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Wendy Shay of RuffTown records fame has constantly been chastised heavily for contributing to the moral degeneration among the youths in the country. This is as a result of the witty lyrics employed in her songs. It’s obvious Wendy Shay has had enough of the public bash as she has released a new tune with a Gospel flavour for once. In her new release christened “Masakra” to wit, “I’m a changed soul” featuring Ray James, Wendy made it known that Ghanaians should expect a changed person henceforth. Per the lyrical composition of the song in question, Wendy Shay lamented that she’s always blamed for the deviant attitude of the Ghanaian child for obvious reasons. Therefore, it’s high time she considered living a life worthy of emulation so that she can be seen as a role model.Truly, “Masakra” is such an inspiring tune despite its witty connotation and fans will be expecting a change of lifestyle especially in reference to Wendy Shay’s choice of lyrics as promised. Besides, Mickey Johns...

Popular Nollywood actor Solomon Akiyesi has refuted reports that his wife disrupted an alleged wedding to his pregnant girlfriend in 2013. Speaking in an interview on The Premiers on Joy Prime, the movie director told Selly Galley that the alleged marriage was not real but rather a business contract. According to him, that business marriage was a way for him to make money because at some point in his life he was really broke. He recalled that things were so bad that, he had to beg for food just to survive. “I lost all of my wealth during my second marriage [and] it was so bad that I had to beg for bread so I couldn’t take it…it is better you don’t have money before than to have and lose it…,” he said. Recounting what fueled the story, Mr Akiyesi narrated that, “I got a business proposition from another lady, whiles I was happily married. I got this business proposition which was going to change my story all over. I quite honestly told my wife that this is the rounds I was go...

The CEO of Lynx Entertainment, Richie Mensah who manages ace artists such as Mzvee and Kuami Eugene has revealed what he told Highlife singer Kidi the first day he met him and it has in a way helped KiDi in his music career. Speaking on Hitz FM’s ‘SuccessStory’ program, the Lynx Entertainment boss, Richie Mensah made some revelations about the kind of inspirational word he has always been telling one of his signees, KiDi. “I always told KiDi that he will become a hit one day” , he said. Richie who had some of the top artists like Asem and Eazzy come under his record label once in an interview with Showbiz revealed that managing artistes like MzVee, Kidi, and Kuami Eugene has been a blessing to him. According to him, the main secrets behind the phenomenal success of his artists is serious planning and meticlous execution of planned projects.The Lynx entertainment team are currently working around the clock to release Kuami Eugene’s maiden album on 15 December 2018.

Controversial dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale originally known as Charles Nii Armah Mensah has taken to social media to spread the word of God after he was ‘shaded’ indirectly by Stonebwoy on stage. He posted a video on his social media handle preaching about love and also about the good Lord. “Man proposes but God disposes. In this life, all we need is love and is this love that is going to really push us to where we have to go to. It is when you don’t have love, you can’t reach out to good people. I love everyone that is supporting my movement” , he stated. Dancehall and reggae artiste, Livingstone Etse Satekla mocked Shatta Wale over his ‘wack’ freestyle on BBC 1Xtra. Ghanaians took to social media to mock at Shatta Wale describing his freestyle as ‘wack’ and teased him for not being able to drop a good freestyle.. However, his rival Stonebwoy also took turns to mock him and this is what he said, “If you are a musician and you can’t do freestyle, then it’s up to you”. It is...

After her controversial interview with Delores Frimpong Manson aka Delay, Kumawood actress cum songstress, Maame Yaa Jackson has dropped another song titled “Ehyemu”. Ehyemu talks about men who do not want to take care of their women which tempts their women to cheat on them. It is a dope song which is likely to be the Christmass banger. This song comes after Yaa Jackson released “Tear Rubber” which is one of the most popular songs currently in Ghana. Listen and download “Ehyemu”

Kumawood young actress and songstress, Yaa Jackson and his dad, Jackson K Bentum who is also a movie producer and director in an interview has reacted to Delay’s interview which went viral last week. Reacting to the interview with Deloris Frimpong Manso on Atinka FM, she revealed that the comments and insults she gets are normal to her since she’s seen it over and over again citing that those social media critics are virtual and therefore she barely reads comments nowadays so she doesn't pay attention to them. In the famous interview, Yaa Jackson revealed that she dumped her boyfriend who was a Member of Parliament because he couldn’t open a shop for her. The ‘Tear rubber’ hitmaker who turned 17 recently stated that she needs a rich man who can take care of her needs and provide everything she wants. When asked if she considered herself to be a star in the movie industry in Kumasi, she responded positively and said in fact if they are rating top ten movie stars in Kumasi sh...

