Tuesday 16 May 2017
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS : Sarkodie gives his best at the One Africa Music Fest in Wembley.
Ghana rap big wing, Sarkodie extremely thrilled fans at the One Africa Music Fest in Wembley in London, UK. The major African music event was this time moved from US to the UK for the first time. The concert was a very successful one and it seems to have streamed live on Jay Z’s Tidal.
The rap god, Sarkodie gave such a terrific performance, fans couldn't help but yearn for more. He performed most of his widely accepted hit songs and the crowd really loved it according to social media indications.
Checkout these social media posts from Sark for more info;
@oneafrica_musicfest 🔥 … Africa (Ghana)
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The sold out concert was organised by Upfront & Personal Global Management Consultants at the SSE Arena, Wembley in London, UK.
Performances on the night included Artists include: Davido, Flavour, Psquare, Tekno, Alikiba, Cassper Nyovest, Olamide, Falz, Banky W, Phyno, Victoria Kimani, Tiwa Savage, MI, 9ice,Skales, Emma Nyra, Eugy, Atumpan and Sonoman.
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American recording artist and record producer Jidenna who had been billed to perform didn’t show up which led many asking what could have happened.
Well, Jidenna was present in London for the show and has explained what really caused him not to perform.
He applauded all the performers and patrons and also apologized for not being able to perform.
Checkout some exclusive photos from the concert below:
Stonebwoy grabs nomination at the 2017 BET Awards for Best International Act– Africa, checkout the full list.
Dancehall sensation and Bhim Nation president, Stonebwoy has once again made Ghana proud as he gets nomination in the 2017 BET awards, in the Best African Act category. The last time Stonebwoy was lifting the flag of Ghana at the BETs he was doing it alongside Ghana's biggest rapper, Sarkodie but this time he's the only nominee from Ghana.
Meanwhile Mr Eazi, who also traces the success of his music to Ghana is also shortlisted in the category. Other competitors from the continent include Starboy frontman Wizkid, Tekno, Davido (Nigeria), as well as AKA, Nasty C, and Babes Wodumo (South Africa).
The 2017 edition of the awards is slated for June 25 at the Microsoft Theatre. It also sees Beyoncé leading all artists with seven nominations including one for the award show’s highest honor, video of the year, for her smash hit “Sorry”.
Now have a look at the full list of nominees below:
Best Female R&B/Pop Artist
BEYONCÉ
KEHLANI
MARY J. BLIGE
RIHANNA
SOLANGE
Best Male R&B/Pop Artist
BRUNO MARS
CHRIS BROWN
THE WEEKND
TREY SONGZ
USHER
Best Group
2 CHAINZ & LIL WAYNE
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST
FAT JOE & REMY MA
MIGOS
RAE SREMMURD
Best Collaboration
BEYONCÉ FT. KENDRICK LAMAR – FREEDOM
CHANCE THE RAPPER FT. 2 CHAINZ & LIL WAYNE – NO PROBLEM
CHRIS BROWN FT. GUCCI MANE & USHER – PARTY
DJ KHALED FT. BEYONCÉ & JAY Z – SHINING
MIGOS FT. LIL UZI VERT – BAD AND BOUJEE
RAE SREMMURD FT. GUCCI MANE – BLACK BEATLES
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
BIG SEAN
CHANCE THE RAPPER
DRAKE
FUTURE
J. COLE
KENDRICK LAMAR
Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
CARDI B
MISSY ELLIOTT
NICKI MINAJ
REMY MA
YOUNG M.A.
Video of the Year
BEYONCÉ – SORRY
BIG SEAN – BOUNCE BACK
BRUNO MARS – 24K MAGIC
MIGOS FT. LIL UZI VERT – BAD AND BOUJEE
SOLANGE – CRANES IN THE SKY
Video Director of the Year
BENNY BOOM – KEHLANI “CRZY”
BRUNO MARS & JONATHAN LIA – BRUNO MARS “THAT’S WHAT I LIKE”
DIRECTOR X – ZAYN MALIK “LIKE I WOULD”
HYPE WILLIAMS – TYGA “GUCCI SNAKES FT. DESIIGNER”
KAHLIL JOSEPH & BEYONCÉ KNOWLES-CARTER – BEYONCÉ “SORRY”
Best New Artist
21 SAVAGE
CARDI B
CHANCE THE RAPPER
KHALID
YOUNG M.A.
