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Eden Hazard has confirmed his desire to pursue a new challenge after seven years at Chelsea, having delivered an inspirational performance as a parting gift as his team thrashed Arsenal to claim the Europa League . The Belgian will now hope Real Madrid can strike an agreement to complete his long-mooted move to the Bernabéu, with talks due to resume between the clubs this week. The 28-year-old’s double helped claim the 16th major trophy of Roman Abramovich’s ownership, and a first for Maurizio Sarri as a coach, as Chelsea ran riot with four goals in 23 second-half minutes to brush aside Arsenal. “We will decide in a few days and the only target in my mind tonight was to win this final,” said Hazard, echoing sentiments first expressed at the end of the World Cup last summer, after which his desire to leave was knocked back by the club. “But I have made my decision already and now I’m waiting on both clubs. I think it is a goodbye, but in football you never know. My dream was to p...

Mauricio Pochettino will put his Tottenham players through their paces in Madrid on Thursday and Friday before the final against Liverpool Mauricio Pochettino and his Tottenham players have jetted out to Madrid ahead of this weekend's Champions League final. Spurs take on Liverpool at Wanda Metropolitano as they bid to win their very first European Cup. Pochettino had been putting his players through their paces at the club's training ground but they will now step up their focus in the Spanish capital. Spurs' players jetted out of Stansted Airport on Wednesday for Madrid as they posed for photographs on board the team plane. Talisman Harry Kane was among them as he bids to prove his fitness for the showpiece final, alongside Harry Winks, who has also been struggling with a groin problem. Tottenham are set to train at Real Madrid's Valdebebas training ground on Thursday and Friday before Liverpool do so in the morning of the match. T...

Black stars and Newcastle midfielder Christian Atsu has donated five thousand pounds to support the ex-convict reintegration project of the Crime Check Foundation. This is to ensure that those released from the prisons are properly reintegrated into society. Speaking at the launch of the ex-convict reintegration project in Accra, Mr Atsu, appealed to Parliament to pass the Non-Custodial Sentencing Bill into law. He reiterated that instead of sending those who commit petty crimes to prison to be fed with taxpayers money, the offenders should be made to serve the communities. Christiain Atsu who was the special guest speaker is the largest donor to the Crime Check Foundation. He has been advocating non-custodial sentencing regime for petty offenders to undertake community service. He called for public support for the ex-convicts reintegration project for the nation to tap their skills and knowledge for socio-economic development. Mr Atsu urged Parliament to pass the Non...

Pastor Mensah Otabil  RE: Some scriptures in the Bible are senseless and stupid The International Central Gospel Church has noted with concern a publication first sighted on brownqh.com and subsequently on ghanaweb.com entitled “Some scriptures in the Bible are senseless and stupid – Mensa Otabil.” The said article references portions of a message preached on Sunday 13th January 2019 by Pastor Mensa Otabil, which was subsequently featured on our Living Word television broadcast on Sunday 26th May, 2019 as the basis for this unfortunate heading. It opens with an assertion that Pastor Mensa Otabil claims that some scriptures in the Bible are ‘senseless and stupid.” While we encourage reportage and healthy debate on sermons preached, we owe it as a responsibility to our publics to correct such significant misrepresentations. The headline and opening statement do not in any way reflect the viewpoint or the contents of the sermon preached by Pastor Otabil. As a theologian of i...

Rescue workers operate at site where multiple people were wounded in suspected stabbing by man in Kawasaki, Japan, on May 28, 2019, in photo released by Kyodo news service Kawasaki, Japan -- A man carrying a knife in each hand and screaming "I will kill you" attacked schoolgirls waiting at a bus stop just outside Tokyo on Tuesday, killing two people and wounding more than a dozen. The suspect was found at the scene with apparent self-inflicted stab wounds and died later at a hospital, according to Japanese media. Most of the victims were schoolgirls between six- and-12-years-old who were lined up at a bus stop near Noborito Park in the city of Kawasaki when the man, apparently in his 50s, began slashing them with knives. Police said three people, including the attacker, were killed including an 11-year-old girl and a 39-year-old man, reportedly the slain girl's father. At least 17 others, most of them schoolgirls, were wounded. Japan's national broadcaster...

