Bunny Wailer Claims Snoop Dogg Faked Rastafarianism

Bunny Wailer, one of the original members of Bob Marley and the Wailers, is none too happy about Snoop Dogg’s upcoming documentary “Reincarnated,” which details his transition into Rastafarianism. Bunny claims that Snoop has failed to meet “contractual, moral and verbal commitments.”

Leaders of the “Rastafari Millennium Council” were also mad about the documentary and sent the rapper a 7-page demand letter. Inside, the leaders explain to Snoop that “smoking weed and loving Bob Marley and reggae music is not what defines the Rastafari Indigenous Culture!”

The group is asking Snoop to drop the name “Lion, provide pay up the “financial and moral support” they believe he committed, and issue a public apology. If Snoop refuses, they plan on suing him.

Source:Vladtv

No Album This Year But Releasing My Mixtape Says Wizkid

Recently it's surprising that the EME superstar Wizkid haven't been joining them on set for a while now; but not leaving the fact that he's been performing all around the world and also working with known international artistes; take for instance Jeezy who was formerly known as "Young Jeezy" and so many of them.

Apparently Wizkid made it known to his fans few weeks back that he's working on his Azonto Video which is expected to drop in few weeks time.

According to the information I gathered early today the artist tweeted that he's not dropping any album this year due to the mixtape he's working on but he scheduled his new album to be released in 2014 with no doubt.
He said the Mixtape is sounding like an album that he cannot wait to release it by April 2013

Fans showed how disappointed they were because he's not releasing it but he promised them next year.

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Psquare, D’Prince, others Condemn NBC Ban

A report By Osagie Alonge

The recent Nigerian Broadcast Commission (NBC) ban on the musical videos of some Nigerian artistes has continued to spark off a trail of reactions. Fans are faulting the NBC ban on twitter and facebook, and we now have reactions from some of the artistes involved.

D’Prince

In response to the ban, Psquare’s publicist, Bayo Adetu said, ‘we also just saw the story online this morning and we do not think that the NBC’s ban is justifiable’. Mavin Records‘ artiste, D’Prince tweeted this afternoon, ‘Apparenty NBC has banned take banana video and some others? …Oh well more videos in works’. Rising afro-hiphop star, Tillaman had this to say, ‘So they banned my Koma Roll video… We ain’t letting this stop us! Expect our reply coming up in a bit’.

Also commenting on the ban, KCEE of the disbanded pop group, KC Presh tweeted, ‘I think we have some drunk people working in NBC, what’s wrong with the videos they just banned?’

NBC is yet to respond to NET enquiries.

Photo: Sarkodie Goes All Customized On Us .. Sark Belt, Sark ‘H2Olic’ Water .. Life Must Be Tasty

Selassie Vexed Socrates Over Creative Arts Minister’s Normination

A News1 report

Controversial movie producer, Socrates Safo has kicked against the President’s nomination of Minister-designate for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts Ministry; but industry players have described the criticism as sour grapes fueled by partisan motives.

The President initially nominated Rashid Pelpuo for the job, but on Tuesday announced that he had reassigned the position to Mrs. Elizabeth Ofosu-Agyare.

SELASSIE

According to Socrates, President John Mahama erred in nominating someone who is not from the Creative Arts sector to head the Ministry.

Socrates, who openly campaigned for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) during the 2008 elections, with an explanation that John Mahama did not have the best plans for the Creative Arts sector, is now insisting the President must put someone from the Creative Arts sector in charge of the Ministry.

“We as Creative Arts people are a bunch of delicate persons and if we are not handled well, it’s either we will confuse and frustrate you or you will confuse and frustrate us. So it’s about time we got people who are in the industry to work for Creative Arts people.

If you bring technocrats, lawyers, scholars, whatever, you will create confusion in the industry.

In the end the government will not benefit from the idea and the purpose for which it has established the Ministry,” Mr. Safo  told Citi FM and also asked government to confer, in taking such decisions, with persons from the arts sector.