Album of the Year
24K MAGIC – BRUNO MARS
4 YOUR EYEZ ONLY – J. COLE
A SEAT AT THE TABLE – SOLANGE
COLORING BOOK – CHANCE THE RAPPER
LEMONADE – BEYONCÉ
Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award
CECE WINANS – NEVER HAVE TO BE ALONE
FANTASIA FT. TYE TRIBBETT – I MADE IT
KIRK FRANKLIN FT. SARAH REEVES, TASHA COBBS & TAMELA MANN – MY WORLD NEEDS YOU
LECRAE – CAN’T STOP ME NOW (DESTINATION)
TAMELA MANN – GOD PROVIDES
Best Actress
GABRIELLE UNION
ISSA RAE
JANELLE MONÁE
TARAJI P. HENSON
VIOLA DAVIS
Best Actor
BRYSHERE Y. GRAY
DENZEL WASHINGTON
DONALD GLOVER
MAHERSHALA ALI
OMARI HARDWICK
YoungStars Award
ACE HUNTER
CALEB MCLAUGHLIN
JADEN SMITH
MARSAI MARTIN
YARA SHAHIDI
Best Movie
FENCES
GET OUT
HIDDEN FIGURES
MOONLIGHT
THE BIRTH OF A NATION
Sportswoman of the Year Award
GABBY DOUGLAS
SERENA WILLIAMS
SIMONE BILES
SKYLAR DIGGINS
VENUS WILLIAMS
Sportsman of the Year Award
CAM NEWTON
LEBRON JAMES
ODELL BECKHAM JR.
RUSSELL WESTBROOK
STEPHEN CURRY
Centric Award
FANTASIA – SLEEPING WITH THE ONE I LOVE
KEHLANI – DISTRACTION
MARY J. BLIGE – THICK OF IT
SOLANGE – CRANES IN THE SKY
SYD – ALL ABOUT ME
YUNA – CRUSH FT. USHER
Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award
BEYONCÉ – SORRY
BRUNO MARS – 24K MAGIC
DRAKE – FAKE LOVE
MIGOS FT. LIL UZI VERT – BAD AND BOUJEE
RAE SREMMURD FT. GUCCI MANE – BLACK BEATLES
THE WEEKND FT. DAFT PUNK – STARBOY
Best International Act: Europe
BOOBA (France)
MHD (France)
CRAIG DAVID (UK)
EMELI SANDÉ (UK)
GIGGS (UK)
SKEPTA (UK)
STORMZY (UK)
WILEY (UK)
Best International Act: Africa
AKA (South Africa)
BABES WODUMO (South Africa)
DAVIDO (Nigeria)
NASTY C (South Africa)
STONEBWOY (Ghana)
TEKNO (Nigeria)
WIZKID (Nigeria)
MR EAZI (Nigeria)
Sunday 14 May 2017
Davido jubilates as he listens to R. Kelly's version of his smash hit ‘If’.
Honestly speaking, I saw it for the first time on Davido's Instagram page. But those of you who follow him on Snapchat, must have heard it earlier. That's R&B legend, R. Kelly has done a cover 'his version' of Davido's super hit track, 'If'.
For now it's not clear as whether it was a remix or a cover. Because there's no explanation on how and why the remix happened from either sides.
But Davido whilst in the UK, was listening to the remix in his car and it was quite obvious he was surprised and dreamy.
Davido later posted a stitched version of his snaps on his Instagram page and could not hide his joy, he was highly elated. And later posted it on Facebook as well. He got lots of nice comments from fans who listened to the remix for the first time. Davido was very proud of himself, for he has stayed true to his culture.
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Crazyyy!!!!!!! THE LEGEND R KELLY REMIXED 'IF' !!!! Whaaaaaaat!! 🌍🌍🌍🌍 ! I'm honored!! 😬
#backtobasics stay true to your culture!! THEY WILL COME!!
2017 Exclusive Men of the Year (EMY) Africa Awards open for entries.
Nominations for the 2017 edition of Exclusive Men of the year(EMY) Awards Africa are open, according to information from the organizers.
The awards, dubbed EMY's is annually organized to recognise and celebrate men's excellence and to inspire the younger generation.
This year marks the second edition of the awards and its slated for June 27 at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel, Accra.
Exclusive Men’s Magazine, Carbon AV and Mediaspace Cyber Media, organisers of the awards said in a statement that EMYs’ “purpose is to celebrate excellence and to inspire the young generation of men to aspire to reach the heights of the astute gentlemen who are celebrated every year at the Awards.”
The deadline for the submission of nominations is May 25, 2017. To file for nomination visit their website, www.emyafrica.com for more details about the award categories and the nomination process.
