Month: January 2019

BHIM president, Stonebwoy has his sights on new territory. It seems the dancehall artist wants a nomination among the best male vocalist artiste of the year. This is during this year’s at the 2019 VGMA.

Moreover, yesterday, Chaterhouse announced the official opening of nomination for its 2019 edition of the Ghana Music awards.

Social media greeted the news with their opinions on who the deserving musicians and songs are. However, Stonebwoy throws his hat in a different category apart from reggae/ dancehall. He made a certain suggestion towards the award scheme.

In a tweet, the “Top Skanka” hitmaker asked the Ghana Music Award scheme to recognise him as one of the top Male Vocalists.

He tweeted:

“At this Year’s @GHMusicAwards I Hope @Stonebwoy Be Recognized As One Of The Top Male Vocalists By Way Of Nomination @CharterhouseGH Whats Your Thought?”

Rapper, Sarkodie shared the toughest challenges and saddest aspect of his growing life. He took all his fans and followers to a trip down memory lane

The Sarkcess music boss appeared on Franky5’s special ‘This Is Gospel’ show on Hitz FM. Moreover, he revealed that he never set his eyes on his biological mother until he was in junior high school.

He stated that this happened because his dad took him away from his mum when he was still a very little boy and took handed him over to a caretaker. Also, he stated that growing up with this caretaker was not as pleasant as he wanted. This was because they denied him the pleasure of growing with his mother. Also, his dad was not around to be the father figure in his life.

Furthermore, Sark revealed that in all of those challenging days, the only thing he did was to pray to God and ask for protection and blessings. This led to his mother coming to his school, Achimota Preparatory, one day. He stated that as soon as he saw his mum, he immediately took to his heels and run into the warms and lovely arms of his mother.

Charterhouse, the organisers of the annual Ghana Music Awards announced the opening of nominations. Moreover, they announced that it accepting entries for this year’s special edition of the awards.

They announced this in a press statement signed by George Quaye. The release went ahead to detail how interested musicians submit their works for nomination.

Read the press statement below:

VODAFONE GHANA MUSIC AWARDS OPENS NOMINATIONS FOR SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY EDITION.

Happy New Year to you and yours from Charterhouse Productions Limited, organizers of the annual Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Festival.

On behalf of the Board, headline Sponsor, Vodafone and other partners, we are honoured to inform musicians, music industry practitioners and members of the general public that nominations for the special 20th anniversary edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards are officially open.

The Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, since its inception in 2000 has grown to become the biggest event on the Ghanaian Entertainment Calendar, designed among other things, to recognize and celebrate the hard work and dedication of the various players in Ghana’s music industry.

Interested stakeholders are by this release encouraged to pick up nomination forms from the offices of Charterhouse Productions Limited, partner radio and TV stations or download from www.ghanamusicawards.com.

Forms can also be filled and submitted online at www.entry.ghanamusicawards.com.

Completed hand filled forms with copies of music works and promotional images should all be submitted to the offices of Charterhouse Productions Limited located at B824/10 Feo Eyeo Street, Industrial Area Accra, near TV Africa, not later than 31st January, 2018 when all nominations officially close.

Soft copies of works and images can also be sent via mail to entry@ghanamusicawards.com.

Moreover, please note that only works released between 1st January, 2018 – 31st December, 2018 can be entered.

The Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Festival is a Charterhouse Productions event proudly sponsored by Vodafone.

Terms and conditions apply.

FOR

GEORGE QUAYE

Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie talks about the love story between him and his lovely wife, Tracy. Moreover, their love story is one that many people envy. This is because of how long the two stayed together. Also, because of the love, commitment and dedication they showed to each other over the years.

The award-winning rapper has for the first time revealed how he met Tracy Sarkcess. Sark stated that he sighted Tracy for the first time in the area where his mom stayed. Immediately, he felt that she was the lady he had to be with and spend the rest of life with. However, it was nothing physical because he was quite young.

Micheal Owusu Addo spoke about this on Franky5’s ‘This Is Gospel’ show. Furthermore, he revealed that the first proposal to Tracy was turned down because, at the time, she was in another relationship. He stated that Tracy finally accepted his proposal one day when she had returned from Germany, where she was based at the time. He added that the rest of the story has been history.

Controversial actress, Rosemond Alade Brown lambasts the organizers of the 2018 edition of the Ghana Movie Awards. According to her, they intentionally took out her name from the nominated category when it was time for the names to appear on the screen.

Furthermore, this came about after she responded to a question from a fan on her IG. Brown revealed that she decided not to talk about the humiliation she suffered at the hands of Fred Nuamah and his Ghana Movie Awards team. This is because God already blessed her with four awards already in 2018.

