The negative impact of Shatta Wale's behavior on the youth.

It is important to state that this article does not seek to portray Shatta Wale as a bad person rather it is to highlight certain traits that the youth may not have a deeper understanding of,which seriously have a negative effect on their behaviour.

With the analogy of calling a spade by its rightful name and not a big spoon, the smoking habit of Shatta Wale which he comfortably and publicly displays has made a lot of his followers think it is good to smoke and to even do it publicly. It will be no surprise to me if the young female SHS student who is fast becoming famous for smoking 'Weed' is a staunch fan of Shatta Wale. His fans love him dearly and can easily emulate some of the things he does.

Rough and impolite talk which is another  and arguably his greatest attribute and hallmark has got a lot of youth think to be successful and make it in this life,  you need to be rough and impolite to those you meet on your way up. It is true that Shatta Wale may have used this strategy to get himself where he is now but the fact still remains that it does not apply to most situations in life and most people will end up getting rejected and labelled as disrespectful if they are to use this method.

Most of the youth who are fans of Shatta Wale have either directly or indirectly learnt not to respect authority thereby becoming impolite and exhibiting traits of arrogance. In the camp of the Shatta movement and from what their boss display mostly online,  humility and respect doesn't seem to be a part of them and this will greatly have a negative effect on the youth who see him as 'god' and will do what ever they see him do.

The notion that what is supposed to be mine must be mine at all cost and by all means necessary even if it involves using a not too sensible approach as sometimes  employed by Shatta Wale leaves much to be desired and the youth who equally practice that are most likely to find themselves on the wrong side of the law. The Vodafone Ghana Music Award case involving him and Stonebwoy is a classical example.

I will conclude by saying that Shatta Wale has the greatest potential to transform the youth the right way since he has by far one of the biggest fan base in the country and must be encouraged to better his behaviour for the benefit of the Ghanaian youth.

The writer of this article is a Shatta Movement fan (or militant as referred to in their circles) who just said it as it is.

Music entertainment in education: Edutainment

Do you love music and entertainment? I ask this question on several occasions and almost always the response I get is in the affirmative. The power of music and entertainment is one that we cannot underplay.

According to a couple of researches made, extremely difficult situations can be managed by listening to good music. This strategy could be employed by teachers to explain difficult concepts to their learners, especially those in basic schools.

Furthermore, employing music and entertainment into our educational system will help increase attendance of students in class since most students find school boring. Why not make a particular day of the week a day for music and entertainment to help arouse the interest of pupils in education thereby having a positive effect on their regularity and punctuality in school.

The stress associated with going to school right from the basic level to the tertiary is something that is very disturbing. Irrespective of their ages, most people go to school from 7:00am to 4:00pm and some have to even leave home before 5:00am just to beat traffic and be in school on time. This has placed undue pressure on these young ones and even affected their performance in diverse ways. It is therefore very imperative to create entertainment periods for them to help release stress and to make them stay happy in school.

Finally, the career opportunities associated either directly or indirectly with entertainment and music is massive and also well paying if it is done properly. If music and entertainment is taken seriously in this country,  it will help increase employment opportunities for the young ones in the future.

The Ghana Education Service can employ the above strategies if it really wants to make teaching and learning fun and less stressful to all parties involved.

Nudity in the music industry.

One trend that is becoming very common in our entertainment industry is the issue of most of our females 'showing skin' or exposing themselves on stage during shows or in music videos.

While most people are against such people for 'showing skin', I beg to differ on the subject in that, showing a little bit of skin in the entertainment industry should not be seen as completely bad.

One major thing Ghanaians should understand is that, music just like any business has its own unique branding that makes it appealing to its customers. Exposing or showing skin sometimes can be a branding strategy of some musicians

Some female musicians who wear dresses to expose certain parts of their body during shows are most often invited to play shows because the hypocritical Ghanaian will bitterly complain about how a certain female act dresses on stage but would happily cheer that person on when she performs because he enjoys what he is sees.

One thing Ghanaians should learn to accept is that, the entertainment industry is not an arena where religion is practiced and so there can't be a measure of morality for the players in it.

