No Fuss! Grumbling over awards; Normal phenomenon
The 3 Music Awards just concluded with all the aplomb and here comes arguably the biggest music awards scheme in the country, Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA).
Trends over relationships: The Edem – Sarkodie saga
Relationships and loyalty are supposed to count for something; they are expected to be pegged above every mechanism in the book when it comes to showbusiness.
Music ‘beef’ should never end in violence
It is galling to always have critics and commentators chime in with the Notorious B.I.G – Tupac example anytime there’s chatter on music ‘beef’.
My Top 10 Ghana Rappers of All Time
A follower of Hip Hop presents a 'Top 10 Rappers of All Time' in Ghana list, based on skills, influence, and recognition.
Young artistes are disrespecting legends and copyright
The pomposity and ignorance of Hiplife artiste, Nana Boroo, has inspired this piece.
Shatta Wale no longer a ‘Local Champion’
It’s been such an eventful week with all the talk concentrated on one man, Shatta Wale and his collaboration with international music superstar, Beyoncé.
The Future: The next big shots of GH. Music
The impasse between high-flying Nigerian artist, Mr. Eazi and the entire Nigeria, over comments he passed about Nigerian artists getting influenced by the Ghanaian sound – has brought some critical matters to the fore.
Sarkodie – Sony Music deal: Not another joke, please!
He is yet to chalk ten (10) years in the industry as a mainstream artist but Sarkodie has achieved greater things in such a short span, and given the next ten, he is sure to create a bigger and long-lasting legacy in music. He is the most decorated Ghanaian artist…
Show respect to Ghanaian dancehall artists & the music
There’s no denying the fact that dancehall music in Ghana has dominated the music scene in the last couple of years, a blatant detail that is becoming difficult for some other musicians to accept.
When artists make record labels look bad – The Kaakie story
Dancehall artist, Kaakie, made the news over the week for breaking up or leaving her record label, Xtra Large Music (XLM) – granting her the opportunity to take our headline for this week – yes!
Joe Mettle & his team must sit up
The reigning Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) ‘Artiste of the Year’ is Joe Oscar Mettle – and nobody can alter that fact, regardless of the little cynicism that greeted his history-making win, but unfortunately, the artist is doing very little to depict the command of an ‘Artist of the Year’.
Stonebwoy – Zylofon Music Record deal not the best decision
Record deals are good but not germane for every artist and for an established act like Stonebwoy to sign a record deal with Zylofon Music, a subsidiary of the Creative Arts Company, Zylofon Media – it is not the best of decisions by the artist, I strongly believe.
VGMA Board should stop ‘Beating About The Bush’ on Shatta Wale ban
The most relevant artist now in Ghanaian music, Shatta Wale, has not been part of the most relevant music awards scheme in Ghana, VGMA, for the past 3 editions and avid followers of both brands have bantered incessantly in trying to suggest ways the seeming impasse could be resolved.
When Nicki Minaj & Beyonce came to Ghana Meets Naija 2017
Over the years, we have been fortunate – we have seen internationally acclaimed artists come to Ghana; Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes, Bow Wow, Keri Hilson and many others but we yearn for more.
Stop the BET Awards ‘backstage’ nonsense!
Interestingly, no winning African act, since 2011 has ever scoffed at picking his award ‘backstage’.
Don’t waste our time, Wutah!
The beloved music group, Wutah, have announced in various interviews that, they are coming back, almost 7 years after going their separate ways.
