Last year, several of our Ghanaian
celebrities took to social media to send out kind and appreciative
messages to their mothers, in celebration of mother’s day in Ghana…
Today being mother’s day, some of your favourite celebrities have shared photos of their mothers with touching messages.
We’ve not seen some of these mothers before, so it is great to see the women that gave us these stars.
Please,
do not go about talking trash about anybody’s mother (we are
celebrating mothers day). Last year, I had to remove several offensive
comments. Surely, I do not care if you want to insult the celebrities (I
will even help you do that) but their mothers are out of the question.
Any wrong choice of words and you are BANNED from commenting for good.
If you’ve nothing to say, just tell us about how great your mother is—and we will love that!
Check out the photos below…
Nana Ama Mcbrown & Mother
D Black Mother
Eazzy's Mother
Efya's Mother
Emelia Brobbey's Mother
Kafui Mother
Ghana Meets Naija returns in its
fourth year, with an even bigger and more exciting package for music
fans in both Ghana and Nigeria and the world at large.
It’s
currently the story that has got the nations grip. This year’s edition
slated for Saturday 24th May 2014 at the Accra International Conference
Centre is set to feature performances from seasoned musicians, including
Sarkodie, Castro, Guru, Davido, Kcee and Wizboyy.
In its fourth
year of existence and having been undoubtedly the biggest musical
concert in Ghana over the last three years, organizers have assured that
this year’s episode will be bigger, even more spectacular and is sure
to give music fans an experience to truly relish.
To set the ball
rolling, organizers are pleased to inform the general public that
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Organisers of the annual and
prestigious Ghana Music Awards, Charterhouse, has challenged Dancehall
artiste Shatta Wale to substantiate his allegation that, the outfit paid
Nigerian artistes, Davido and Iyanya huge sums of money to perform at
the awards, yet refused to pay his asking fee of 70,000GHC.
With
few hours to the awards on May 3, 2014, Shatta Wale posted on his
Facebook wall that, he was not going to perform at the awards because
his asking fee of 70,000GHC (US$24800) has been turned down by the
organisers, claiming the amount was outrageous.
Adding that,
“But they [Charterhouse] will pay huge sums of dollars to other artistes
from other [Nigeria] countries to come and perform. but for us (gh
artiste), they will say the money is too much for them to pay..”
Reacting
to the allegation for the first time at a post-event media soiree for
this year’s awards, Charterhouse’s PRO, George Quaye said that, their
outfit is challenging the newly crowned Artiste of the Year to back his
allegations with evidence or stop deceiving the public with false
information.
“It is not just Shatta [Wale] who has made
allegations about VGMA organisation doling out [huge] sums of money to
Nigerian artistes.
Now the practice in Nigeria … is that a lot of the
time, for awards that are designed to honour them, they [Nigerian
artistes] do not really charge.
For those that even charge, it’s
not their professional fees that they are charged,”George Quaye said. He
said that, the Aye singer, Davido didn’t charge his outfit to perform
on the night, instead they took a per diem. According to him, Davido saw
the show as a platform to promote himself.
“He [Davido] didn’t charge a pesewa to perform on the VGMAs.
He
came with a crew of six including himself making seven. We flew them
here and accommodated them. He took a per diem of GHC80 a day for two
days and the remaining six people took a per diem of GHC50 a day for two
days. That was all that Davido took.”
Speaking about Iyanya,
George said, “For Iyanya and the rest of the team, they did what the
others have done in the previous years, which is usually an honorarium
and that honorarium usually ranges between US$2,000 to US$5,000
depending on who.
George mentioned that, most foreign artistes
who had previously graced the awards had done so on honorarium. “They do
not charge officially to perform at the VGMAs. It was unfortunate when
we heard Shatta [Wale] say that. Any of you can ask him to prove it,
maybe he has seen a business engagement contract that, we [Charterhouse]
do not have.”
Theresa Ayoade, the Executive Director at
Charterhouse also added her voice to call off Shatta Wale’s bluff. “His
so-called crusade is fake; he is using his influence to spread
falsehoods and I think it’s so unfair and unjust. He is a role model and
must speak the truth at all times.” she said.