However, she spoke about it since her fans asked her. In her disclosure, the video vixen made the point that she didn’t understand how they could nominate her in a category but never mentioned on the night

Also, she revealed her shock when she realized that they moved those in the same category with her to different one. This enabled them to pick up awards. Rosemond brown ended her rant with the statement

“I leave everything to Jehovah God haha”.

Head of Communications for Zylofon Music, Arnold Asamoah Baidoo talks about the acts on the label. Moreover, he states that any of the many musicians who are currently on the label can terminate their contract. According to him, this is if they feel that they are not getting the things they desired when they signed their contract.

He made these statements in a phone conversation on Happy FM’s morning entertainment show ‘Showbiz Xtra’. Furthermore, he stated that contracts are not shrines. This means people can freely get out of them when they feel so. Therefore, if artists Joyce Blessing, Stonebwoy, Obibini, Shatta Wale and the others on the label feel are fed up, they should just follow the due process to get out of the contract.

Also, he admitted that Zylofon and its sister company Menzgold are currently in crisis. Therefore, they’re not as supportive to the artists as they used to. However, he called on the artists to be grateful to their label in times like these. Also, they artistes must stop the constant display of enmity against the brand.

Ghanaian musician and actress, Nana Frema Koranteng talks about the Ghana Movie Awards. Moreover, she revealed that she was almost in a car accident. This was after the mistreatment from CEO of Ghana Movie Awards, Fred Nuamah, and actor Kalybos. This was during the Ghana Movie Awards which happened at the Kempinski Hotel

Nana Frema made these revelations during Zionfelix ‘Uncut’.

Furthermore, she stated that she was to perform at the awards event. However, host of the show, Kalybos and the organizer of the show, Fred Nuamah sabotaged her. Therefore, she appeared only on the stage when almost everybody else left the auditorium.

According to her, she was so frustrated, she nearly had an accident. Moreover, she spoke about the amount of time and money she invested into making her performance memorable. These thoughts nearly caused her accident.

Also, Nana Fremah pointed out that Fred Nuamah should have acted right by her. This is because she is an upcoming musician.

Gospel musician, Joyce Blessing talks about the head of Zylofon Arts Club, Willie Roi. According to her, he failed in his duties as a father figure to most of the Zylofon Media signed artistes

The gospel musician spoke about this in an interview with Doctor Cann on Happy FM’s ‘Showbiz Xtra Show’. Moreover, she stated that as a good father, she expected that Roi call her to inquire if there was any form of truth in her alleged break away from Zylofon. However, instead Willie Roi took to his social media platforms to lambast her for something which was never true.

Also, Blessing revealed that Roi had long problems with Bhim Nation boss, Stonebwoy and his team. Furthermore, she stated that she does not want to be roped into any form of beef. This is because they all belong to one label. Therefore, they have to work together for the betterment of the label.

“He should have investigated the issue before making any conclusion as an elder who is working with younger artiste… we are here and we know how his relationship with Bhim Nation is…”

Blessing stated that if she ever decides to break away from the Zylofon family she will follow the due process and have the contract terminated. However, until she decides to do that, she feels Willie Roi should give her a break because after all, he is not the one who signed her to the label.

Actor, John Dumelo talks about the tourist opportunities in the country. Moreover, he made the emphatic statement that Ghana can someday be revered by many nations of the world and be a preferred destination of many tourists. However, this was possible if leaders prioritize the improvement of tourist site rather than the constant concentration on politicization.

The award-winning actor and entrepreneur stated that he felt very happy during Christmas because he saw many event organizers put up shows which saw the country being very busy just like a Dubai or Miami. He made all these posts on his Instagram page.

“I love what I saw in Ghana this December. Loads of visitors, events etc. For 10 days Ghana was like Miami or Dubai. Kudos to all the event organizers and musicians for outstanding shows. What we have to do now is to create more events and build more tourists attractions…”

“What we have to do now is to create more events and build more tourists attractions. So you visit Ghana, you go to Kakum, Wli and Cape coast castle. What will make you come back again? Nothing! Like Dubai, they are constantly creating new things for visitors to come back. That’s what Ghana needs to do. We have the potential of being the Dubai of Africa. If we stay Focused, Dubai will become the Ghana of the Middle East. We can surpass Bali, Singapore, and Greece as the number one tourist destination…”

“Let’s leave politics out of this debate for once and together let’s make Ghana a better place. God bless our homeland! #Ghana #weareblessed #itstimeforustoshine.”