Forbes has published their list of the most powerful people on the planet, and Russian President Vladimir Putin is cruising at the top.
For the third year running, the iron willed man who runs the Kremlin takes the top spot. Second is German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whilst US President Barack Obama drops to third.
Ghanaian dancehall act, Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr, prevalently known as Shatta Wale has stated that he loves his colleague dancehall artiste, Samini, so much.
The proclamation comes at a time when it is widely believed there is an ongoing feud between the two top dancehall acts.
In an interview with Bola Ray and Anita Erskine on Accra-based Starr FM on Thursday, November 5, 2015, Shatta Wale opined there’s no dispute between Samini and himself.
Ace Ghanaian actress and sister of Kweku Sintim Misa (KSM), Joyce Anima Misa Amoah, has stated emphatically that she has no idea who an all-powerful being called God is.
The renowned actress made this assertion when she appeared as guest on Starr Chat, a weekly program on Accra-based Starr FM hosted by broadcast journalist, Bola Ray.
According to Anima, there exist no such all-powerful being called God who resides in the skies. She said people should therefore stop picturing that there’s a higher power above the skies controlling the whole universe.
UK based Afrobeats musician of Ghanaian descent – Fuse ODG (born Nana Richard Abiona) – has beaten Shatta Wale, Davido, Wizkid et al to win the Best International Act, Africa at the just ended 20th edition of the Music of Black Origin Awards (MOBOs).
This makes it the third time the artiste has emerged winner in the said category after successively winning in 2013 and 2014.
The awards which took place at the First Direct Arena in London on November 4, 2015 also saw Drake win the Best International Album with ‘If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late’.
Bice Osei Kuffuor, popularly known as Obour, has been re-elected as the president of Musician Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) for the second time.
The election which took place at Oyinka Hotel in Koforidua on Saturday, October 31, 2015 saw Obour win with a total of 88 votes. He was been contested by renowned sound engineer, Appietus born (Appiah Dankwah), and ace musician, Gyedu Blay Ambolley.
Award winning dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale (born Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr) has parted ways with his manager, Bulldog.
In a press statement signed by Kendrick Yehowada (CEO of Bullhaus Entertainment) on Saturday, 31st October, 2015, Bullhaus Entertainment said they are humbled to have been part of Shatta Wale’s success story and wish him the very best in his future endeavors.
However, what seems to be a mutual agreement between both parties as portrayed in the press statement, an audio from Shatta Wale goes contrary to that.
After the release of Ofori Amponsah’s ‘Alewa’ track, runner up of TV3 Mentor 1, Andy, came out to state that Ofori’s song belonged to him. The person who masterminded this thievery, according to Andy, was Highlife singer – Kofi Nti – of Rakia fame.
Conversely, Kofi Nti has denied ever giving out Andy’s lyrics to Ofori Amponsah. Responding to the allegation on Atinka FM, Kofi Nti said Andy sent the song to his (Kofi Nti) manager to listen because he (Andy) wanted to feature him (Kofi Nti) on the song.
Every individual in the fame game requires some level of attention to be relevant in the industry, but when it becomes more than necessary, then it becomes pathetic because it reflects a deep-seated lack of self-worth and self-confidence in the person.
To be frank, Diamond Appiah and Mzbel are among the numerous grown-ups with childish attitudes parading themselves as celebrities in this country, disturbing the peace of others.
In this 21st century when people are making good use of social media, these two are rather throwing ‘shots’ at each other – something that the dumbest animal wouldn’t do if given access to social media.
As Michelle Yox once said, let a moron be a moron, let drama be drama, but you, walk away knowing you’re the better of the party because you don’t entertain foolishness and immaturity.
When love is involved, there’s nothing like age disparity. Yesterday was the birthday of Ghanaian actress, Kafui Danku’s husband.
With joy and much pleasure, the actress took to her Facebook wall, not only to wish her husband happy birthday, but to write sweet things about him as well.
According to Kafui, the man in her life is stuck with her forever. GhanaCelebrities.Com wishes her husband happy belated birthday
Ghanaian actress – Juliet Ibrahim – has thrown her weight behind lesbianism, something that most Ghanaians detest due to their cultural and religious dogmas.
In an interview with GhanaGist, the actress disclosed that she sees nothing wrong with a woman expressing romantic love towards another woman.
According to her, she has never had any s*xual intercourse with a lady before even though she has kissed a lady in the past before.
Award-winning Ghanaian singer – Efya – has declared that she’s a lover of s*x.
However, this does not come as a big surprise to some of us who know the person behind the name Efya – someone who planned to break her virginity at age 17 and actually carried it out on time as planned.
Efya made this revelation on Africa Magic’s ‘@ Home with Michelle’ where she appeared as guest on the show.
According to her, seks makes her who she is and she does not intend to change her personality which includes the love for seks.
Nathan Kwabena Adisi (popularly known as Bola Ray) on Wednesday morning revealed that there are no short routes to acquiring riches and success.
He made this pronouncement when he was interviewed on TV3’s ‘New Day’ by Nana Aba Anamoah.
Bola was expatiating on a question thrown at him if he considers himself a wealthy person. In answering, the CEO of EIB Network said relatively, God has been good to him.
Television and radio personality, Amanda Jissih, has advised Ghanaian musician – Kontihene – to go for anger management therapy in order to control his anger level.
Amanda made this proclamation in an interview with Black Eye – Hitz FM – on Wednesday morning when she was reacting to a question posed at her if an encounter that ensued between Kontihene and herself will affect their friendship in future.
As part of the celebrations to mark International Youth Day last Wednesday, (August 12, 2015) the first gentleman of the land – President John Dramani Mahama – was interviewed on Uniiq FM.
Among the many issues that he touched on, he also talked about Ghana’s movie industry – naming his favorite actors. One prominent actor whose name was mentioned was John Dumelo.
This has not gone down well with actress Yvonne Nelson who’s name was not mentioned by the president.
According to her, the president should not have named only John Dumelo as his favorite actor, describing that as discriminatory.
In an interview on Joy TV’s ‘Let’s Talk Entertainment’ show, Yvonne said even though the president has his favorite actor, he shouldn’t have singled out John Dumelo.
If you thought he was playing around with his new found profession – evangelism – then you got it wrong. Evangelist Kenya, a one-time rap heavy-weight champion and Hiplife artiste has stated that he has no interest in collecting royalties that has accrued from his Hiplife songs; and even if he does, he will give that money to his former manager – Mark Okraku-Mantey.
However, he urged the Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO) to give him royalties from his gospel songs.