagos mixtape on his twitter handle.
D-Black’s new single #Bottles featuring Medikal drops on Friday 28th July.
You will love to know where the name pops up from? Well first and foremost it’s of Ghanaian descent from the Volta Region. Yawa is a name given to a female born on Thursday. Take it or leave it, Africans are proud of their heritage.
So who is Yawa with all this bruhaha and noise? Well she is penetrating the Ghanaian music industry with her good talent and that’s singing. Formerly knows as Joyce Dzidor Mensah, she takes the name Yawavi Yawa. The foundation has been built in the past years as she has worked with big names such as Amandzeba Nat Brew and Gyedu Blay Ambulley.
Yawavi Yawa
With works already being put in place, she is set to release her first single. It’s going to shake the foundation of the music industry. We will keep you updated.
Dreams Motion Pictures in collaboration with SteUp Visions brings to us this short series. The story is about a young orphan who was rejected by his family. He lived on the streets
Oneday he saw a briefcase with money but with the owners details. He is now confused whether he should return it or keep it? Watch this video here and see more.
The nominations for the 2017 edition of the African Muzik Magazine Awards has had it’s nominees list released. AMG Business signed act Medikal has won a nomination and yes that’s a great achievement for the young champ. It’s a nomination for the “Best Newcomer”.
The list of competition for this award is very long and it includes Dremo – Nigeria, Ray Vanny – Tanzania, Preto Show – Angola, Maleek Berry – Nigeria, Mr Leo – Cameroon, Nathi – South Africa, Julz – Ghana, Niniola – Nigeria, Zani Challe – Malawi and Nsoki – Angola.
Medikal
This year’s edition will be the 4th year running and it will be held on the 8th of October and it will be held in Texas. We wish Medikal all the best. To vote for him, follow this link below and checkout the “Best Newcomer” category:
King of Africa Dancehall, Shatta Wale is still in Jamaica to make up some projects.
The ghanaian Dancehall artist revealed in his interview on the “Nightly fix” that, he is in jamaica to create projects, make family and get more familiar with most of their top stars.
In most of his posts on social media platforms, Shatta wale has already connected with Jamaican top stars like verson, Jahvillani, sean paul & Senseea.
Shatta Wale
And it’s possible the africa Dancehall king will hit collaborations with them.
Also A music video shoot is underway in Jamaica,
Shatta wale is shooting video for one of his weight songs “Inna Dancehall” that is making massive waves in Jamaica and in the Caribbean market as whole.
Shatta Wale
The video shoot is taking place in Jamaica and it’s going to hit on the big screens very soon.
Atumpan – One Love (Remix) (Feat Bisa Kdei) (Prod By Jerry Beat & Dr Ray Beat)
Hardboy music label act Atumpan teams up with the boss of Black Legendary Music Bisa Kdei on the remix of his latest single dubbed One Love. The song which talks about the need to why “LOVE” must be the basic relationship goals just got better with the unique style, voice and lyrical prowess of Bisa Kdei. Bisa Kdei as we all know is one of the few musicians who sing to our emotions, and it is of no doubt that this collaboration with Atumpan is going to be the latest street and global anthem. The original song is currently making waves in and outside Ghana, and the addition of this remix is surely going to make it an instant hit. If you have ever waited for a collaboration between Atumpan and Bisa Kdei, then we just served you with one. Production credit goes to Jerry Beat and Dr Ray. Enjoy song from below.
myOrdio, the first of its kind in Ghana is a music oriented platform, that allows mainstream and upcoming Ghanaian artists, to manage all their content in one place.
What this means is that artists get to directly market and connect with their fans, enthusiasts and other stakeholders in the music industry.
It also doubles as a funding platform for upcoming and mainstream artistes to raise funds from their fans and all users, to realize their projects be it career related or social good.
myOrdio gives fans and music lovers the opportunity of being the first to be informed of news in the music industry as well as receive direct news updates from their favorite music artistes concerning their latest music project and developments in their career.
Currently, there isn’t a platform in Ghana to directly connect Artistes to fans and vice versa not to talk of helping them raise funds for their projects.
This would be the first of its kind and would go a long way in the betterment of the music industry.
Is this the revolution the music industry needs?
Like their Facebook page (myOrdio) or follow them on Twitter (@myordio) for updates.
You can also visit www.myordio.com to subscribe and be one of the first to download the app when it’s officially launched.
Highlife Sensation Nana Yaw Kumi Known in the showbiz world as Kumi Guitar has finally released the song and visuals for the much anticipated single “Dream”. The song which was produced by Zylofon media’s in-house producer Linkin Beats was premiered at the media company’s headquarters last Friday and saw a number of celebrities present to show their support.
This is Kumi Guitar’s third song under the new record label Zylofon Music after recently releasing “Brown Sugar” and “problem”.
Gariba – Guy Guy (Taking Over Cover) (Mix by JayNero Muzik)
Fast rising Hausa rapper Gariba Yaron Zamani moves out of his comfort zone to give a controversial version of Shatta Wale’s ‘Taking Over’ cover dubbed ‘Guy Guy’. He uses this brand new tune to protest against homosexuality among the youth of today. This song very explicit and was mixed by Jay Nero Musik.
Nominated in the UK-based New Uncovered Artist of the year category of the 2017 Ghana Music Awards UK with his ‘Ex-Girl’ song; Lippy has released visuals to his collaborative song with talented producer/ musician, K-Hi Bangit.
The song, ‘Ex-Girl’ even though can be described as Afro beat, it comes with the unusual 808 drumkit rhythm, fused with some rock instruments and percussion giving it a refreshing twist. The instrumentation was mainly produced by K-Hi Bangit and co-produced and created by Lippy. The video was directed by Tekko.