Former Barcelona and Spain midfielder Xavi has been appointed head coach of Qatari club Al Sadd SC. The 39-year-old made more than 100 appearances for Al Sadd before retiring at the end of the 2018-19 season, three years after joining the club. Xavi, a World Cup winner in 2010, won eight La Liga titles and four Champions League trophies at Barcelona. Al Sadd said on Twitter Xavi would replace Jesualdo Ferreira as manager at the start of next season. After announcing his retirement, Xavi said he was excited to see "what the future holds". "What I have achieved in the last two decades has been a privilege," he said. "Therefore, I believe it is my duty to take the initiative off the field and return through football whenever possible." In a statement released to Spanish news outlet AS, he added: "My philosophy as a coach reflects the style we developed for many years under the influence of Johan Cruyff and La Masia, and that has its grea...

Ghanaian rapper M.anifest has come out to debunk claims that his new song Rapper 101 is a diss track to fellow rapper Sarkodie. M.anifest a few days ago released his latest joint but some music lovers after dissecting the lyrics of the song came to a conclusion that he was throwing jabs at Sarkodie. However, M.anifest in an interview with Citi FM, cleared the air by saying he wasn’t referring to Sarkodie in his new joint as people believe. “I’ve heard the assertions that it’s a diss song but I don’t think that even the person they feel it’s targeted at will think it’s a diss. So that’s most important.” The ‘GOD MC’ rapper also revealed that his new album is ready. ”My new album is ready, it’ll be out once all the business stuff is sorted out.” Source :Ameyawdebrahm.com

New York, The President of the UN General Assembly, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, today joined Molwyn Joseph, Environment Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, and Mona Juul, Permanent Representative of Norway, to welcome special guest Ashanti as a headliner at the upcoming ‘Play it Out’ concert to tackle plastic pollution. “At the heart of my Presidency is a firm belief that multilateral solutions, involving a diverse group of stakeholders, are the only sustainable and efficient way to deliver results,” noted President Espinosa. “The challenge of plastics is one that spans the entire globe…every region, every ocean, every environment is impacted. We must work on this together. Play it Out purposefully brings together Member States, the private sector, philanthropic groups and individuals, and focuses this combined energy on a joint solution.” “We have all seen the images of turtles choking on straws, or birds wrapped in plastic, and it’s devastating,” noted Ashanti. “But these images, wh...

Stonebwoy is expected to be in Kenya on June 8 for “Tomorrow’s Leaders Festival” by Morgan Heritage. Stonebwoy will be sharing the same stage with Alaine (Jamaica), Jemere Morgan (Jamaica), Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania), Jose Chameleon (Uganda), Stanley Enow (Cameroon), and a two list of other notable performers across the world. Music Fans in Ghana are very excited for Stonebwoy on this concert; it would be his first major appearance on a concert after this year’s Vodafone GHANA Music Awards (VGMAs). All roads lewd o Kasanari Stadium in Kenya on June 8, 2019. “Tomorrow’s Leaders Festival” is a charity initiative powered by Morgan Heritage cum CTBC Music Group. The Grammy winning Reggae Group has been very instrumental in working with African artistes and doing productions across the African content within the last 4 years, and still counting. Morgan Heritage have featured Stonebwoy, Diamond Platnumz, Patoranking, all who are African artists on their upcoming album. ...

A forensic audit conducted by FIFA on the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has found no acts corruption or financial impropriety on Kwesi Nyantakyi during his tenure. The audit conducted on the orders of the world governing body six months ago also cleared members of the Executive Committee of the GFA of any acts of malfeasance. The FIFA auditing officials, who spent about one month in Ghana investigating the financial affairs of the federation, discovered that neither corruption nor embezzlement took place at the GFA. The audit report concluded that the Ghana FA has only ‘perception issues’ to deal with since media reports of corruption within the federation are ‘wide off the mark’, the report found. However, the FIFA auditors recommended that the slim accounts office staff must be boosted while modern accountancy software used by some federations like the South African FA must be acquired by the Ghana FA to ease the workload. The audit report has been made available to ...

