Monthly Archives: July 2011

US songstress, Shontelle will be replacing J Holiday as the supporting act for the Mario concert, taking place this evening at the  Dome of the Accra International Conference Centre. 233 Connect, organizers of the concert, were forced to take the last minute changes due to J Holiday’s inability to make the trip. ...

Since arriving in Ghana for the much-anticipated concert featuring J Holiday, Cabo Snoop, Kas and several local acts, US R&B star Mario’s twitter page has been inundated with tweets about his admiration and appreciation for African women’s buttocks. ...

MultiChoice has announced that subscribers to DStv Access, Family and Compact bouquets are now set to enjoy selected live soccer games with effect from 1 August 2011 as a new channel Select Sport is launched. ...

The Nigerian music scene has been hit with a foray of freestyles dubbed ‘Enigma’ since the Mo Hits records’ CEO and producer; Don Jazzy put a free beat for anyone out there to freestyle on. There have been different versions of the freestyle circulating the World Wide Web and three of my favourite upcoming Naija rappers, Efa, Kid Marley and Barzini haven’t...

The smash hit TV singing competition, Project Fame West Africa continues to hunt for singing talents in Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Liberia as it returns with season 4. The organizers of the reality TV show that has already launched the careers of talented acts like Kesse,  Praiz, Iyanya, Chidinma and others have announced that auditions for the new season will...

Some of the headlining acts of the upcoming all-female concerts dubbed Red Lipsticks Music Concert were recently spotted sharing breakfast with executives of Hype Records, organizers of the October event. The breakfast meeting saw the likes of Sherifa Gunu, Efya, Eazzy, Mzbel, Akosua Adjapong, Ohemaa Mercy, Mimi and Tiffany in attendance. ...

July is almost over and I bring you two new videos from Nigeria and Zambia as we head into the new month of August. Nigerian Hip-hop veteran, 2-Shotz, has released a brand new video for his single, ‘Damn!’ featuring  fast rising R&B act, Funbi. The video was directed by Otoide Ayemere. ...

Hip life artist, Obour known in real life as Bice Osei Kuffour has launched his campaign to rise from his current position as the National Youth Organizer of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) to the high office of President for the union. Obour has since May 2011 showed his readiness in becoming the next president of MUSIGA to change the plight of musicians in...

The winner of the fifth season of the Stars of the Future singing competition, Emmanuel Yawson has released his first professional single, ‘My Time’ barely two months after winning the competition.  The single which he wrote for the finale of the reality TV series is already enjoying some rotations on radio nationwide. ...