“We are very open, we know what we want, nobody can decide for us,” he noted.

Though several Creative Arts sector players have fumed at Socrates for his position, one of the persons who has openly come out to speak her mind is ace Ghanaian actress and producer Selassie Ibrahim, Chief Executive of Smarttys Management and Production.

“How dare he? What is the rationale of what Socrates is saying?

Is he telling us that all the Ministers have specialized training in the respective sectors they were appointed to?

So the Minister of Health must necessarily be a Medical Doctor, the Minister of Defence must be  from the Armed Forces, the Minister of Agric must own a farm, the Minister of Housing must be an Estate Developer,  the Minister of Chieftancy must be a Chief and so on and so forth.

“I don’t get the logic in what he is saying because this is a good thing the President has done and instead of we encouraging him to help our industry, we have some of our own people questioning his decision on which Minister he thinks would best help achieve his dreams for the industry?

“Why can’t Socrates take his time a bit to wait and see who becomes the deputy Minister but he is in a rush to condemn and criticize?

How dare he? Which President has ever shown a genuine and visible commitment to the Creative Arts industry than John? So what is he saying?

So he sees nothing positive about the fact that our industry is now being accepted and taken serious at the very apex of decision making in this country?

Such attitudes help no one and we must get serious”, an obviously vexed Selassie told NEWS-ONE in a telephone interview on Tuesday.

SAFO

Oh what her expectations of the Creative Arts Ministry were, Selassie said she expected that all the fragmented Creative Arts groups would be brought together under one umbrella.

Meet Basil: The Face Behind Chicken-N-Beer @ Rockstone’s Office

Night life in Accra has gradually taken shape and one of the biggest events driving that success is no doubt the Chicken-N-Beer Party organised by Silky Entertainment.

It is an entertaining weekly event held on Sundays at Rockstone’s Office to provide entertainment and offer revellers a platform to overcome their Sunday boredom.

Within a short period, it has become talk of the town event, such that every Sunday, it gathers one of the biggest revellers in Accra.

Basil Anthony

Currently it is the longest running weekly party. Sometime this year, it will enter its second year with more strategies to take partying to the next level.

The face behind this unique idea of partying is Basil Anthony otherwise called CEO Extraordinaire.

Basically, he is a brilliant young man with creative and lucrative ideas. He fits into any environment he finds himself in and no wonder he is rocking the hospitality industry with his Chicken-N-Beer.

Basil was trained in Information Technology & Web Development in the United Kingdom at the Highbury College in Portsmouth. He has worked for a wide range of international and local companies including the London Palace Casino (U.K), Prestige Security (U.K) and Top Industries (Ghana).

He moved to Ghana in 2006 and in April that year he established Silky I.T. Production which is Ghana’s second to none Domain Name Registration, Web Hosting, Website Development and I.T. Consultancy Company.

In 2010, he added Bulk SMS to the list of services Silky I.T. Production offers and named it TextGhana.com.

In 2009 he developed TicketGhana.com which he later incorporated as “TicketGhana.com Ltd.”

TicketGhana is the first and most preferred ticket vendor in Ghana.

It is a platform created to make selling and purchasing of tickets easier.

TicketGhana has been the business of printing tickets, securing tickets and distribution of tickets across outlets such as Koala, Silverbird lifestyle store, Melcom shops, Batsonaa Total, Tema Community 11 Shell, and other shops and supermarkets.

TicketGhana has the best social media promotional platform in Ghana using media such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Blackberry Messenger, etc. to promote and advertise products, services, events, etc… and has a very successful track record for all content promoted till date.

In 2011, he co-founded Silky Entertainment, a company with a deep understanding of the local entertainment market.

Silky Entertainment can boast of their trademark event, the “Sunday Chicken-N-Beer Party” which is Ghana’s longest running weekly event.

