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The United States embassy in Ghana has hailed young Ghanaian actor Abraham Attah after he picked up another award and presented an award at the Oscars over the weekend.

The 88th Academy Awards set its tone before host Chris Rock could grab the mic. As Rock, dressed in a sharp ivory tux, strode to center stage, the orchestra sat on their hands and the sound system blasted a snatch of Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power.” The stealthy 15-second instrumental was a fitting moment for a controversial awards race dominated by what people did — or didn’t — say, from Best Actress nominee Charlotte Rampling dismissing a question about Oscar quotas as “racist to white people” to Best Supporting Actor contender Sylvester Stallone forgetting to thank both his Creed director and his co-star at the Golden Globes.

Ghana’s wonder kid, Abraham Attah has won yet another prestigious international award for ‘Best Male Lead’ at the 2016 Independent Spirits Awards held at Santa Monica Beach, Califonia Saturday night.

Determined music act Bilz real name Shiraz Abdul Majeed has disclosed to Pluzz FM’s presenter Kay that given that he is not romantically attached, his crush and dream lady is Berla Addardey better known as Berla Mundi.

As special guest of Robert Mugabe and the Zimbabwe Music Awards organizers, reggae musician and historian Abubaka Ahmed easily identified as Blakk Rasta has chalked another major success.

The ‘Barrack Obama’ hitmaker has sent word to blakkpepper.com that he has been made tourism ambassador for Zimbabwe adding that the official ceremony is set for the Tourism Ministry in Harare on 29^th February 2016.

Blakk Rasta who has been touring Zimbabwe and sampling the sights and sounds disclosed: “I was at Great Zimbabwe and saw the walls.. A piece of our great history.. I shed tears at our ingenuity and creativity.. Rock building on rocks with no mortar…kai” was how the ‘Kwame Nkrumah’ hitmaker summed his experience after witnessing one of Africa’s great wonders: The Zimbabwean Civilization.

The ‘Kochoko’ legend has also been to the Zimbabwean heroes’ acre where national heroes/heroines are laid to rest and also paid homage to Amai Sally Mugabe, the revered mother of the Zimbabwean nation who happened to be a Ghanaian and the first wife of Robert Mugabe.

Whiles chalking these successes abroad, ‘Ghana’s Best, Africa’s Finest and the World’s Most Wanted’ has also gained two VGMA nominations for Reggae/Dancehall song of the Year for ‘Serwaa Akoto’ and Reggae/Dancehall artiste of the Year. Blakkpepper.com wishes the ‘Salaga Soldier’ the very best in his endeavours.

 

With anticipation high ahead of the VGMA big night, Chaterhouse, the event organizers have released the full list of nominees for this year’s Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.

After some industry players and lovers of music had complained about Teephlow’s nominations at the 2016 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, organisers have taken his name out of all nominations he had received.

BET Award winner, Sarkodie has arrived in UK safely for his IndigoO2 concert slated for March, 11, 2016.

Arriving at Heathrow Airport 6am Wednesday morning, Sarkodie was met by awaiting journalists and fans who had waited patiently to capture the first images of the artist, as he appeared through BA departures in an all-black classic slick jacket and jeans with his trademark dark shades like a true super star.

Reggae musician and Pan Africanist Blakk Rasta who on the invitation of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has been in the country since 21st February 2016, continues to sample the city and honour performance invitations.

Over the past few years, Phillip Yaw Atiemo aka Lil Shaker has received a lot of backlashes and mutinied for living his God’s given attitude – being that quiet, humble, calm and reserved dude.

Mr. Music Man, Kojo Antwi has revealed the amount he charges for a show at a GHAMRO stakeholder’s conference held on Tuesday, February 23 in Kumasi.

Ghanaian singer, Chase Forever born Fianko Bossman has been explaining why he also voluntarily opted out of the 2016 edition of Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs).

Award winning dancehall artiste, Kaakie, is very confident in her status as the queen of dancehall music; so much so that she says in spite of new artistes springing up, she doesn’t feel any pressure to do anything differently from what’s she’s been doing.

A member of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards board, Mark Okraku-Mantey, has stated that the board’s decision not to nominate Shatta Wale for this year’s event unless he completes the process of officially apologising for maligning it “has nothing” to do with the artiste’s issue with Yola Ayewode of Charterhouse Productions Limited.

