The launch of the 10th-anniversary edition of the prestigious MTN 4Sytetv Music Video awards took place days ago. The event saw the unveiling of their brand new magnificent golden plaque, great performances and the announcement of nominees for only two categories.
However, the complete list of nominees has now been released and we have it right here for you.
The 2019 MTN 4sytetv Music Video Awards slated for November 16, will take place at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City.
Soon after winning the Best International Flow at the 2019 BET Hip-hop awards, Sarkodie has been confirmed to join Akon as a speaker for this year’s ACCES music conference. The finest Ghanaian rapper would also be joined by his colleague, Samini as they share their in-depth experience as leading figures in the African music industry.
The 2019 ACCES music conference is scheduled to take place on 28th, 29th and 30th November in Accra, Ghana. Apart from the world superstar, Akon other confirmed speakers include Wanlov the Kubolor, Chocolate City vice president Aibeee Abidoye(Nigeria), Boulevard Festival co-director Hicham Bahou (Morocco), TRUE Africa founder and editor-in-chief Claude Grunitzky (UK/Togo), Simfy OTT music services head Oye Akideinde (Nigeria), Boomplay Ghana manager Elizabeth Ntiamoah (Ghana), artist and music producer Kofi ‘IamBeatMenance’ Boachie-Ansah (Ghana) a well as Grammy-nominated musician, author and rights activist Mark Levine (US)
Meanwhile, a special spotlight will be thrown on Sarkodie’s career as a musical artist, philanthropist and entrepreneur as he will be taking part in the ACCES’ popular conversations sessions. Joining the rapper on this popular conversations series will be Ditto Music founder and CEO Lee Parsons. Sarkodie will be sharing his opinion on the global context of the evolution of the music business on the African continent. Other issues for discussion will also include music distribution, branding and collaborations, and a lot more.
The current condition of the Ghanaian BET award winner, Stonebwoy necessitates a halt to his ongoing tour. The dancehall sensation has been on tour, for some time now and was expected to make his next stop of his musical tour in Toronto and Edmonton. However, his tour had to be canceled due to his current adverse health condition.
Stonebwoy, who many know to have prostheses on his right knee was reported to have gotten awfully injured on the same knee after a slip on the staircase. According to a video of him going viral on social media, the unfortunate incident happened just after a studio session the day before and now he is going through so much pain as a result. However, he is currently heading to Europe to seek urgent medical intervention.
However, iconic singer, Elton John who sung some of the widely accepted soundtracks for the original version in 1994, is not very impressed with the new soundtracks. Particularly pointing out Beyoncé’s remake of the ‘Spirit’ soundtrack as one of the worst of it all.
The singer who sung ‘Can you feel the love tonight’ and ‘Circle of life for the original version in his interview with GQ disclosed that the new soundtracks were ‘’a huge disappointment’’
He explained that: ‘’the magic and joy were lost’’ in the remade soundtracks. Elton John said:
“The new version of ‘The Lion King’ was a huge disappointment to me, because I believe they messed the music up. Music was so much a part of the original and the music in the current film didn’t have the same impact.”He added, “The magic and joy were lost. The soundtrack hasn’t had nearly the same impact in the charts that it had 25 years ago when it was the bestselling album of the year. The new soundtrack fell out of the charts so quickly, despite the massive box-office success.”
Sensational Nigerian vocalist, Simi’s recent performance at the German embassy in Nigeria, drew lots of attention to her supposed baby bump. It was quite clear the singer had a baby bump to show, and the fans could not stay mute about it. The pictures which were taken at the event also gave many, the perfect view of Simi’s alleged baby bump. This triggered intense speculation on social media, suggesting that she and her husband, Adekunle Gold are expecting their first child.
Touring the US currently, BET award-winning dancehall act, Stonebwoy is evidently not relenting in his effort to climb higher on the global music scene. He has had link-ups with the likes of Buju Banton, Elephant Man and even did a collaboration with Beenie Man much earlier on. In a recent post, however, the Bhim nation boss dropped a clue to start anticipating a collaboration with the two-time Grammy-nominated American singer, Keri Hilson.
In some pictures and a video cited online, the ‘Ololo’ hitmaker was caught on camera having fun with Keri Hilson after a studio session. Though the video was without sound, the two were again seen singing to a song they supposedly finished working on. Interestingly, Keri Hilson even asked Stonebwoy for a Ghanaian name and Stonebwoy gave her ‘Esi’.
The 2019 edition of Ghana’s prestigious media awards event, The radio and television personality awards(RTP AWARDS) came off yesterday at the Accra International Conference Center. The highly patronized event saw attendance from a large cross-section of media personalities in Ghana and also witnessed great performances.
Meanwhile, big winners for the night were Nana Aba Anamoah and Despite media group, who took home RTP personality of the year 2018-2019 and Media group of the year respectively. Other big winners include Media General’s Tv3 who got eight awards on the night.
Before the beginning of this month, your network service provider I am sure sent you a notification about the implementation of the Communication Service Tax (CST) increment. Prior to this, the government of Ghana publicly announced that it has increased the Communication Service Tax from 6% to 9%. This increment according to the report was going to be effective on 1st October, 2019.
In view of this, network service providers within the country began deducting the tax element of 9% from every recharge purchase you make. Which by implication, meant that you are no longer entitled to the exact amount you purchase as airtime, but the amount you purchased minus a 9% CST charge. The tax deduction, I must confess can be very disheartening especially to those of us, who frequently buy higher amounts of airtime for work and other equally important purposes.
Why should others be paying higher?
The issue of paying higher CST comes up when you think of how people, who require higher amounts of airtime to facilitate their business operations. Should it be that they should be incurring this high cost every time they purchase airtime? If yes, do you not think it will rather increase operational cost, serving as a disincentive for business expansion and may cripple their operations?
Top Ghanaian dancehall award-winning act, Shatta Wale’s interview on Good Evening Ghana(GEG) aired yesterday, really got social media buzzing. The interview with Paul Adom-Otchere saw the dancehall singer making some attention provoking statements, which many could not help but react to. Shatta Wale apart from speaking on issues regarding his music career and the Ghanaian music industry also gave, his take on recent happenings regarding his colleagues.
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