It's about time we accept the bitter truth that s3x sells and rather develop a strategy to make some income out of it.

'A MUSICAL ADVICE' to the new GFA president: KURT OKRAKU.

It is just proper at this moment to congratulate the new Ghana Football Association president Mr. Kurt Okraku for his hard won victory at the just ended GFA elections.

As an entertainment person and football fan,  I find it an important part of my everyday life to give the following advice on how to use entertainment to sustain the interest of football among the fans and also increase attendants of spectators in our stadia.

To start with, I would be happy if the GFA can quickly seat down with stakeholders of MUSIGA and decide on how best to revive the interest of Ghanaians in our local game.

I made the above statement because about 99% of football fans are equally music lovers. The question is who doesn't like music?

The 'new GFA' must as a matter of necessity and urgency employ the services of music stars before the start of games to help increase the attendance of spectators, something clubs bitterly complain about.

To add to the above,  each premier league club can be associated with a top music star to help promote their activities on social media on match days and also be present at the stadium at least 50% of the season.

I will keep the rest of my advice for another write up but for now I will be looking forward to seeing the new GFA take a thing or two from this piece.

Most female musicians are '2 minute'. They don't last.

The Ghanaian music industry can only boast of few women and even with that, only about 1% or less of the number can boastfully and boldly say they are relevant in terms of making major hits and being on major musical stages in the country.

After a careful analysis,  the following are some of the reasons why most female musicians do not stand the test of time.

The first one has to do with managing female musicians in the country.

By far, the most popular artiste management in the country, Bull Haus entertainment,  had once mentioned that for female musicians to have successful careers, they must be in  romantic relationships with their managers which in most cases are men. Due to this reason,  most female talents often slow down or loose their shine after a breakup with their 'romantic managers'.

To add to the above, the Ghanaian culture do not allow female musicians to shine let alone stay long in the music industry unless they have a tough skin. Most female musicians are most likely to go down along the way because their 'romantic partners' do not allow them to express themselves or they would have to put their career on hold for family reasons. The sad part of this is that most of them do not catch up again when they decide to bounce back.

Last but not the least,  some female musicians are mostly known for the way they 'show skin' or expose themselves to the world rather than focusing on the music they seek to do or promote. Due to this, Ghanaians become easily feed up with them and their shine die off quickly as if they never existed.

Due to the above, I conclude that, most female musicians are '2 minute', they don't last.

Why Sarkodie Abandoned Sark Wear In Videos On ‘Highest’ Album

Why Sarkodie Abandoned Sark Wear In Videos On ‘Highest’ Album

In hip hop history, it is almost a ritual for every popular rapper to venture into clothing line, as seen with Sean Diddy Combs for Sean John, Jay-Z with Roca Wear, Lil Wayne for TrukFit, T.I. for Akoo and Pharrel for BBC among many others – and yes, Sarkodie for Sark Collection 

For Sarkodie, the same enthusiasm and frenzy that greeted his clothing line has fizzled in the last year or so, and reports of his fashion shop going under has also not helped matters to do with Sark Collection.

The most decorated Ghanaian artist of all time, Sarkodie, invited some influential entertainment bloggers and stakeholders to have a view and a listen to the audio-visual material to his upcoming 5th studio album, ‘Highest’ and he had to answer questions relating to his clothing line.

After watching videos from his yet-to-be-released album, blogger and OAP, Zionfelix quizzed him why he wore sneakers and belts of other brands in his music videos instead of Sark Collections as he used to project in his visuals years back. Obidi in a reply said that the company is designing different brands of Sark collection so he is waiting for the new set of materials.

He added that products from Sark Collections were not ready at the time he was shooting the videos so he had to put on other brands.