The organisers also elaborated that, the nominations are handled by the EMYs Faculty which is a technical team of eminent members, “strategically drawn from diverse corporate and social backgrounds to oversee the collection, collation and aggregation of nominations across the country for this competitive award.”
Major winners of last year's event were, renowned Ghanaian businessman, consultant and politician, Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom was adjudged the Ultimate Man of the Year. Other big winners were Apostle Kwadwo Sarfo Kantanka, Dr Kwame Osei Despite and Dr Kwabena Duffuor. Nathan Kwabena Anokye Adisi (alias Bola Ray) and Kwami Sefa Kayi.
Also, in the female category, Dr Beatrice Wiafe of the Breast Care International won the Ultimate Woman of the Year award.
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Friday 12 May 2017
David Beckham makes debut appearance in ‘King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword’
Top celebrated world football superstar, David Beckham shows off his acting skills in an acting debut in 'King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword'. And of course, showing off how versatile he is, he can virtually do everything when it comes to talents.
David Beckham making a cameo in the upcoming movie, ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’, it was simply terrific.
And also, where else could the English football icon, Beckham has done this acting debut than in an equally English franchise, a King Arthur movie, there just couldn't be a better role than that.
Extraordinary Filmmaker, Guy Ritchie brings his dynamic style to this epic fantasy action adventure Starring Charlie Hunnam in the title role, the film is an iconoclastic take on the classic Excalibur myth, tracing Arthur’s journey from the streets to the throne.
Warner Bros UK released a teaser with Beckham to drum up enthusiasm for the movie shows Beckham showing off his acting skills for the first time. You might just have to check that out.
Thursday 11 May 2017
Sarkodie is officially Ghana's richest musician(Most Bankable artist) and ranks 9th in Africa - Forbes Africa.
Forbes Africa has released a list of Top ten richest African musicians, the continent's Most Bankable artists. And as expected Ghana's best rapper, Sarkodie is ninth on the list with an estimated net worth: $7 million.
When i first saw the list, the first question in my mind was 'where is P- Square?'. Anyway, don't mind me just being curious.
For what seems more official now, this is Forbes Africa's list of Africa's Top ten Musicians (Most Bankable Artists):
1. AKON With over 35 million albums sold worldwide, numerous awards, five Grammy Award nominations, 45 Billboard Hot 100 songs under his belt and over 51 million likes on his Facebook page, Akon.
2. BLACK COFFEE , SOUTH AFRICA Black Coffee, real name Nkosinathi Maphumulo, has not only raised the bar for South African house music, but has put it on the world map. The multi-award-winning artist was born in South Africa’s house music province, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), raised in the Eastern Cape province, where struggle stalwart Nelson Mandela hailed from, before moving back to KZN to study music. It was worth it.
3. HUGH MASEKELA , SOUTH AFRICA Born in Witbank, east of Johannesburg, Hugh Masekela is committed to restoring African heritage. This world-renowned flugelhornist, trumpeter, bandleader, composer and singer has released more than 43 albums and performed with Marvin Gaye, Dizzy Gillespie, The Byrds, Fela Kuti, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder and Miriam Makeba. “The music I make, I don’t call it my music. It is based on my township and indigenous rural roots in South Africa. That’s what brought me fame all over the world,” he says.
4. DON JAZZY , NIGERIA Like many artists, Don Jazzy, real name Michael Collins Ajereh, started playing music as a child in church before moving to the UK to pursue his career.
5. TINASHE , ZIMBABWE-AMERICAN Twenty-four-year-old Tinashe Kachingwe sang before she could talk. Her Zimbabwean father Michael, and mother Aimie, from Denmark, have always helped. Tinashe was a child model by the age of three, made her first appearance in 2000 in the film Cora Unashamed and her voice starred in the cartoon feature film The Polar Express alongside Oscar winning actor, Tom Hanks.
6. JIDENNA , NIGERIAN-AMERICAN By the age of 10, Jidenna Theodore Mobisson knew he wanted to do music but was afraid to tell his father who wanted him to be an engineer. It was just as well that his name means embracing the father.
7. WIZKID , NIGERIA Wizkid is arguably currently the uncrowned king of African music. Grammy Award-winning artist, Alicia Keys and husband Swizz Beatz, danced to his songs Ojuelegba and Caro, with Keys posting a video on her Instagram account with the caption, “This song makes me happy” and Kylie Jenner posted a video of herself dancing to Wizkid’s music on snapchat.
8. DAVIDO, NIGERIA Davido has claimed a high status in just five years. The single Back When planted him firmly in the music business in 2011. “It was people like [Nigerian music veterans] P-Square and D’Banj who made me believe that all this was possible,” he recalls. Dami Duro, an unexpected hit, leaked online almost a year prior to its official release, became the crown jewel for his widely acclaimed 2012 debut album, Omo Baba Olowo.