Rufftown record CEO Rikky Nana Agyemang popularly known as Bullet has said that artistes need to have hit songs to stay relevant in the music industry. Bullet is one of those managers who have gained a reputation for making stars out of anyone. in just a year of signing on the late singer, Ebony, he made her into one of the biggest musicians in Ghana, churning out hit after hit and culminating in her being crowned Artiste of the Year at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) posthumously last year. The former Ruff N Smooth music group member, Bullet has done it again, this time with singer Wendy Shay, who he signed while Ebony was alive. A year after he introduced her, Wendy Shay has become a household name, collaborating with the likes of Shatta Wale and Sarkodie and mounting big platforms. She recently won New Artiste of the Year at the 2019 VGMAs. “The industry we have is all about relevance and it means you should not take churning out hits songs for granted. You have to ...

Wiyaala’s week-long tour of Slovenia at the invitation of The Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs was an unqualified success which she has used to promote a positive image of Ghana. Besides sightseeing in the beautiful capital city of Ljubljana, the Ghanaian songstress performed at the “Dan Afrike” concert in the Town Hall Square alongside leading Slovenian musicians, including Tinkara Kovac, famous for representing Slovenia at the 2014 Eurovision contest. Wiyaala also did two club shows including the Blunout Club in Domzale, well known for hosting Slovenia’s top musicians. Perhaps, Wiyaala’s most significant contribution was to give a presentation about cultural and healthcare issues in Upper Rest Region at a conference designed to raise “Awareness about Diversity & Inclusion in Ghana.” Other speakers included Mirjam Sopar Urlep, President of the Management Board of Sandoz d.d, Gilbert Meznar Yelewere, President of the Slovenia/ Ghana Business Club. The event was host...

Hiplife Ninja Barima Sidney has revealed how a police officer frustrated him and his team of dancers moments to his performance at the 20th edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs). The veteran hiplife musician said he basically had to beg before he was allowed entry into the dome of the Accra International Conference Center – where the music awards were held on Saturday, May 18 2019. His comments come as news of the 2019 VGMA inundate the media landscape following the fracas that broke out between dance hall artistes Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy. Speaking in a video shared on his Youtube channel, Barima Sidney said when he was called to go on stage, a police officer manning the backdoor entrance at the dome insisted he will not let him and his team enter the auditorium despite bystanders’ plea. “The police man said he was not going to let us into the auditorium. Myself, Adwoa Smart […] we were begging to go perform. We had even showed him our tags [for the event] and...

The United Nations has appointed Mrs Charlotte Osei as an International Elections Commissioner to Afghanistan, as the South Asian country prepares to hold crucial Presidential polls in September 2019. Mrs Osei’s appointment was confirmed by a Presidential Decree issued by the President of Afghanistan, HE Ashraf Ghani. The former Electoral Commission (EC) Chair is expected to join a team of other UN-appointed election experts from around the world to provide much needed technical support, capacity building and electoral best practice advice to the Election Complaints Commission and the Independent Electoral Commission charged with delivering a peaceful democratic process and credible elections. Mrs Osei has extensive legal credentials and electoral management experience, making her well-placed to take on this challenging role, which is critical to successful, free and fair democratic elections in Afghanistan. Mrs. Osei is a lawyer by profession with 25 years experience. She a...

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) says it has searched to no avail for records of a military officer lynched in Takoradi, Western Region. There was a publication in the Friday, May 24 edition of The Chronicle that the officer was “butchered” to death by wee smokers. “Our checks from all our units within 2 Garrison (Sekondi-Takoradi) indicate that no such incident has taken place,” a statement issued on Saturday said. “Checks with local hospitals and the Military Hospital have also yielded no such record,” the statement signed by Colonel Emmanuel Aggrey-Quarshie, the Director of GAF’s Public Relations, said. It said even if such an incident happened the victim cannot be a member of the Forces at 2 Garrison. “In this regard, GAF is calling on The Chronicle newspaper to offer proof of the allegation and notify any military installation or the civil police for necessary action.” It cautioned media houses to be circumspect in reportage on military issues. It dismissed outright t...

