Stonebwoy, MzVee together again

Following their successful collaboration on Natural
Girl, dancehall artistes Stonebwoy and MzVee have
released yet another single, Come Over.
In Come Over, a love song, Stonebwoy and MzVee
profess their love to each other and each describes
the other as the “baddest there is.” They tell each
other to “come over” in order to have a good time.
Stonebwoy and MzVee take turns to rap in Patois
on the song, however, MzVee is the only one who
sings the chorus.
Done mainly in Patois and English, Come Over has
a catchy rhythm which is sure to appeal to fans of
the reggae/ dancehall music genre.
In an interview with Stonebwoy on Monday, the
Bhim Nation star disclosed this new collaboration
was because of the positive reception their earlier
song Natural Girl, received from their fans and the
public at large.
“We kept getting so many calls and messages on
social media, to the point where many people
thought MzVee and I were dating. We are not
dating, we just have good chemistry and work well
together. We decided that since the public loved our
first project so much why not give them another
taste of what they have been asking for. Natural
Girl was MzVee’s song on which I featured but
Come Over is my song which features MzVee,” he
said.
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Stonebwoy was excited that his personal DJ, DJ
Justice was crowned the Best Artiste DJ of the
Year at the recently held Ghana DJ Awards. “This
award shows a recognition of how much work we
put in the year under review. All the shows and
events I played were successful thanks to the work
of my entire team.
Speaking on the forthcoming Vodafone Ghana
Music Awards, Stonebwoy was hopeful that he
would sweep majority of the awards in the Reggae/
Dancehall category. “The award my DJ won at the
Ghana DJ Awards is just the first of many to be won
in 2015. Although the nominees are yet to be
announced, I am certain that categories such as
Artiste of the Year, Reggae/ Dancehall Song of the
Year, Reggae/ Dancehall Artiste of the Year are
definitely coming my way.”
Stonebwoy asked his fans to expect a number of
new projects from him, including a collaboration
with a number of internationally acclaimed artistes
from Jamaica. “I have a song with one of the
biggest Reggae artistes, Lazar Morgan as well as
another with D’angel, former wife of Beenie Man
who is considered the first lady of dancehall in
Jamaica,” he said.

"Creative industry is no place for drop outs"

The acting Eastern Regional Director of Centre for
National Culture(CNC), Rev. Stephen Ebo Kessie,
said the creative industry is no longer a place for
school drop outs.
The industry now requires high sense of intelligence
and skills to enable one to excel, he said, adding
that, young people in the industry needed to be
nurtured to maturity to bring the best out of them.
Rev. Kessie was speaking at the opening of a three-
day Joy Industries Basic Schools Drama and
Poetry Festival, which was organized under the
theme "nurturing and directing young talents toward
nation building" at Koforidua.
He explained that the three days festival will be able
to unearth the latent talents of the young
participants who could be nurtured for them to
become great writers, poets and actors.
He advised the children to take their studies serious
and put an end to the unnecessary internet usage
but rather visit the library to read to broaden their
knowledge.
Mr Andy Agbemehia, a representative of the New
Juaben Municipal Chief Executive, said the youth
who were the future leaders of the country needed
to be adequately prepared through diverse
knowledge and skill acquisition.
He called on parents and teachers to play their role
to ensure that, the youth got the moral upbringing
that instilled discipline in them.
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Mr Agbemehia called for better equipment of young
people with skills to enable them respond to the
ever changing world.
Madam Esther Otu, Deputy Municipal Director of
Education, said nations with appropriate human
resource were able to develop faster because they
were able to effectively utilize their resources and
also take advantage of the natural resources of
other nations.
She explained that, it is therefore necessary to
identify, develop and direct all talents of the young
ones toward nation building and called for concerted
efforts of all stakeholders.
Madam Otu urged parents and teachers to identify
the talents of young people and advised them not to
look down on any talent.
She urged co-operate bodies, institutions and the
state to take the responsibility to provide
opportunities for the young ones to showcase their
talents.
Mr Ofosu Kwakye of the Ghana Education Service,
Koforidua, said drama was part of one’s culture that
seeks to reshape one’s lives.
The festival has 11 basic schools from the
municipality participating and the schools would be
performing poetry recital and drama.
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No opposition party should endorse 'Sikadieee Basabasa' else...Barima Sidney