9. SARKODIE, GHANA Born Michael Owusu Addo, Sarkodie has racked up millions of views on YouTube for his music with his debut album and first single, Baby, among the favorites. He started out as an underground rapper which helped him cross paths with his former manager, Duncan Williams, who helped launch his career. Staying true to his identity, he is a big advocate of Azonto, a Ghanaian genre that is said to have been born out of Kpanlogo, a traditional dance.
Mewu , the first single off his fourth album, Mary, sold almost 4,000 copies on the first day of its release in Ghana’s capital Accra. His hard work does not go unnoticed. Sarkodie was the first Ghanaian to win a BET award and has the most nominations.
In 2015, he was ranked the 19th “Most Influential Ghanaian” by e-TV Ghana and in 2013 and 2015, he was ranked 8th on FORBES and Channel O’s list, “Top 10 Richest/Bankable African Artists.”
His ambitions don’t end here. In 2013, he launched his clothing line Sark by Yas, launched Obidi Chief Headphones which endorses, among others, Samsung and telecommunications company, Tigo.
In 2014, he also launched the music label SarkCess to empower other African artists. 2017 promises to be an even more exciting year for Sarkodie.
10. OLIVER MTUKUDZI, ZIMBABWE Oliver (Tuku) Mtukudzi has 65 albums under his belt — more than Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston. It’s a remarkable career stretching back 41 years with songs that have enlivened parties all over the world. “I never decided to be in the music industry. It was in me. My mother said ‘you are a good singer but you will never surpass your birth cry. Your birth cry was so beautiful’,” says Mtukudzi.
And that ends the list!!!
Wednesday 10 May 2017
Monday 8 May 2017
Dj switch adjudged the most talented kid in 2017.
The search for Ghana's most talented kid in 2017 has ended after several weeks of performances.
The eighth edition of Ghana's best kids reality TV show, Talented kidz has drawn the curtains yesterday with DJ Switch aka Erica Tandoh being adjudged the most talented kid in Ghana for 2017.
She won this year's Talented kidz competition beating stiff competition from seven other competitors namely; Allo dancers, Christian Morgan, Louisa, Naquel, The real magicians, Nana Afua P. and Lilies dance crew.
Five of the contestants made it to the second round of competition in finals and this is their various positions;
Fifth position was Allo dancers, fourth was Nana Afua Praba, third was Christian Morgan, second was Naquel and of course the first position was taken by the smashing Erica Tandoh aka DJ Switch.
The prizes for the overall winner, DJ switch are: a wapping Ghc 10,000, Ghc 6,000 worth of educational scholarship, amongst other consolation prizes from the sponsors of the show.
The grand finale was a very good one, with performances from Samini, Kofi Kinaata, MzVee and others it couldn't be better. But the problem was with the live broadcast, it was soo bad.
And now, DJ switch is officially the youngest best DJ in Africa.
Awal Mohammed accuses Tv3 of sabotage, being audacious?
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He made this public after his performance at the grand finale, of the eighth season of the Talented kidz.
Tv3 had challenges with the live broadcast of the grand finale, saying it was due some technical hitches.
For this reason the live transmission was going on and off air many times, so anytime it goes off they'll broadcast one of the prerecorded performances by the contestants and return as soon as it's back.
For this reason the live transmission was going on and off air many times, so anytime it goes off they'll broadcast one of the prerecorded performances by the contestants and return as soon as it's back.
It happens that, when Awal Mohammed a previous winner of the show was about performing, the transmission went off. So his entire performance was off air. When he found out after performing that his performance wasn't on air, he didn't take it lightly. He was very disappointed, because he thought it was intentionally taken off air by Tv3 to sabotage him.
He took to social media, Facebook to vent out his anger and demanded that tv3 should give 'upcoming artists' like him some respect. Riding on the fact that he made them proud.
See for yourself below, what he wrote on Facebook:
Sunday 7 May 2017
Jesus the Good Shepherd who leads and cares for us.
Dear brothers and sisters, traditionally, this forth Sunday of Easter is known as Good Shepherd Sunday, because each year the church presents us with our Lord's beautiful description of himself as the Shepherd who has tender and merciful love for his sheep.
The Church has also designated this Sunday as a World Day of prayers for Vocations. So we pray today in this Holy Mass that God will call (form Latin word, "vocare" meaning "
to call") many more men and women to the great adventure of being Shepherd for his flock.
