JED'S BLOG

Award winning South African rapper,Cassper Nyovest who is currently in Ghana to work with some Ghanaian acts and make himself known more to Ghanaians described Stonebwoy as his favourite dancehall act in Africa. In his words, "Stonebwoy is my favourite dancehall artiste in Africa. I have read about Shatta Wale but I don't know his music.I would be glad to work with him". He had high praise for Sarkodie too describing him as an amazing talent,one that has a lot of his music in South Africa and someone he is a fan of. Cassper spoke to Berla Mundi and Giovanni Caleb on Starr Chat on Starr FM.

The New York Times reported of the news that Virgil Abloh,the founder of the haute street wear label Off-White and a longtime creative director for Kanye West, will be the next artistic director of men’s wear at Louis Vuitton, one of the oldest and most powerful European houses in the luxury business. He becomes Louis Vuitton’s first African-American artistic director, and one of the few black designers at the top of a French heritage house. Olivier Rousteing is the creative director of Balmain, and Ozwald Boateng, from Britain, was the designer for Givenchy men’s wear from 2003 to 2007. “I feel elated,” Mr. Abloh said via phone on Sunday, adding that he planned to relocate his family to Paris to take the job at the largest brand in the stable of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury group. “This opportunity to think through what the next chapter of design and luxury will mean at a brand that represents the pinnacle of luxury was alway...

The latest song and craze in Ghana now is "Akwaaba",a song produced by Guilty Beatz on which he featured Mr Eazi,Pappy Kojo and the one corner crooner "Patapaa". The very funky song has made its way to the USA and was danced to by Dallas Maverick dancers at an NBA game recently. It's not sure if the game was against Utah Jazz which happens to be Dallas Mavericks' last game. Below is the video;

Sarkodie was at the Trade Fair centre to perform at Ebony's Tribute Concert. Midway true to his performance,he told the gathering that he had recorded a song with  Ebony which was yet to be released. Truth be told,it's a very good song and when released is likely to  go places.

Few minutes ago,Manifest tweeted Sarkodie's new song titled "Wake up call" which is a road safety campaign song to drum home the need for us all to be cautious as drivers and pedestrians alike. The tweet wouldn't have been news if not for the fierce lyrical battle that ensued between the two in 2016 which got several tongues wagging. Below is the tweet;

Joey B,speaking on Hitz FM concerning the topic of music sampling said he really likes Ofori Amponsah music explaining why he sampled his songs for his hits "otoolege" and "sweetie pie" ft King Promise. He went further to state that he was star-struck when he met Ofori Amponsah face-to-face but same couldn't be said when he met Jay Z at Roc Nation in the US.

The Lynx entertainment signee adds to the growing list of Ghanaian musicians featured on international news channels with Sarkodie and Kwabena Kwabena having been featured on CNN earlier. Kidi was on "Focus On Africa" to speak about his music,what motivates him - his life and gave his message to young musicians trying to make it big. Below is the video of the documentary;

Lawyers of Zylofon Media have written to Stonebwoy concerning Stonebwoy's advertised performance at the VGMAs Nominees in Cape Coast. Below is the letter ;

 Vanessa Gyan has decided to take her show ‘The Sincerely, Vee Show’ to Instagram Live starting this  Wednesday, March 21st . Over three years, the show has been home to some of the most influential and succesful women in Africa such as the current Vice President of Liberia, Jewel Taylor, producer/actress Maame Adjei,Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings just to mention but a few. This  Wednesday, March 21st , Vanessa Gyan will host Los Angeles-based actress Abena Ansah on the first episode of ‘The Sincerely, Vee Show’ takes over Instagram at  3pm  (Ghana time) on @Vanessa_Gyan.

Ghanaian on-screen personality,Joselyn Dumas will be doing a switch to television to radio and she chose to join arguably the capital's biggest English speaking station,Joy FM. Details as to the programme(s) and days she will be on air are yet to be divulged. When they are made public,trust us to bring you all the juice.

Ghanaian music legend, Charles Kofi Mann, popularly known in music circles as CK Mann, has passed away. His death which occurred at the GHAPOHA hospital in Takoradi at about 7 am on Tuesday, 20th March 2018, was announced by his son Albert Ato Mann to Citi News’ Obrempong Yaw Ampofo. The music legend has been battling some medical conditions in recent times. The ailment is said to have intensified since last December. He was 83. CK Mann is the producer of great highlife songs such as ‘Adwoa Yankey,’ ‘Mber Papa,’ ‘Medo Wo,’ ‘Araba Lucy,’ ‘Wode a Ne Me,’ among others. The family, according to Ato Mann is yet to meet to role out arrangements towards his burial. About CK Mann C.K. Mann (Charles Kofi Amankwaa Mann) was born in 1936 in Cape Coast. A former seaman and a member of Kakaiku’s Guitar Band for some time, he joined the Ocean Strings’ which he led until 1965. The band folded up and the owner of Princess Cinema in Takoradi invited C.K. to lead the C...

Over the weekend,Shatta Wale was honoured by IRAWMA (International Reggae And World Music Awards) at their 2018 awards in Chicago in the United States of America. The "freedom" hitmaker was adjudged best African song/entertainer at this year's awards show and his contribution to reggae music in Ghana and globally.