After releasing a diss track to jab his friend Shatta Wale, rapper Sarkodie says he currently does not know the type of relationship that exists between them. He notes that there is no beef between them and that he still loves the controversial dancehall artiste in spite of things Shatta Wale has said about him. Sarkodie in the freestyle video ‘My Advice’ released in October 2018, attacked Shatta Wale and described him as an insecure attention seeker. ‘My Advice’ was Sarkodie’s response to Shatta Wale after the latter described him as “very poor”. “Your brand [is not] strong enough, If it is strong then keep quiet. You will soon [leave]…You showed d***, one day you will show buttocks. The last thing [that I] want is attention,” he rapped. Sarkodie questioned the dancehall artiste’s claim to wealth and asked him to stop wearing cheap jewellery. “Who gives an f*** about your chicken change property…f*** all the bragging and chill because honestly your whole bank account co...

Following the annulment of awards won by dancehall giants Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale at the 20th edition of the Ghana Vodafone Music Awards, there has been calls on social media for organisers Charterhouse to refund monies invested in voting for the artistes The two artistes were banned from the awards scheme indefinitely, with their awards annulled following an altercation that ensued between them, marring the awards show last Sunday. This decision to annul the awards won by the two seems not to sit well with fans of the two dancehall artistes as they are demanding a refund of monies invested in voting. Speaking on 3FM‘s Drive, Head of Productions at Charterhouse Nii Ayitey Hammond said the two artistes brought the ban and annulment upon themselves by breaching the scheme’s rules, hence, if the fans want any refund, they should do well to ask Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale. He pleaded with the media to take up the good parts of the award nights and share to the world instead ...

Black Stars coach, Kwesi Appiah has named André Ayew as the permanent captain of the team ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. This follows a meeting with the top brass of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Normalisation Committee (NC) after which approval and full backing was granted to the plans of the coach. Ayew replaces Asamoah Gyan, as captain of the Black Stars. Gyan, who has captained the Black Stars for a record seven years has been elevated to the position of "General Captain". Subsequently, Kwadwo Asamoah has been named the deputy captain. President of the GFA-NC Dr Kofi Amoah has called on all stakeholders and citizens to support the transition whilst the Black Stars prepare their assault and conquest of Africa at AFCON 2019.

Award-winning rapper Kwesi Arthur has revealed that he almost got employed as a security guard after he completed Senior High School(SHS) at a period his family was going through financial difficulty. According to the artiste who won the Hip Hop Song of the Year award during the 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) held over the weekend, times were so hard that he couldn’t even pay to get his WASSCE results after completing school. The Tema Senior High School graduate told Bola Ray on Starr Chat on Starr FM Wednesday that eventhough he gained admission to the Ghana Institute of Journalism(GIJ) his parents couldn’t afford the fees and so he had to jettison his dream of enrolling in the premier school. He disclosed that he had people offering him menial jobs to do and at a point in time he had an offer to be a security guard at Ashaiman. “I’m glad I stuck to this (music) through all the trials and the stuff people were telling me. People offered me jobs to be a security gua...

Feuding dancehall musicians Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale whose near-bloody scuffle marred the 20th anniversary of the Ghana Vodafone Music Awards held in Accra last Saturday have been stripped of all awards they won at the night. Stonebwoy and Shatta have consequently been ordered to immediately return to the organisers of the awards, Charterhouse Ghana Limited, the plaques they received for the two awards each of them won on the night. This was a decision taken by the board of the awards scheme on Wednesday at a news conference to announce sanctions against the two artistes whose scuffle marred the beauty of the show. Also, the two artistes have been banned indefinitely from participating in all aspects of the country’s foremost music award scheme. They are thus not eligible for VGMAs nominations, selections and performances going forward. According to the VGMA board, the decision was taken after “careful deliberations” and “extensive consultation” with stakeholders in the m...

Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has announced he will no longer part of the Ghana Music Awards henceforth. In a Facebook post Thursday, the controversial artiste broke the news of his decision the same time the organisers, Charterhouse, were locked up in a press conference to among other things announce sanctions against him and archrival Stonebwoy for a confusion they caused at the 20th Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. Shatta Wale's facebook post “Upon sober reflections of events in recent times and having made broader consultations, I wish to announce that I will not be part of the Ghana Music Awards scheme going forward. God bless!” More soon..

