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Days after dancehall act Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr. popularly known as Shatta Wale went haywire on social media to demand for his royalties from the Ghana Music Right Organisation (GHAMRO), the chairman and vice chairman (Rex Omar and Bandex) of the organisation has disclosed to the management of the artiste the account number they paid his royalties into. Speaking ...

After announcing their come-back in April 2017 with their first performance together as a group since their split at Ohemaa Woyeje, host of ‘Work and Happiness’ on Adom FM, and her husband, Emmanuel Yaw Owusu Kusi’s wedding, multiple award winning hiplife/Afropop music group, Wutah has cemented their come-back with a debut hit song for 2017 titled ‘AK47’ produced by CeediGH. ...

Joyce Dzidzor Mensah, a former ‘Heart to Heart’ HIV/AIDS Ambassador has shaved off all her hair as part of mourning rituals in honour of her late husband. Ms Mensah, who announced her husband’s death on Facebook a few days ago, again took to social media on Thursday, 11 May to announce that she had been instructed by her husband’s family ...

Ghanaian dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has thrown jabs at the Ghana Music Right Organisation (GHAMRO) for the second time in the year. Few days ago, he threatened to take GHAMRO on for not paying his royalties. However, Prince Tsegah explained to Citi Showbiz that the ‘dance hall king’ had been paid in 2015. “Shatta has received royalties before but by ...

Broadcaster Nana Aba Anamoah says Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie reminds her of Music mogul Jay Z. She told Berla Mundi on Rythmz on GhOneTV Wednesday Afternoon, the former is moulded “in the form of Jay Z.” “Sarkodie is hardworking. He is combining music and business, he reminds me of Jay Z. I see Sarkodie and i think of Jay Z. He ...

An innovative technological platform has been launched to expand the marketing of locally produced movies, whilst offering movie lovers a variety of choice. The “Kumawood App” is a digitized movie content created for subscribers of telecom network, MTN. The mobile platform hosts local movie content, short and funny video clips and celebrity news as a one-stop shop for customers. Noel ...

Dancehall artiste Stonebwoy has begun an earnest campaign on why he deserves a 2017 Black Entertainment Television (BET) awards nomination. The ‘Migraine’ act posted a thesis of a sort on his Facebook page explaining why he should be nominated and also win on the awards night. He won ‘Best International Act – Africa’ at the 2015 BET Awards. Read full ...

Veteran musician Rex Omar believes that given the nature of songs done by Shatta Wale, he should be called a highlife artiste rather than a dancehall musician. He said Shatta Wale has been releasing songs that clearly make him a highlife artiste and not the dancehall artiste that many know him as. Born Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr, Shatta Wale ...

The GrandMaster for the Ghana Grand lodge, Nana Osae Nyangpong xi has lashed out at the Nigerian Movie industry (Nollywood) for the bad image the organization has in the outside world and especially in African countries. According to him, the industry has succeeded in whitewashing the brains of people by telling stories about them that do not exist and things ...

On Tuesday, Bow Wow suggested he was travelling to New York on a private jet. Being a world-famous rapper with more than three million followers on Instagram, he posted a photo of the plane saying: “Travel day. NYC press run for Growing Up Hip Hop.” Trouble is, someone travelling from Atlanta to New York on a regular commercial jet spotted ...