Rescinding his decision to stop recording political
songs, Barima Sidney has cautioned opposition
political parties to refrain from calling him to
commend him for his song 'Sikadieee Basabasa'
which is meant to put government on its toes.
“I am not on the payroll of any political party, and
so I don’t want any opposition party to call me to
encourage or praise me for my decision and the
just released song, because should they attempt, I
will mention their names in the next song I will be
recording and state their ‘sneaky’ intentions,” he
said.
He added, “they are all the same, that’s why I am
forewarning them to back off with any attempt to
approach me in the name of endorsing my songs
else I will turn my bombarding lesson to them.
Ghana is just one; we need the betterment of the
country for our next generation’s sake.”
Sidney made these statements during a phone
interview with AmaLarbieAfrica adding, “yes, I said
I had quit recording political songs; but I have
decided to bounce back to ‘musically’ bombard the
President till he is ready to turn focus on the
appalling and horrible situations in the country as
they appear not to be ending anytime soon.”
Sidney said in analyzing the state the country finds
itself in recent times, President Mahama and his
administration has failed Ghanaians, “the situation
is so bad that the Ghanaian youth have no future;
not even the Agricultural, Education and Health
Ministries have any hope for the youth.”
“The government has lost its focus and I think he
(President Mahama) will do the country some good
if he overthrows himself out of office; he has no
excuse or explanation to give Ghanaians let alone
assess the performance of his cabinet from the
assembly member, ministers and to himself.
“President Mahama and his administration have
nothing to point at as the major cause or the reason
for poor performance rather, they are poised at
spending state funds while we have many
unattended challenges and problems,” the
‘Donkomi’ singer told AmaLarbieAfrica.
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Continuing, “In its mix, corruption cannot be
exempted as government and its officials cannot
even control the heightened corruption among
them, let alone manage the country well. They have
lost focus, and the leader of the country seems not
to have a clear priority.”
The ‘Money’ singer noted that the president needs
to outline his priorities to enable him know what on
the scale of preference is necessary at a particular
time;
“Ghana has the money to solve the existing
problem; a proof is the 7 billion dollar deal with the
Italian Energy Company, ENI and VITOL for the
development of oil and gas to provide over 1100
megawatts of power for the next 20 years starting
from 2017 which by then, Ghanaians would be
extremely used to the ‘dumsor’ and economy
crisis.”
“The government has given us every possible hint
that he is rather being smart at implementing
strategies that will enable him win the 2016
elections; unfortunately, Ghanaians have grown to
be used to such strategies.
“On my part, I will be bombarding him with easily
relatable songs and titles that will remain on the lips
of every Ghanaian like the ‘kpa-kpa-kpa’ and
‘tweaaaa’ terms every 2 weeks whether in ‘dumsor’
or not,” Barima Sidney declared.
On a lighter note, the ‘Scent no’ singer stated the
reason for featuring Countryman Songo on
‘Sikadieee basabasa’ produced by Dr. Ray Beatz;
"It is for the fact that the Asempa FM presenter is
fond of using the term ‘Sikadieeee’ to mete out his
anger at the Sports Ministry, and I felt the need to
generalize it.”

'Go High’ hit song was a prophecy from God - Philipa Baafi

Gospel music icon, Philipa Baafi, has revealed on
Accra-based Atinka FM that her all-time hit song,
‘Go High’, was a prophecy from God, hence its
massive success.
According to her, she was not too surprised about
the huge success of the song because it was
prophecy fulfilled.
“I was worshipping one day when God gave me the
song and God specifically said He would make an
organisation buy the song and make it a big hit,”
the gospel queen revealed.
The song, which was a massive hit in the year 2007
was bought by the then ruling New Patriotic Party
(NPP) and subsequently used as campaign song in
the 2008 elections.
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Speaking on Atinka FM’s mid-morning show on
Tuesday, the gospel icon disclosed that when the
revelation came, she thought it was one of the
telecom companies that would show interest in the
song, “but it turned out that, the prophecy was
directed at the NPP.”
Asked by the host if she would sell any of her
songs when a political party requests for it again,
the beautiful singer said she would pray for God’s
direction.

