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Worlasi guest lectures at the University of Ghana, Legon
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Worlasi guest lectures at the University of Ghana, Legon

Worlasi with host Dr. Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang at the English department of the University of Ghana, Legon On Monday, 22 August 2022, Ghanaian music performer Worlasi spent time with students at the University of Ghana, Legon campus in Accra. As a guest speaker at the university’s department of English, he addressed more than 40 students in the afternoon during the English class named 'ENGL 314: Introduction to African Literature’. Hosting him was the University of Ghana’s lecturer in English Dr. Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang who had announced the singer’s visit on Twitter. The sole purpose according to the tweet was for the artiste to discuss “his craft, inspiration, etc with students who are eager to learn about his work.” For two hours, Worlasi, affectionately called ‘Waaska’, en...
Mummy Dolarz returns with new jab at Big Ivy
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Mummy Dolarz returns with new jab at Big Ivy

Mummy-Dollarz / Credit: Myjoyonline.com Nigeria’s self-acclaimed rap queen, Mummy Dolarz, has backtracked on her words amid her beef with Ghana’s Big Ivy. The internet sensation who’s been in an ongoing feud with Big Ivy some days ago promised to not release a reply to Big Ivy’s new track Poison Ivy. Mummy Dolarz said she would prefer they meet and battle on stage and have a live audience judge rather than engage in a ‘cut-and-past’ rap battle. However, in a new move, Mummy Dolarz released a new single on Thursday, August 18. In the song called ‘Prodigal Daughter’, the Nigerian said she was on a higher level than Big Ivy and offered to teach her like she does a school kid. This comes nearly two weeks after Big Ivy dropped her song Poison Ivy. The song, which is a repl...
Tinny Didn’t Do Well By Insulting Stonebwoy- Bulldog
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Tinny Didn’t Do Well By Insulting Stonebwoy- Bulldog

Tinny Artiste Manager, Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson aka Bulldog has said rapper Tinny didn’t do well in his recent comments insulting fellow musician Stonebwoy and that he is a “fool.” Earlier this week, Tinny, went berserk while revisiting a report that Stonebwoy settled his GHS2,000 debt to retrieve his confiscated car. This was after, an upcoming artiste and event promoter, Yaw Menkasa called out Tinny for refusing to refund GHS2,000 paid to him for a Valentine’s Day show at Worawora Afariwa Loungeon, which he failed to show up. The promoter, in an interview on Hitz FM, remarked that “Tinny told me he can’t pay the money so he has decided to use his car as collateral. I couldn’t drive the car to my house, so, I suggested we go to the Taifa Police Station for them to sei...
Global Citizen Festival Is Coming to Ghana. Are You Ready to Take Action?
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Global Citizen Festival Is Coming to Ghana. Are You Ready to Take Action?

The countdown has officially begun until Global Citizen Festival touches down in Ghana on Sept. 24.  Ghana’s President Nana Afuko-Addo said: “Ghana is honoured to host this year’s edition of the Global Citizen Festival. I look forward to welcoming each and every one of you to Accra, capital of the country at the centre of the world.”   What Changes Would You Make in Ghana?TAKE ACTION “Together, let us join hands and help accelerate progress towards the realisation of the SDGs,” he continued, referring to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (a.k.a Global Goals) to end extreme poverty and its systemic causes “We owe it to the next generation to live in a world free from poverty, disease, and the degradation of the environment.”  Global Citizens al...
Amerado announces debut career album, G.I.N.A
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Amerado announces debut career album, G.I.N.A

Amerado, G.I.N.A. Ghanaian artist Amerado has announced his debut career album titled, God Is Never Asleep( shortened as G.I.N.A.). The announcement was made in the middle of his trending beef with fellow rapper LJ. The God Is Never Asleep (G.I.N.A) album is the rapper’s first career album since becoming a mainstream artist two and a half years ago. Talking of his body of works, Amerado on 26th October 2021, released a seven-track EP, called ‘Patience’, which featured Black Sherif, Benerl, Fameye, Shatta Wale, Kweku Flick, Ypee, and winners of his Selflessness challenge, Kojo Luda, 4tune, Nbee, and Adomakye. It has gained over 50 million streams across all platforms. Sharing the announcement video on his social media platforms, he posted with the cap...
I was forced to eat faeces from a diaper working as a maid- Celestine Donkor reveals
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I was forced to eat faeces from a diaper working as a maid- Celestine Donkor reveals

