Co-Mcee for the just ended Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Kwame Sefa Kayi has confirmed two of the biggest awards; Song of the Year and Artiste of the Year, were ‘held up’ at the just ended VGMA to avoid any further chaos particularly because both artistes who had been named for the awards had been involved in some raucous on the ...
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My songs are inspired by Ghana – DJ Cuppy reveals
Undoubtedly one of the best DJ’s on the continent, DJ Cuppy has revealed that all the songs she has made were inspired by Ghana. She noted that the drums used to make her instrumentals were drawn from the Ghanaian indigenous drum line. Cuppy made this revelation on the Starr Drive with KOD and Cookie Tee. She disclosed that her latest ...
Read More »VGMA 2019: George Quaye weeps over Stonebwoy-Shatta Wale fracas
George Quaye, the head of communications at Charterhouse has wept uncontrollably this morning at the studios of Hitz FM speaking about Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy’s clash at the VGMA 2019. According to George, before this incident, the last time he cried was when he was a child but this incident has pained him to the extent that he has been ...
Read More »Schwarzenegger ‘will not press charges’ over SA attack
Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger has said he will not press charges after being attacked at an event in South Africa. The 71-year-old was talking to fans at his Arnold Classic Africa sporting event on Saturday when a man drop-kicked him from behind. The attacker was restrained following the incident in Johannesburg. However on Sunday, Schwarzenegger said he would not be ...
Read More »A nominee breached security protocol – Charterhouse explains VGMA brawl
Organisers of Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Charterhouse, has defended its security protocols as “adequate” despite a cacophonous brawl last Saturday that marred its 20th edition. Charterhouse CEO Theresa Ayoade in an interview on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show, Monday traced the brawl partly to an “unfortunate breach” in the seating arrangement. “All the nominees were supposed to sit at a ...
Read More »Stone/Shatta tension: A musical feud carried too far – Serwaa writes
Before venturing into news and current affairs, I was a bit-part entertainment pundit. Entertainment has never really left my bloodstream and I continue to follow the sector keenly. So, l caught the bug of anticipation and expectation like everyone else when CharterHouse set the date for the VGMA 20-a reference to the 20th edition of what has become the biggest ...
Read More »VGMA Brouhaha: Sarkodie breaks silence
He writes For a long time there’s been this gap between the corporate world and the entertainment industry and it’s been my dream that the two merge cos it’s very necessary!!! When I sit in these corporate meetings I sense how sensitive it is for them to affiliate with the industry and I understand But that doesn’t stop us from ...
Read More »VGMA chaos: We failed – Creative Arts Minister
Ghana’s Tourism and Creative Arts Minister, Barbara Oteng Gyasi, has blamed her outfit and CharterHouse, organisers of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) for the chaos that erupted at the 20th anniversary of the event. Chaos broke out at the music fiesta after Shatta Wale stormed the stage while Stonebwoy was receiving his award for emerging the Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of ...
Read More »VGMAs 2019: Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy arrested over chaos on stage
The Ghana Police Service on Sunday, May 19, 2019, arrested two of Ghana’s biggest musicians, Livingstone Etse Satekla popularly known in showbiz circles as Stonebwoy and Charles Nii Armah (Shatta Wale) over a brawl that ensued at the just ended Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. The camp of Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale clashed on stage when Stonebwoy was announced as the ...
Read More »Shatta, Stonebwoy gun fight: I was scared for my life – Sefa Kayi speaks
The Master of Ceremony (MC) for last Saturday’s Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA), Kwami Sefa Kayi has revealed that he was scared to the marrow when violence broke out between supporters of Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale at the event. According to him, anything could have happened considering how tensed the environment was and the display of a gun by one ...
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