Meeting at the Markview & PM Entertainment Studio in London; the two Ghanaians, Lippy and K-Hi Bangit among other musicians at the studio were listening and sharing thoughts on beats when the conversation took a personal experience-sharing turn after one of the musicians complained about an ex-girlfriend who had been stalking him.
“And when the subject of ex-girlfriend’s came up, we all shared our diverse experiences and that motivated the just released single, ‘ex-girl’ and we depicted how stalking former partners can be and have been a pain in the neck, one way or the other,” Lippy lamented.
Formerly known as Righteous P; Ghanaian born, Justice K K Daniels,now Lippy moved to London as a teen and took a keen interest in music. He studied sound engineering and has since been heavily involved in rapping, writing and producing for a range of different music styles.
Aside being a sound engineer, and a musician, who raps and writes songs for himself and other musicians in the Hip-hop, R&B, Pop, and Afro-Pop genres; Lippy as an actor has featured in movies / series including The Bill – UK police drama, Side Winders – Series on SKY T.V. He absolutely loves everything that he does. or himself as well as other musicians.
Kindly vote for Lippy and K-Hi Bangit to win the UK-based New Uncovered Artist of the year category: www.theghanamusicawardsuk.com/vote/index.php/247454
Officially premiered last weekend at the Rooftop event center , Darkovibes finally unleash the awesome body of work online for everybody to have a feel of it. The predominant concept behind Tomorrow is Darko’s renounce for Instagram Girls and rather focusing on harboring his relationship with the woman he loves. On “Tomorrow” also, he tries to convince his woman she’s the only one who does it for him while begging her to stay with him through thick and thin. He slips between language barriers, inserting choice lines of Twi and Ga while trying to convince her. Kuvie and Vacs’s Additive Synthesis coupled with Darko’s language choice makes it impossible not to notice the influence of Ghanaian Highlife, one of the forerunners of the genre in West Africa. Tomorrow is off his soon to be released EP dubbed “PLACEBO”. Video was directed by Babs with assistance from DarkoVibes . Check it out.
Being an ardent follower of entertainment news and happenings, i happen to tune it to most of the entertainment related shows every now and then to catch up with the latest juice or hear critics and reviews from industry players. Well that’s technically a part of the job since I have to be updated on who said what and where and why. With that said a question or should I say a discussion that has been hovering around for a while was finally voiced out on TV.
George Mensah Britton, a blogger turned media mogul and TV Pundit on Rythmz Live with Berla Mundi which airs on GHOne Tv revealed how he thinks Micheal Owusu Addo popularly known as Sarkodie, has been on a slow pace as compared to his work force.
This came up during the “beef” situation between Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy, Host Berla Mundi and himself were discussing.
According to him, the Ghanaian circular music world has really come a long way with it’s various and some infamous style/genre of music, dating back to the 90s when hiplife was introduced into the market to the now contemporary hip-life; Gh Rap/ Hip Hop, Reggae and Dancehall, Afro Beat and the rest.
Consequently, various fraternities springing from these categories have over the past couple of years had a number of controversies between themselves in defense of their artists and in some cases even amongst artists themselves.
One of the most popular controversies commonly known as ‘’beef’’ has been between Self acclaimed king of dancehall Shatta Wale and two time BET award nominee and one time winner, Stonebwoy.
The two dancehall artists have had one of the most disputed career experience as well as a series of serious yet healthy controversies.
This as related by Mr Britton is healthy in the sense that, these controversies have proven to be more of a competition that has made these aforementioned names strive harder to achieve greater and better just not for themselves but their fraternity at large.
He further made this statement on the matter.
“Sarkodie doesn’t have enough competition in his territory. There are a lot of rap artistes in Ghana, Yes! but none is giving Sarkodie a run for his money. As we speak now Stonebwoy is in Trinidad & Tobago whiles his rival Shatta Wale is in Jamaica recording and cooling off at Montego Bay Beach.
Stonebwoy doesn’t want to back down neither will Shatta Wale because there’s a keen competition between the artistes and their fans. On the other hand, Sarkodie is having a jolly ride and controlling the rap game as he wishes. As we say, competition breeds success. Yes Sark is successful but little competition will get him up his game a little more and throw more light on the Rap genre in our dear industry; I think it’s about time all these ‘beefing‘ and hatred be turned in serious motivation where acts from the Ghanaian Rap fraternity work extra harder to match up to or beat the ‘King’ at his game
He is gradually becoming somewhat a lazy King and isn’t enjoying the airplay his works used to enjoy in the past.”
Now this issued raised by Mr. Britton is a matter a lot of people have already brought up over time. Sarkodie since 2007 has been a household name after his first single ‘’Baby’’ ft Mugeez became an instant hit.
Not only is he the self acclaimed king of rap but has proven nationwide without doubt that he sure owes himself the title.
However for some time now, several fans and music enthusiasts in general have expressed their disappointment in the artist’s performance now.
He’s some what become complacent because there isn’t any healthy competition between him and the other rappers now.
I personally hope there would be a healthy competition between sarkodie and a rapper soon, one that would give sarkodie a run for his money because undoubtedly he is a really good Rapper but what becomes of a good rapper when he’s got no competition?
Your favorite rappers nightmare, Biszy AllState a Ghanaian rapper based in the United States has dropped an official video to his hip hop banger ‘If I’m At the Top ‘shot in Newark, New Jersey. The video comes with refreshing visuals and was directed by talented video director Ajay also based in New Jersey. Biszy told Ghanadwom.com that the video was set to announce his entrance in to the Ghanaian rap music scene.
The music video sees Biszy in his rap element as he lays some bars on a soothing and trendy trap beat. Only few rappers do it like the way Biszy does.