In the old Testament the image of the Good Shepherd is rooted deep in it. In the prophets and psalms, God is the Shepherd; the people of Israel are his flock. Israel's priests were the Shepherds entrusted by God with feeding and guiding his people in the ways of holiness and service.
The first reading of to today's Mass is about the ministry of St. Paul and St. Barnabas. They are called to bring salvation to the ends of the earth. So St. Paul and Barnabas are Shepherds. They are a sign for us in our mission of the new evangelization. We heard how they evangelized Antioch and how they faced protests and violence. We witness their courage and also their joy. They faced so much opposition and hardships but they were filled with joy and holy spirit. They are a beautiful example for us in our work to spread the good news about Jesus. We should be joyful and be filled with hope in every situation of our life especially, when we are trying to be faithful to the gospel.
In the gospel passage today, Jesus the Good Shepherd promises us that our life are in his hands, he knows each one of us by name, knows our hearts and we are his people. We know that if we follow him, he will lead us the way in which we are called to be his disciples, his followers. So this Easter season is a wonderful time to learn how to live with and follow the risen Christ.
Our second reading from the book of revelation we heard about that beautiful scene of heaven. That is where Jesus the Good Shepherd is leading us. This is where he wants us to lead others. John saw many people from every nation, race, people and tongue. This is the Catholic Church, the family of God's people. And that is what the mission of the Church is all about, to bring everyone into the family, Jesus so that he can lead them .
So let us ask Jesus for the grace to take him as our model for our lives And let us ask Mary, Our Queen and blessed Mother to help us to always follow her son, our Good Shepherd, and to always listen to his voice in our lives. Amen.
Readings;
1st, Acts 2:14a, 36-41. 2nd, 1 Pt. 2:20b-25 3rd, Jn.10:1-10
video:Mr Eazi’s fans have a feel of his manhood at Dallas concert.
Ghana based Nigerian singer, Mr. Eazi found himself in a helpless situation at the Pryme
lounge event center in Dallas, Texes.
The event was sold out and Mr.Eazi as usual didn't disappoint in his performance.
He got the fans really excited with his performance, at a point the female fans were dying for more.
I guess Mr.Eazi was also amazed by the fans reaction, so he went very close to the crowd. Then the unexpected happened, the fans started touching him they went as far as grabbing and handling his manhood. The security had to pull him away from the crowd when the situation was getting violent.
The event was hosted by one of the hottest African comedians, Aphrican Ape. Also introducing Royale Rouge, a new artist who debuted her single “Magic” featuring Mr. Eazi.
A little investigation into the matter proves that, it was caused by the over excited female fans. I guess they were trying to have a feel of their superstar's manhood. Lol
Watch the video of Mr Eazi’s weird experience below:
The event was sold out and Mr.Eazi as usual didn't disappoint in his performance.
He got the fans really excited with his performance, at a point the female fans were dying for more.
I guess Mr.Eazi was also amazed by the fans reaction, so he went very close to the crowd. Then the unexpected happened, the fans started touching him they went as far as grabbing and handling his manhood. The security had to pull him away from the crowd when the situation was getting violent.
The event was hosted by one of the hottest African comedians, Aphrican Ape. Also introducing Royale Rouge, a new artist who debuted her single “Magic” featuring Mr. Eazi.
A little investigation into the matter proves that, it was caused by the over excited female fans. I guess they were trying to have a feel of their superstar's manhood. Lol
Watch the video of Mr Eazi’s weird experience below:
Monday 1 May 2017
Chris style blog unveils it's new online show, The iChris Show.
As you already know today is 1st May,2017, the May day(workers day) and Chris style blog will like to extend it's boundless well wishes to all workers. Happy workers day to all workers from Chris style blog.
Now let's turn our attention to Chris style blog's newest initiative dubbed, The iChris show (#TheiChrisShow).
The iChris show is a new online teen show meant to bring to it's viewers a daily dose of exciting, comprehensive and credible news items. The news items ranges from current affairs, entertainment, fashion, celebrity gossips and a bit of sports.
The online show is the first of it's kind in Ghana and i hope to do it better in time. It is referred to as an online teen show because the brain behind this show, Chris Emmanuel Anamon is a teenager.
It's is a mini show because it will often last between 5 to 15 minutes. See!!!, it won't take much of your time so kindly make it a point to watch the online on the following platforms below;
Youtube: Www.YouTube.com/ichrisemmanuel
Facebook: www.facebook.com/chrisstyleblog
Instagram: www.Instagram.com/ichrisemmanuel.
The iChris Show is now officially launched, in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit. Amen!!!.
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