Al’Ova may not yet be a household name on the music scene although he has been releasing singles for his fans for a while now. A few days ago, he released his latest work Katrina’ as a birthday gift to his fans. CasKeyz On It-the resident producer at ‘Sweet Music Studios’ laid out a perfectly smooth and infectious beats with […]
SARKODIE, SAMINI TEAM UP ON ‘LOVE ROCKS’
Sarkodie appears no to be in any hurry to relax anytime soon. Days after winning the Most Influential Artist at the MTN 4SYTE Music Video Awards, the most successful rapper in Ghana and one of the best in Africa has released a new video for his single ‘Love Rocks’. Sarkodie, still unstoppable Sarkodie enlisted the King of African Dancehall, Samini […]
M.ANIFEST DROPS ‘NO SHORTCUT TO HEAVEN’ VIDEO
Finally, M.anifest’s (M.Dot) much anticipated video for No Shortcut To Heaven featuring Obrafour has been released. The video-which was shot at Kwabeng and Akosombo in the Eastern Region of Ghana-sees Ghanaian rapper M.anifest playing the role of a ‘galamsey’ boy (illegal miner) searching for his pot of gold- the song talks about the get-rich-quick phenomenon in Ghana and elsewhere. The video […]
AN EVENING WITH EVA
What do you expect when you encounter three (3) avant-gardes, who have not only earned their stripes on the young and flourishing spoken word and poetry scene but are a nucleus in the vigorous attempt to promote and shape the direction of the poetry scene on one stage? Education, Empowerment and Excitement! Formed a couple of months ago, EVA is […]
THE COMING OF AGE OF DANCEHALL MUSIC IN GHANA
The dance hall artistes of the early 90s will be smiling at the strong showing the genre is making on the Ghanaian music scene today. Likewise, followers and lovers will be astounded at the growth of dance hall in less than 2 decades since appearing on the music scene. Today, dance hall artistes enjoy massive airplay thanks to the legion […]
ELI MUZIK RELEASES ‘QUICK SAND’
photo courtesy The Fader magazine Ghanaian Afro-Soul artiste, ELi MUZIK has released his fourth single off his soon to be released album Finding ELi as his birthday gift to his fans. On this new single, Quick Sand which features two BBNZ acts-EL and Ko-jo Cue, Eli sings about how his love for music has become the motivation to work hard or […]
TERAH_AM & JUMPOFF SCORE THREE
2014 will go down as the ‘Year of Mixtapes and singles’ judging by the number of tapes/songs being released by artistes both established and come-ups. Two up-coming rappers who have joined this train are long time collaborators Terah AM and JumpOFF, who released THREE-the total number of tracks on the tape as free download (download here http://t.co/oKopEeuSQB ) THREE focuses largely […]
WHERE IS OUR ROYALTIES? SAMINI WANTS ANSWERS
Samini has questioned the Musician Union of Ghana (MUSIGHA) on why some artistes are not paid royalties by those mandated to collect and pay artistes for their works. According to him, he is yet to receive any form of royalty despite being in the music industry for a decade. ‘I was at a meeting at MUSIGHA were I inquired about […]
THE WAR CONTINUES- SHATTA WALE SUED BY CHARTER HOUSE
News filtered in yesterday that Ghana’s leading event organising house, Charter House have sued the self declared ‘dancehall king’ and Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) 2013 Artiste of the Year winner, Shatta Wale to the tune of Ten Million Ghana cedis for defamation. Shatta Wale is being sued for what is described as posting defamatory videos against Charter House on […]
KO-JO CUE KEEPS THE SHINE ON
From obscurity to stardom, Ko-jo Cue’s march towards becoming one of the best rappers in Ghana has assumed greater momentum with the release of the ‘The Shining’. When the artwork and track list of his album was released a couple of months ago, many were excited and expectant. Expectant to hear what the newest member of BBNZ LIVE, Ko-jo Cue […]