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Mr. Kennedy Agyapong has recounted his interactions with late Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko before he died a week ago. The Assin Central lawmaker disclosed how unhappy he was when he saw the dead legislator resting in a couch when he visited him at home after he was discharged from the Ridge Hospital. Kennedy Agyapong says he advised the late Kyeremanteng Agyarko to seek medical attention outside the country. “I told him that master if it’s money, it’s not a problem. You’re not poor, you better take your health seriously. I gave him examples of my experience at Korle Bu and 37 and everything but, he has very good friends who are medical doctors here so he was sure, so we left it,” Mr. Agyapong said in an interview with Ghanaweb on the sidelines of the one week memorial service of the dead MP.. He further narrates how he together with some other colleagues were against the deceased’s initial deci...

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Ghanaian comedian Funny Face has vowed to do the most bizzare thing for Togolese footballer Adebayor. Funny Face who is one of Ghana's prominent comedians has expressed his admiration for Togolese professional footballer Adebayor in the most bizarre way. The two go way back and from time have shown brotherly admiration for each other. Their bromance got tighter in 2012 when Adebayor gifted the comedian with a customized Range Rover SUV. From a car to a blank cheque, Funny Face and Adebayor' s friendship seems like a friendship everyone wishes to have. In an Instagram post today, Funny face captioned an image post with the footballer in it sharing a deep and heart-warming message. It said , "@e_adebayor Am celebrating you today like I always do bro .. you are a living LEGEND ... In dis life .. everybody has got his or her guardian Angel .. God purposefully sends such people ur way .. for him to help you get to ur destiny so you also help others .. From day...

Kumawood teen actress, Maame Yaa Jackson, has revealed that she once dated a Member of Parliament (MP) but dumped him because he failed to provide all her needs. The MP, she stated, refused to open a makeup shop for her because she was not sleeping with him. According to her, it will not be in the best of a poor guy to date her because she will likely cheat on him to get her needs provided. Yaa Jackson explained that as a lady, she has lot of needs such as owning a brand new (tear rubber) car which a poor man cannot provide... Touching on rumours that she once dated fellow young actor Rahim Banda, the 17 year old Yaa Jackson explained that Banda was like a brother to her and she will not date him because he did not have the means to buy her a ‘tear rubber.’ The actress, daughter of a popular Kumawood movie director, Jackson K. Bentum, burst onto the scene as a child actor alongside her contemporary, Maame Serwaa, over 10 years ago. Maame Yaa who has been off the scree...

A 76-year-old man has been arrested after he allegedly locked up his granddaughter for 7 days and sexually assaulted her. Mr. Gideon Attiase, is said to have invited his granddaughter into his house while she was on her way to see another relative and offered her a meal and a drink. After eating, she reportedly slept from 7:00 am to 9:00 pm, and the grandfather would not let her go because it was too late for her to go home. Mr. Attiase got his granddaughter water to bath only at night and fed on her indoors. The victim told Citi News that her grandfather had sex with her through her 7-day detention and promised her a mobile phone. She said she pleaded with her grandfather to let her go home but to no avail. Parents of the victim had a tip-off on the 7th day that their daughter was spotted bathing at night in her grandfather’s compound and followed up. They indeed found their daughter in her grandfather’s room, applying pomade on herself after a late night bath. The parents d...

TV and radio presenter, Cynthia Tima Yeboah, popularly known as Tima Kumkum has won the Showbiz Star of the year at the Africa Tertiary Entrepreneurs Awards (ATEA). The event took place over the weekend at the Tom Reik Hotel at East Legon, Accra. Tima emerged the winner in a tight category including Rosemond Brown Foundation, Eno Boakyewaa Foundation, Konamah Projects and actress Vicky Zugah’s foundation among others. See more photos below:

The suspects were hit by a sprinter bus when they attempted to flee on a motorbike after snatching a man’s bag from him. Two suspected robbers have been ran over by a car, leaving one dead and the other in critical condition. Accra-based Citi FM reports that the suspects were hit by a sprinter bus when they attempted to flee on a motorbike after snatching a man’s bag from him.The incident is reported to have happened at Sakaman junction, a suburb of Dansoman in Accra. One of the suspected thieves died on the spot, while the other has been taken to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for treatment. “At first, we didn’t know that they were armed robbers or something like that… the car hit them and they fell on the road. One died on the spot, and the other one was wounded seriously lying in the middle of the road,” an eyewitness, Richard Abbey, is quoted as saying. He explained that it was after the accident, when the man whose bag had been snatched, took notice of the suspected thieves...