“I wanted to do photoshoot with Sark Collections and push them but unfortunately at the time we were shooting the videos, we didn’t have the new ones yet that is why I couldn’t have anything to put in there but that does not mean I have stopped wearing them,” he responded.

www.zionfelix.com also reports that, Sarkodie’s new album will be out on September 2017. And it is a collection of 15 brand new songs, 3 interludes and a bonus track – 19 tracks in total as displayed on the official album track-list. An incredible collection of solid Hip-Hop and Afro-Beats cuts that are set to push him even further into the international stratosphere. Highest features some major local and International acts such as his long-time friend and Producer Jayso, UK’s very own Big Narstie, Victoria Kimani (Kenya), Moelogo (UK), renowned Spoken Word artist Suli Breaks (UK), Korede Bello (Nigeria), Praiz (Nigeria), Yung L (Nigeria), Joey B (Ghana), Jesse Jagz (Nigeria), Flavour (Nigeria) and Bobii Lewis (UK).


Highest features some major local and International acts such as his long-time friend and Producer Jayso, UK’s very own Big Narstie, Victoria Kimani (Kenya), Moelogo (UK), renowned Spoken Word artist Suli Breaks (UK), Korede Bello (Nigeria), Praiz (Nigeria), Yung L (Nigeria), Joey B (Ghana), Jesse Jagz (Nigeria), Flavour (Nigeria) and Bobii Lewis (UK).

Source: GhanaWeb

John Dumelo takes selfie with Samira Bawumia

Popular Ghanaian actor John Dumelo recently hosted the 3rd annual Glitz Fashion Awards held this past week at Movenpick Ambassador Hotel.

He had a “melomoment” with the Second Lady of the Republic of Ghana Samira Bawumia when he sneaked up and got a quick snap with her.

Samira Bawumia’s grace and elegance emanated from the traditional ensemble she donned for the event as she was present to receive the Glitz style icon accolade.

The thirty-three-year-old actor ushered the event into a resounding success as he stood at the helm hosting the award ceremony.

With all eyes on the host, he decided to get creative and Dumelo did as many millennial would do. He took a selfie with Samira Bawumia.

The moment was captured and showed John Dumelo walking to an unsuspecting Second lady who maintained her composure through it all.

The moment was one of pure clarity with the “aha” moment being that John Dumelo was an avid supporter of the now opposition New Democratic Congress (NDC) and the second lady and her beau Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Mahamudu Bawumia were on the side of the current political party in power New Patriotic Party (NPP).

The actor used the opportunity to cosy up to the Ms Bawumia and seemed to extend an imaginary olive branch to the second lady with the photo op.

The selfie, however, is nowhere to be found on famous social media websites.



Catch it on the view from the video.

Source: GhanaWeb

Sarkodie to release ‘Highest’ album on September 8

Sarkodie has announced the release of his highly anticipated fourth studio album, ‘Highest’.
Named as one of the biggest Hip-hop acts on the African continent by The Guardian and with four hugely popular and acclaimed studio albums to his name, the Ghanaian hip-hop artiste and winner of the Best International Act: Africa at the 2012 BET Awards, will release the album on September 8.
The ‘Highest’ is a collection of 15 brand new songs, three interludes and a bonus track.

A total of 19 songs is displayed on the official album tracklist. The album, according to Sarkodie, during a listening session last Friday, is an incredible collection of solid Hip-hop and Afrobeats cuts that are set to push him even further into the international stratosphere.

‘Highest’ features some major local and international acts such as his long-time friend and Producer Jayso, UK’s Big Narstie, Victoria Kimani (Kenya), Moelogo (UK), renowned Spoken Word artiste, Suli Breaks (UK), Korede Bello (Nigeria), Praiz (Nigeria), Yung L (Nigeria), Joey B (Ghana), Jesse Jagz (Nigeria), Flavour (Nigeria) and Bobii Lewis (UK).

At the exclusive listening event at the plush Electroland Showroom in Accra, the rapper treated his fans and the media to screenings of cinematic visuals for six tracks from the project.
Sarkodie described “Highest” as his most challenging project yet. He also stated that it is a celebration of his achievements.

From that kid on the streets of Tema to selling out venues across the globe, King Sark, as he is affectionately known, says he is ready to take his brand of fearless and contagious hip-hop hits to even higher heights.
Sarkodie has ‘Makye’ (released in 2009), ‘Rapperholic’ (released in 2012), ‘Sarkology’ (released in 2014) and ‘Mary’ (released in 2015) to his credit.

Source: MyJoyOnline