The CEO Extraordinaire has expertise in all services the companies offer. He has also been interviewed about topics relating to his background in Information Technology, Social Media and Entertainment on radio and television programmes such as Business Drive on Sunny FM, Management Minutes on TV3, Xpress Lane on Xfm, Drive Of Your Lyfe on YFM, The One Show on Viasat 1, The Morning Show on Viasat 1, TV3 Sunrise, Entertainment Review on Joy FM and many more.

He has also written articles for the Legon Business School Magazine and been interviewed by a number of newspapers, magazines and online news websites.

A News1 report

Is It R2Bees Or D-Black? D-Black grabs $150,000 rLG deal for commercial with Big Brother Africa stars?

Ghanaian rapper, D-Black has landed a super deal with Communication Company, rLG that also sees him appearing as lead Celebrity in the television commercial for the ultra modern brand of phones known as the rLG ‘VIVA’.

D-Black is rumoured to have raked in about $150,000 for his appearance in the ad alone. The rapper tweeted some photos from the TVC shoot for the rLG VIVA phone, which also features Big Brother Africa celebrities Barbz (South Africa), Lomwe (Malawi),  Vimbai (Zimababwe) and Ghanaian music group, R2Bees.

Credits: OMGGHANA
 

Sarkodie to launch ‘Holic H20′ premium water!!!

Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie is fast becoming Africa’s own Diddy or 50 Cent! After releasing his own brand of headphones via Samsung before the close of 2012, and beginning 2013 with the announcement of his upcoming clothing line, Sarkodie is set to take his new ‘mogul’ status to the next level with the hint of his own brand of bottled water.

The rapper hinted the world of the new product when his team posted the picture of a bottle of water bearing the name ‘Holic H20′, adding: “@TeamSarkodie: @Sarkodie’s “HOLIC H20″ Bottled Water Available Soon !!! http://pic.twitter.com/IM3aung
 From the looks of the bottle, a taste of Sarkodie’s water won’t come cheap, and it would be of premium quality. Surely Forbes should have its eyes on this brother!

Credits: Ameyaw Debrah

Sa4a Design goes more stylish in 2013

Naa Ashorkor

Different styles have been featured in this month’s Glitz Africa Magazine edition with celebrities fully clad in one design or the other, thus, Naa Ashorkor isn’t taking it easy with her beaming Sa4a Design multi color heel and clutch.

As much as accolades are showered on the actress cum presenter-Naa Ashorkor, as well as on the photographer- Kwaku David, we need to appraise the talent of Abena Safoa Amoako Gyimah, the CEO of Sa4a Designs.

2012 was a great year for the designer who uses the patchwork technique in a unique way, taking the print-on-print trend and putting it all in one place as a covering. Their range consists of shoes and sandals but especially the bags and clutches are sweet.

In 2012, she won an award for Accessories Designer of the Year (Bags, Shoes & Hair Option) at the Ghana Fashion Awards 2012, earlier before then, she had picked up an award for ‘Chivas Luxury Man Design’ of the Year 2012. 

All things being equal, in 2013, we hope Sa4a Designs brews more new ideas couple with her wild imagination and creativity to put Ghana as the centre of attraction in the world.

Credits: Adeyemi Adebayo Victor-GhanaWeb

Miss Ghana 2010 finalist Signs for Lynx!

Miss Ghana 2010 finalist Felicia Tawiah, is the latest female artiste to be signed onto the Lynx Entertainment label, after the band D3. Felly, as she wold be referred to, has been nursing a career in music for years.

She joins a growing list of young Ghanaian female rappers. An extremely talented act, Felicia spent quite a good number of years as an underground act. Only time will tell if her signing onto Lynx, will bring her any mainstream appreciation.

“Felly, is a rapper with incredible lyrical dexterity, and is expected to present real competition to the current crop of female acts on the scene,” Lynx says.

Lynx Entertainment has set January 25, as her official unveiling date. The event will be held at the Tantra Nightclub.

Credits: Ghanaladies.com