Ghanaian dancehall music is dead - Blakk Rasta

Controversial Ghanaian reggae artiste and host of
Taxi Driver on Hitz FM, Abubakar Ahmed known in
showbiz as Blakk Rasta says dancehall is dead and
he will be shocked if the music genre achieves
what it did back in 2014, this year.
The opinionated musician said this on Hitz
Entertainment News while denouncing reports that
he said dancehall artiste Shatta Wale will not go
anywhere in a recent interview on ETV.
Clearing the air, Blakk Rasta said, “I did not go out
to say Shatta Wale’s music will not go anywhere, he
(the interviewer) asked me about Ghanaian
dancehall so [my answer] was a general
description and prediction of the dancehall scene in
Ghana”.
According to him, “the interviewer then zeroed in
and asked me about some artists like Stonebwoy,
Samini, Shatta Wale and I talked about all these
artistes one after the other but the writer decided to
pick only Shatta Wale and put him up there and say
Blakk Rasta said it. What about Samini, what about
Stonebwoy?”.
On his opinion on dancehall music, he said, “If
dancehall is able to do what it did in 2014, I’ll be
shocked because for me dancehall is dead”.
“I travel out and I don’t hear Ghanaian music. It’s
full of hype and they are not letting the music talk
they are doing the talking and the hype.
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They talk about the richest Ghanaian artistes and
the most flamboyant Ghanaian video, all this won’t
take us anywhere, the way they are doing it, it
won’t last”.
The ‘Barrack Obama’ hit singer stressed that, “It’s
true that Ghanaian dancehall music will not go
anywhere, it’s all about Patois. If you don’t speak
Patois, you can’t do dancehall that’s what I’m
saying will not go anywhere.”
He advised that dancehall artistes sing in other
dialects instead and refrain from using profane
words.
“It won’t work unless a few of them decide to be a
little bit more conscious, sing in the local dialects
apart from Patois and refrain from using profane
words.”
“The music won’t go anywhere if we all sing profane
dancehall. Why don’t they sing about ‘Dumsor’, why
don’t they sing about how pretty African women
are, why don’t they sing about the African
continent, why don’t they sing about the suffering of
the ghetto, why don’t they sing about prosperity,
sing about love rather than the guns and that they
killed 20 people? There are so many things we can
talk about which will uplift and develop us rather
than this nonsense which is presently going on,” he
continued.
“It’s just a suggestion, it’s just an opinion, if you
want your business to last this is what yo

Samini set to release 6th album 'Breaking

News'
Ghanaian dancehall artiste, Samini is set to release
his sixth studio album after 10 years of a
successful musical career.
Titled “Breaking News", the energetic live band
stage rocker featured internationally acclaimed
artistes including Ice Prince, Phyno, Tiwaa Savage
and other heavyweight musicians in Africa and
beyond.
Brainy Beatz, JMJ Baby, JR among others are
some of the producers working on the album.
Samini stands as the "most decorated" Ghanaian
musician who has won several awards, notable
among them are MOBO, MAMAs, IRAWMA, Channel
O, EME nominee among others - he was the first
ever Ghanaian Dancehall & Reggae act to have won
such awards years ago.
The ‘Linda’ hitmaker is currently in the USA
working with other international engineers whom he
says would mix and master his works there for a
heavier production.
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"After my 5th album ‘NextPage’ I've decided to
reintroduce myself to the world yet again. I need to
prove a different side of me to the world so I settled
on Breaking News as the title of the 6th album,
which comes with a completely new direction.
“Stronger Management Team too with head office
in the USA as well as another in Ghana. I'm putting
all the necessary resources to get this album ready
by April 2015", Samini explained.
Meanwhile, a new single called "Hotter Fyah", one
of the smashing hit songs on the BreakingNews
album is due for release soon. It was produced and
mixed in Jamaica on the "Highlife Riddim."

I'm single...my two wives have left me - Samini reveals

Self-acclaimed ‘African dancehall king’, Samini, has
revealed that he is no longer married and has no
wife presently, contrary to the known fact that he
had two wives.
Making the revelation to Delay Frimpong Manso on
the Delay Show on Viasat1 after some hesitation,
Samini said that he had married two ladies at a
young age with the perception that he was doing the
honourable thing of marrying all the mothers of his
children.
According to him, he felt he was doing the right
thing but the ladies, after a while did not agree to
the arrangement of being married to the same man
and the circumstances of the marriages and
decided to call it quit; so he is currently with no
wife.
‘I don’t have a wife. Everybody has gone their
separate ways. Thanks to civilization, my former
wives decided to stop the marriage,’ he disclosed.
Samini defended his action of marrying more than
one woman by saying: “where I come from, it is
acceptable to marry more than one woman and it
was my wish to marry all the mothers of my kids
and make them comfortable.
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I thought I was doing the right thing but the women
felt otherwise”
“Once you can take care of your wives and
children, it is acceptable to marry the women as a
responsible man,” he continued.
The irony of Samini’s marriage life which hit the
headlines years ago was not about his marriage to
two different women but how he did it.
In February 2011, Samini got married to Mercy
Geker, mother of his daughter, Yelisun Samini in
London. At the time, Samini was already engaged to
Christian Aboagye Mensah, a Ghanaian-based in
Canada and the mother of his daughters- Toyila
Samini and Ayana Samini, unbeknownst to Mercy
Geker.
Samini, on 10th May 2011, officially registered his
marriage to Christiana Aboagye Mensah in a low
profile ceremony which took place at the Registrar
General’s Office in Accra in the presence of their
children.
Samini currently has four kids, three girls and one
boy from different women but he is not married to
any of the women, per his account.