Director General of National Centre
for Women Development (NCWD), Onyeka Onwenu, is certainly not a new name
in the Nigerian entertainment industry as she is one of the veterans
who are still relevant in the industry.
The now NCWD boss, who
started as a musician, delved in movie acting some years back and since
then, has been making tremendous impact in the industry with the kind of
roles she plays.
In a recent chat, Onyeka confessed that despite
her wealth of talent, she is still a poor woman because intellectual
properties are not protected in Nigeria.
“I made a living out of
my entertainment and I thank God for that. I am a poor woman. If I were
to be in a Western country where their system is developed, I would have
had so much money that I would not even know what to do with it.”
“We
do not take intellectual property serious here. You can actually get a
car or house loan with your intellectual property as collateral. Most of
the things I have done, I have done for free. That is because I love my
country.”
Recently Nollywood Actress, Angela
Okorie has been battling with Adultery scandal and has debunked claims
that she is cheating on her husband. She was also accused of stealing
$3200 from him.
Angela vehemently denied the allegations, while
Prosper and Nollywood actor, Prince Eke, insisted that she was guilty.
In a recent interview she Speaks About Her Recent Adultery/Theft Scandal
with Punch.
Read excerpts below:
“I know Prince and
Prosper connived and wrote all the rubbish about me. It doesn’t have any
effect on my marriage. My husband knows me and he knows I didn’t do
anything wrong. He supports my career. My husband knows I have a lot of
male friends and I have female friends too. My husband said I should
even forget about the incident.
Their aim was to destroy my
marriage but it didn’t happen. I hope Muma Gee knows the kind of man she
is married to. I am a beautiful girl and I know a lot of people out
there want something to do with me. But I am not that kind of person.
What you see on TV is the script. I don’t sleep around. How can I kiss
Prosper? If I should have anything to do with a man, the guy has to be
better than my husband and not somebody that looks like Prosper.”
“Can
you imagine that Prince asked a friend of mine who escorted us to the
airport if I was going to South Africa with dollars? What is his
problem? I know what goes around comes around. Prince has not reached my
level yet and I am sure he will never get there. He will certainly face
the consequences of not finishing my job. We have rules and regulations
that guide us as a body. I paid him for the job, so there is need for
him to finish it. He came to South Africa and dumped my job because he
was shooting another film.”
Ghanaian music producer and Chief
Executive Officer of Slip Music, Mark Okreku Mantey has advised Ghanaian
musicians to produce songs which will last for long.
Speaking
at a focus group discussion for hiplife artiste Edem’s album, “Books”
“n” “Ryhmes”, he said Ghanaian musicians should concentrate on
sustaining their career than making hit songs which will fade away in no
time.
“I am not somebody who believes in music that somebody
does for a few months and he gets a hit. Hit making is not difficult,
find out. You sustain your career and make money from it after 20 years
that is an artiste.” He said.
He further stated that the
reigning artiste of the year, Shatta Wale’s music cannot stand the test
of time because he produces songs which last for few months.
“….Not people who get hits for 6 months, like Shatta. His music, mark it on the wall, cannot last the test of time.”
Speaking
on why Nigerian music is gradually gaining roots in Ghana, the
controversial music producer said, “Nigerians are doing well in Ghana
because they have melodies everybody can always sing along.
"It
was actually our trademark when they took it from us. It’s good to do
hardcore music but when you looking for the money or what people will
appreciate, concentrate on what the ladies can sing”
Edem hosted
a group of music gurus on Saturday, May 10 at Travern in Osu, Accra to
listen and judge his tracks on his upcoming album, “Books” “n” “Ryhmes”.
The
industry players who were present at the venue to listen to the 23
tracks included Mark Okreku Mantey, Lawyer Michael Quaye, Ama K.
Abebrese, Francis Doku, Magnom, Lil Shaker, Daddy Bosco, radio
presenters, media men and fans of Edem.
Who said traveling around the world
in grand style and showing it off is a thing for Yvonne Nelson, Sandra
Ankobiah, Yvonne Okoro, John Dumelo and the likes?
Gospel artiste, Lady Prempeh has proven that Ghanaian Gospel musicians are not as boring as some may think.
She posted some photos on her Facebook page…
Beautiful Lady Prempeh wrote: "First class Emirate chilling to Brazil for 5 days. grtful God".
