Fear Is What Keeps Shatta Wale Awake

By turning his fears into success, the self-acclaimed dancehall king has become a bully within the music industry. If there is any experience a person would learn when stranded on an island or in the wilderness, it is sharpening their survival instincts. You have to battle against harsh conditions mostly unforeseeable in other to survive. And should you make it […]

THE CUTS: EP 05 Vol. 10

THE CUTS is a weekly review of songs, videos and albums you need to hear. The songs and videos covered are not a genre and/or region specific. Once it is good, it would be reviewed or featured. Kwesi Arthur – Thoughts From King Arthur 4 (New York State of Mind) Kwesi Arhtu has heard all the criticism from fans in […]

Boomplay Releases 2018 Most Streamed Songs/Artists List

Over the last couple of years, Africa’s biggest digital music service, Boomplay has made music more accessible to music fans and successfully gained over 38 million users worldwide. In Ghana, the service is fast becoming popular amongst music fans for its excellent service quality and music artistes who earn revenue from their music plays. Boomplay recently released some statistics which […]

Video: Sarkodie Has An Advice For Shatta Wale

When the frog ingest too much water, it dies. So goes a very popular Akan proverb. The inference is that, when someone seems to have had enough of a situation, the person react; sometimes with very grievous outcomes. Ghana’s foremost rap act, Sarkodie seem to have had enough of the antics of fellow artist, and friend, Shatta Wale. The self-acclaimed […]

Boomplay Reaches 10 Million Installations on Google Play Store & 29 Million Total User Base

As a further testament to its leadership and popular acceptance as the foremost music content distribution platform, Boomplay Music, Africa’s fastest growing music streaming and download platform has recorded a milestone 10 million installations off Google Play store. Boomplay Music’s unique and user-friendly application has made it a top choice for consumers of music and entertainment content. The platform has […]

Video: Watch Shatta Wale’s Spaghetti Western Inspired ‘Gringo’ Video

It’s uncommon to see artists turn to movies for inspiration for their music and videos. Together with their video directors, they succeed in creating visuals that are not only cinematic but stunning to watch. Dancehall artist, Shatta Wale is the latest to go this route for his video ‘Gringo’. Directed by Sesan, ‘Gringo’ is shot in Texas, US and deviates […]

PART 1: ARTISTES WHO RULED GH MUSIC IN 2015

2015 was not short of music. Wherever one turned, you heard new music from both established and up-coming artistes. Whiles some of the songs that ultimately became the soundtrack to our lives were made hits via mainstream radio (which usually is the case with A-rated artistes), some broke through courtesy the underground channel, forcing mainstream to give them their deserved […]

12 PREDICTIONS FOR THE 2015 MUSIC SCENE

The year has just begun and we are still reveling in the wonders of 2014. From all indications 2015 will continue from where 2014 left off in the music and entertainment sphere. Here, I list my predictions for the New Year. NOTE: this is just a prediction. Some may likely come to pass. If they don’t, please don’t come after […]

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 […]