It is official! Controversial and conscious reggae artiste Blakk Rasta is in Zimbabwe as a star performer at the 7th edition of the Zimbabwe Music Awards (ZIMA) to be held at the Harare Internationational Conference Centre scheduled for the 25th of February 2016.

The annual Citi FM Music of Ghanaian Origin (MOGO) Festival returns in the month of March with a series of exciting events to promote authentic Ghanaian music.

This year’s MOGO Festival would run alongside the Musician Union of Ghana’s (MUSIGA) annual Ghana Music Week Festival.

At his age and the fame he's gathered, David Oscar claims he is not into any kind of relationship with any lady.

But should any opportunity arise for him to propose to any of his colleague female celebrities in the Ghanaian entertainment industry, he has three choices.

One half of hiplife duo Keche, Andew has revealed during an interview earlier on Friday with Afia Schwarzenegger's that Deborah Vanessa is his celebrity crush.

Responding to the ‘Y3 Wo krom’ hostess’ question on her midmorning show on OKAY101.7FM, Andrew confirmed he has had an eye on the African mermaid for sometime now and if possible would like to marry her.

Key Jamaican Reggae  figure, Sheldon Campbell who is popularly known as “Turbulence” has arrived in Ghana ahead of a mega concert set for the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday, February 27, 2016.

Eccentric pastor, Bishop Daniel Obinim has claimed that he single-handedly made the hiplife hit song ‘Ye Wo Krom’ by musician Atom, popular in Ghana.

According to him, as the spiritual father of the musician, he first laid hands on a copy of the CD and blessed it to make the song a hit.

Award-winning actress, Emelia Brobbey has added another award to her collection when she was honoured with the Best International Act at the Royal Africa Awards which took place in Italy last week.

Movies are make believe and so on screen, viewers think everything is real, including kissing.

But well-loved actor, Majid Michel, has revealed that kissing in movies doesn’t happen by chance as they look in the final product because the actors involved go through a thorough screening and put in a lot of effort to make it ‘real.’

Anthony “Reebop” Kwaku Baah, one of the world`s acclaimed master drummer, and a dexterous percussionist from Ghana who died from a brain haemorrhage whilst performing on stage to thousands of crowds in Stockholm, Sweden in 1983, is seen here playing with Traffic, the famous UK rock group in Rome. Circa: 29th March 1973.

 

British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, on Wednesday met dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale.

 

Shatta Wale met with Mr Benjamin at the British High Commission in Accra.

 

In photos shared online after the meeting, Shatta Wale could be seen presenting a CD of his album to Mr Benjamin.

 

The award-winning musician also presented him with a ‘Shatta Movement’ shirt.

The UK Embassy tweeted that Shatta Wale had called on the British High Commissioner to share his plans of engaging the youth in peaceful elections in November and beyond .

 

Mr Benjamin also tweeted that he had given Shatta Wale tips on how to perfect the Shatta Movement sign.

 

Mr Benjamin has attended a number of events aimed at promoting the arts in Ghana, and has expressed his love for musician Wiyaala’s music and her stagecraft in the past.

It’s safe to say that the 49-year-old, who is also UK Ambassador to Togo, Benin and Burkina Faso, is the latest Shatta Movement recruit.

 

 

Source:firstdigitalghana.com

The 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' star shared the childhood story with her guests on TV show 'Kocktails with Khloé', where she remembered a particularly ''wild'' night for her mother Kris Jenner and her then-husband Caitlyn Jenner.

When we all thought the brouhaha between dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale and his former management, Bullhaus Entertainment was over, something new is up.

Reggae artiste Rocky Dawuni who lost the Best Reggae Album at the 2016 Grammy Awards believes he would have brought the honour to the nation if Ghanaians had given him the necessary support to be the first African to have won the award.

Angelique Kidjo, one of Africa’s most prominent musicians, won her third Grammy on Monday and dedicated it to aspiring artists on the continent.

Remember when LIB broke the news that Tonto was pregnant during her Bride Price payment ceremony... the actress has announced that she has welcomed her child.

 

King of African Dancehall, Shatta Wale, on Wednesday 17th February 2016 together with members of his management team paid a courtesy call on the British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, at his office in Accra.