Published 3 mins ago on August 17, 2022 By Zeinat  Stories about maids being treated inhumanely have made news on several occasions, however, this recent story by celebrated gospel musician, Celestine Donkor tops it all. The “Adekyeamu Nsem” hitmaker has in a recent interview on Rainbow Radio shared a horrible experience she went through as a maid back in the day. According to Mrs. Donkor, she has experienced different things at different times of her life as a result of her living conditions growing up. “I was serving people as a house help. So that was how I grew up. Living with different kinds of people formed a very important part of my life because I experienced different things at different levels. “Some of the people I stayed with were very ...
Wiyaala apologises to Shatta Wale
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Wiyaala apologises to Shatta Wale

Wiyaala, the aggrieved Ghanaian singer who implicated fellow Ghanaian Shatta Wale in the Citation of Merit blunder at the 2022 ‘SummerStage’ festival, has apologized. Saturday 13 August 2022, Wiyaala rejected the Bronx Borough’s Citation of Merit presentation at the music festival because it was done behind the scenes unlike her mate Shatta Wale’s which took place on stage as planned. In a new social media video today Monday, 15 August 2022, she said sorry to Shatta Wale and narrated how Wale got in touch to tell his side of the story. “Shatta Wale, my big brother, personally got in contact with me and he explained things to me,” she informed her viewers. Narrating how the conversation went, Wiyaala recounted, “He [Shatta Wale] said he’s sorry that it has happened like tha...
Wiyaala and Shatta Wale Rock New York
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Wiyaala and Shatta Wale Rock New York

Published 6 seconds ago on August 16, 2022 By Zeinat  The Lioness of Africa, Wiyaala and the King of African Dancehall, Shatta Wale on Saturday, August 13, 2022, rocked the Summer Stage in New York City. The two big names in Ghanian entertainment were billed to headline the Summer Stage festival which happened inside Crotona Park in the Bronx. Shatta Wale brought his energy on stage and his fans could be heard singing along word for word. He also announced the release of his much-anticipated album, the Gift of God album release date on the stage. View this post on Instagram He also returned for a special surprise guest set on Sunday, August 14, 2022, with Flavour Nabania. Wiyaala was no exception as she delivered a fresh and exhilarating per...
Shatta Wale set October 17 for the release of “Gift of God” album
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Shatta Wale set October 17 for the release of “Gift of God” album

Ghanaian Dancehall artiste, Charles Nii Armah Mensah Junior, popularly known as Shatta Wale has announced the release of the much-anticipated 'Gift of God' album on 17 October. The ‘On God’ hitmaker disclosed the date of release and album name during a performance at the summer stage festival Crotona Park, New York City over the weekend. According to Shatta Wale, the Gift of God album took him three years to create. “Today you guys are the special people with my press release, on the 17th of October, I am gonna release the Gift of God Album”, he stated. Fans were left disappointed on June 17 as Shatta Wale released only two songs from the project. Shatta Wale further announced a major feature on the Album, titled “Papi” with Nigerian artiste Naira Marley. Meanwhile, spe...
Usher, Stormzy, Stonebwoy, Tems, Gyakie, others to headline Global Citizen festival in Accra
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Usher, Stormzy, Stonebwoy, Tems, Gyakie, others to headline Global Citizen festival in Accra

Global Citizen is bringing its annual festival to Ghana for the first time.  This is in recognition of the Global Citizen Festival’s 10th anniversary. The event will be held on September 24, at the Black Star Square in Accra. Performing for the first time in Ghana is RnB legend Usher Raymond, singer/songwriter SZA, H.E.R and Nigeria’s Tems. Also joining the lineup are English rapper Stormzy, singer Gyakie, Sarkodie and Stonebwoy. Accra’s event is the sister event to Global Citizen’s annual New York City festival. Reacting to the news, President Nana Afuko-Addo noted that “Ghana is honoured to host this year’s edition of the Global Citizen Festival. I look forward to welcoming each and every one of you to Accra, the capital of the country at the centre of the world....