Nana Aba Anamoah has once again commented on the Asamoah Gyan issue and once again, she doesn’t have flattering words to say about it. Anamoah, who had described Gyan’s statement announcing his retirement as the petulant act of a child, is not happy either about the President intervening swiftly in the issue to resolve it. As we reported earlier, Asamoah Gyan has decided to rescind his decision to retire from the national team after a conversation with the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Nana Aba Anamoah, commenting on the issue, said the President should bring the same urgency to solving real issues in the country as he did to solve an unnecessary issue like the retirement of a football player. “We appreciate the President’s intervention but can he intervene for the many young men and women who have no idea where their next meal will come from? Can the president intervene for homeless Ghanaians? Asamoah Gyan’s decision has no impact on economic growt...

Ghanaian musician, Mugeez, and member of Tema-based music duo, R2bees has shared his opinion on the Stonebwoy- Shatta Wale VGMA brouhaha. According to the award-winning singer, he believes all of the drama could have been prevented a long time ago before it got out of hand. “This Cud Have Bn Tamed LongTime Ago! We Enjoy FunPart Of It Until We Made Dem Felt They Cud PullOutGunz! Ma brothers ain’t really done nothing. Gunz bn poppin around this drama n we sat back n watched! Love da culture n keep da gunz out ! Meditate On It!” he wrote in a tweet. Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale brought the VGMAs to a halt after the former mounted the stage when Stonebwoy was about to receive his award for the Reggae/Dancehall artiste of the year. They have since been arrested, detained and granted bail and set to appear in court. See Tweet Below:  https://twitter.com/mugeezxmugeez/status/1130811612053549057?s=19 This Cud Have Bn Tamed LongTime Ago! We Enjoy FunPart Of It Untill We Made Dem...

Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan, has announced his retirement from the national team barely 24 hours to the naming of the provisional team for the tournament. The Kayserispor player made the announcement on Monday evening via a statement he posted on his Twitter handle. In the statement, he expressed happiness at having been given the chance to serve the nation but he sounded very unhappy that he was not going to be named captain of the team even if he were to be included in the squad. Gyan, in the statement, said: “Upon consultation with my family and team, and as an active footballer and captain of the national team, if the decision of the coach is to give the captaincy of the tournament to another player while I am named in the team for the tournament, I wish to recuse myself from the tournament. I also wish to retire from the national team permanently; not pretending my presence would not fuel the reported undermining the country has seen under my captaincy.” G...

Dancehall artistes Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy have been granted bail after spending almost 24 hours in police custody. The two rivals spent Sunday night in separate rooms under guard. Their ‘arrest’ followed a scuffle which ensued between the two artistes during the 20th Vodafone Ghana Music Awards in the early hours of Sunday, May 19. At the awards, Shatta Wale and his team tried to mount the stage while Stonebwoy was on for his award. In an attempt to stop Shatta Wale’s entourage from getting through to Stonebwoy, a scuffle ensued which led to Stonebwoy pulling out a gun. The two artistes were picked up by the Accra regional police command hours after the incident. Meanwhile, father of Shatta Wale, Charles Nii Armah Mensah has confirmed to 3news.com that his son has been granted bail. more soon Source: 3news.com|Ghana

The CEO of Charterhouse, organisers of the Vodafone Ghana Music Award (VGMA), says she is disappointed at the dancehall/reggae artiste, Shatta Wale’s conduct. Theresa Ayoade said she had met Shatta Wale’s personally and they had had discussions and therefore expressed surprise at his conduct on Saturday. “We’ve always given him a chance to reinvent and represent himself to us and some of these attempts have been thrown into our faces. “So, it got to a point that we took a stance and we stood by that stance for two years just for the peace of mind [and] to maintain our grips with regard to the event,” she told News Desk on JOYNEWS channel, Monday. Shatta Wale was banned in 2016 from the VGMA because he maligned the board of the awards scheme. The ban was only lifted this year. Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale clashed on stage when Stonebwoy was announced the winner of Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year. In the ensuing confusion, Stonebwoy pulled a gun; an action he explained l...