Ghana’s first BET award winner,Sarkodie,is always setting paces for a lot of things in his field of endeavour and this new initiative, is another innovative gesture that consolidates his classy brand. The ‘Highest Feast’ was a  very succesful gathering put together by Sarkodie and his SarkCess label,where he brought noble, influential and accomplished personalities under one roof to connect and share ideas. Some of the notable personalities who were involved in the first annual feast were  Prof. Edward S. Ayensu – Author & International Development Advisor on Science, Economic & Technology,  Kennedy Agyapong – Chairman, Kenpong Group of Companies, Prince Kofi Amoabeng – Chairman, UT Holdings, Mr. Andrew Asibey – Consultant, Monitoring & Evaluation. Others included included Lawyer Moses  Foh-Amoaning – Lecturer, Ghana School of Law, Cynthia Quarcoo – Managing Partner, CQ Legal Consulting, Fred Nuamah – CEO, Ghana Movie Awar...

The first edition of the Watsup Magazine will have Bisa Kdei on its cover as revealed on Wednesday,14th March,2018 in Accra. Other entertainers covered for subsequent editions are King Promise,Wizkid,DJ Mensah,Mzvee and a host of others.

The gongs for the maiden 3music Awards are ready to be given out for the big showdown on 24th of March,2018. The gongs were posted on the awards official Twitter page.

As earlier stated on this blog,a tribute concert will be held in honour of the slain Ebony Reigns at the Trade Fair centre on 23rd March. Considering the speeches by some musicians at her one week where they called others hypocrites(not to say they are the ones demanding cash before performing) , it therefore comes as surprise to us that some musicians will be demanding for money from organisers before performing at such a concert. This was revealed by Ricky Nana Agyeman popularly known as Bullet,manager of Ebony on his Facebook page and below is the screenshot of his blunt statements;

Not to remind family,friends and fans of their woes but management of Ebony,who died through a gory accident last month will have a  tribute concert in her honour. The concert will be held at Trade Fair centre,La on Friday,23rd March,2018. You need just GH10 to see the show with performances from A-list artistes to underground ones.

The African Music Industry Awards is here to award and honour hardworking African Creative Content Producers (Musicians, Producers et al). Their goal is to bridge the gap between Africa and the Western world with authentic promotion and digital distribution. In view of that they have released the nominations for this year's awards and featuring very strongly in the dancehall genre are three top Ghanaian acts Stonebwoy,Shatta Wale and Samini. Stonebwoy was nominated for his "hero" song,Shatta Wale for "nobody go talk" and Samini for "morning dose" featuring Kofi Baafi. To vote for them,use the link ‭ https://www.amiawardsafrika.com/pc-nominees

Rumours have been rife that Asamoah Gyan would bail Stonebwoy out from Zylofon Media and sign him on. Manager of Asamoah Gyan,Samuel Anim-Addo in a precise statement has moved to clear the air on the rumours making rounds.Below is the statement;

According to www.entertainmentgh.com   has it that, the Transport Manager of the firm, Mr. Eric Amponsah, has been fired over his involvement in the well-publicized fracas. Checks by this website show that, Mr. Amponsah was fired after the Company engineered its internal investigation over the unfortunate situation – and reliable sources also claim that, this action is the start of a major shake-up that is about to happen at the label. Investigations prove that, although Bulldog’s name has dominated the headlines, it was rather Mr. Amponsah who was was actively involved in the pandemonium and as Transport Manager, he is the first to face the repercussions with more Zylofon personnel expected to follow. Source: entertainmentgh.com

Ghanaian rapper,Sarkodie was featured on CNN yesterday in what can be viewed as milestone considering CNN's pedigree and reach. CNN's Inside Africa had done a documentary about highlife and contemporary hiplife and they used Sarkodie as a representation for it. Entertainment guru,Panji Anoff was seen in the documentary talking about the highlife and hiplife. Below are snippets of the documentary as captured from TV; Video Credit: @nanaamprofilive on twotter

The Zylofon Media Boss,Nana Appiah Mensah had finally spoken regarding the well-publicized issues between Stonebwoy and Zylofon Media which reached its crescendo last night. He took to twitter to calm tensions down and below is the tweet;

The trending issue in the entertainment space since last night is the fracas that broke out at the Champs Bar concerning Stonebwoy,his brother and some thugs believed to be working for Zylofon Media. Stonebwoy has finally spoken to the issue in an interview with Joy News' Becky and below is a transcript and video of the interview respectively; “I have just got off the stage at Legon, Limann Hall, and it was a super performance like I always do. So we drove over, to Champs for the next event. “So we were chilling in the room like we always chilling and then we heard the bang…and cursing…” he said. The Jungle hitmaker said he had sent his brother to the car to bring his clothes when they heard the fracas. “They hit him on the lips, they took the car keys from him and they sat in the car [and try to speed away]…if not for my bodyguard they would have driven my car away and that would have been something else,” he said. He said his manager, BlackCedi is dea...

The happenings at the Champ Bar,Paloma last night seems to have given some currency to the news going round that Zylofon Media and Stonebwoy don't seem to be seeing eye-to-eye lately. There was chaos at the the Champs Bar when Kelvynboy held his Afrobeats Experience mini-concert. George Britton and Muse Africa last night reported of warning gunshots from Stonebwoy,rambo style retrieval of Stonebwoy's car given to him by Zylofon by people believed to be working for Zylofon and police involvement in the whole fracas. Screenshots from the aforementioned sources are below;

Ameyaw Debrah's white wedding took place today at a plush event where family,friends and celebrities were present to witness Ameyaw Debrah and Darkoa made husband and wife. I don't want to bore you with any long talk so below are pictures ;