Budding Ghanaian comedian, Comedian Waris, has come under the spotlight after his joke of a tweet went totally wrong. The comedian on Wednesday attempted to make a joke about Sarkodie’s daughter “Titi” but ended up making a comment many described as sexist. He posted a photo of Sarkodie and his daughter, saying Titi will soon be ripe for sex. Sarkodie’s daughter is becoming RIPE. Very soon, we people ill tear and eat ,” he wrote. However, this did not go down well with many Ghanaians in general, who labelled him a paedophile. The fury of social media users forced Comedian Waris to apologise after later realising he had committed a blunder. “To anyone offended by my tweet concerning sarkodie’s daughter kindly tamper [sic] justice with mercy. “Especially to @sarkodie @TracySarkcess @thenanaaba @Santokh72 @bridgetot “I’m apologetically sorry, it won’t happen again. To ere [sic] is human, to forgive is divine,” he wrote to apologise, while deleting the earlier tweet.

Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu, has asked Ghanaians to pardon him and the Nana Akufo-Addo-led government for the intermittent power cuts that hit the country at least two weeks ago. Assuring the nation that the worse of the temporary power cuts are over, he apologised to Ghanaian businesses and homes who have been inconvenienced by the situation. “As government and as Energy Minister, I want to say very sorry to Ghanaians,” he said Wednesday on MultiTV’s current affairs programme, PM Express. He said his Ministry was putting in place sustainable measures against a recurrence. “Of course as a Minister, I am responsible. I take the blame. But I want to assure them that it was as a result of a number of things that have occurred and this has nothing to do with financial issues. “It has nothing to do with the planning system, but it’s a mere coincidence of events that occurred as a result of contingencies that are unforeseen,” he stressed. Power plants are working He said there...

Afrobeats singer, Mr. Eazi has rolled out a scheme to discover and empower 100 young artistes for the next 3 years. Dubbed #emPawa100, the Nigerian artiste known in real life as Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade, said artistes in Africa will have the chance of submitting their works on Instagram with the aid of the hashtag. According to him, the scheme will run for three years after which it will be assessed and a decision will be taken as to whether to continue with it. He said these during a press launch at the La Villa Boutique in Osu, adding entries are welcome from now till December 15. 100 of these entries will be selected in the first stage and all artistes will be given $3,000 each to shoot quality music videos of their choice. All videos will be uploaded on Mr. Eazi’s Youtube channel ‘Detty TV’ along with the emPawa social media platforms to create maximum exposure for the artistes and their craft. A panel will then select the best 10 videos and finalists will take part in ...

Winner of MTN Hitmaker season 7, OV Singer Okailey Verse, popularly known as OV, was on Sunday, November 25 announced the winner of this year’s edition (season 7) of the MTN Hitmaker reality show held at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) in Accra. In the keenly contested finals, OV defeated three other finalists— Awal, Amakye and Erza Tamaa— to win the seventh edition of the music reality show. OV becomes the second female to win the covetous title since its inception. The grand finale was hosted by Starr FM‘s Drive Time hosts, Berla Mundi and Giovani Caleb. OV’s beats producer, Magnom, also won GH¢10, 000 as an automatic prize because his artiste won on the night. Awal Mohammed, who many thought was going to win the competition, came second whilst Amakye took the third position and Erza Tamaa settled for the fourth position. The night also witnessed spectacular performances from past winners and past participants such as Kurl Songx, Kidi, Adina, reda Rhymes, Ku...

Stonebwoy won the Best artiste for Reggae & Dancehall. The 5th All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA held in Accra, Ghana on November 24, 2018 had in attendance music stars, dignitaries, and music lovers across the continent, the annual music event seeks to celebrate and reward African talents who have done exceedingly well in the year. With a total of 36 categories, the 5th AFRIMA winners are culled from the Regional and Continental categories. In addition, special recognition awards fully decided by the International Committee of AFRIMA is awarded to individuals who have impacted positively to the world using their craft. The 5th AFRIMA Legendary awards were given to the internationally recognized South African singer, Yvonne Chaka Chaka. The music legend, who is “dubbed Princess of Africa” has a career span of over 30 years with several hit albums, has performed for notable personalities within and outside the country. Executive Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode was awa...