Reggae/dancehall artistes Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy are to be sanctioned by the organisers of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) for the scuffle that broke between them on stage at the 20th VGMA Awards on Sunday. According to Charterhouse, the action of the two artistes who have been arch rivals for years, breached the terms and conditions governing the country’s premier music awards event. These terms and conditions, it said in a statement Sunday, “come with punitive measures when flouted”. The organisers explained that is designed “to protect the scheme and ensure that it is neither impugned nor dragged into any sort of disrepute”. Shatta and Stonebwoy were embroiled in a scuffle causing the latter to pull out a gun on stage in what many have said was in self-defence. Stonebwoy who had just been declared winner of the 2019 Reggae and Dancehall Artiste of the Year, was on stage to receive his award when Shatta Wale and his multitude of fans decided to mount the stage ...

Dancehall artiste Stonebwoy has rendered an unqualified apology to patrons and Ghanaians for pulling a gun on stage at the 20th edition of the Ghana Music Awards. According to him, he pulled out his gun “out of natural instincts.” A brawl erupted between Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale camps at the 20th anniversary of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Sunday. Pandemonium broke out shortly after Stonebwoy was announced the winner of ‘Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year’. This is the fifth consecutive time he is winning the award. Just when Stonebwoy, who was picking up the award for the fifth time, was about to deliver his acceptance speech for the award, Shatta Wale started walking to him on stage. It’s unclear what Shatta Wale’s intentions were considering the fact that the two, over the years, have hardly seen eye to eye. There are suggestions that Shatta Wale, who was clearly disappointed after his arch-rival was announced the winner of that category, was walking up to the ...

The National Identification Authority has been forced to shut down its official website as Ghanaians jumped onto the portal to register for their national identification cards. The Authority announced on Friday that the website https://register.nia.gov.gh is temporarily unavailable for public usage, explaining, “the site has seen unusual traffic occasioning its temporary shutdown.” According to the statement, the portal was meant to be launched formally when all the operational and technical components are ready, but following the announcement by NIA’s Executive Secretary about the possibility for people to register there, its usage went up. The National Identification Authority has kicked start a national exercise to get a national ID card for every Ghanaian. The project is ongoing in some selected districts in the national capital, Accra. The exercise has been characterized by long queues as huge number of people troop to the registration centres. “It must be pointed out...

Wizkid’s first babymama, has finally revealed why she called him out on social media over his constant neglect of their son, Boluwatife. In September 2018, Shola in a lengthy Instagram post, made lots of revelations and claims about her father’s child that got people talking. In this interview with Shola Thompson of Bar Room Therapy, she explained that she called him out because people were attributing and linking her success to him, and also people were always thinking he was the one taking care of their son. According to her, she wanted to clear the air and stop people from giving credit to him. She also revealed she takes care of their son 99% of the time. Shola talked about her clothing line, her current love life, her parents and her son.

200 Ghanaians students have left Ghana to study various medical science programmes in Cuba for eight years. The students, who are under the sponsorship of the Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC) Foundation are made up of 170 undergraduates 30 graduates. They have been scheduled to depart in batches as a result of flight constraints. This follows an agreement between the Ghana government and the government of Cuba to grant students of Ghana scholarship to study medicine in Cuba. Students were selected from deprived communities throughout the country to train in Cuba and come back to serve those communities on completion. At a farewell meeting to send off the students, the Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, urged the students to be prepared for likely challenges ahead as they embark on the journey. According to the minister, their scholarship was nearly truncated because of some diplomatic reasons but urged the students to study hard and come back to serve society...

Beenie Man appears to take more shots at Vybz Kartel. While fans continue to debate about who is the current king of dancehall, Beenie Man and Vybz Kartel are still taking subliminal shots at each other on social media and in songs. Last night, The Doc took the timeout to remind us all that his work speaks for itself. The dancehall icon shared a screenshot of a Billboard article from 1998 where they named the 98 Greatest Songs of 1998. “RULE #1 Let your work speak for itself,” Beenie Man wrote. The deejay’s classic single “Who Am I” was named the 87th greatest singles released in 1998. Two years later, Beenie won a Grammy Award for his album “Art & Life.” The deejay is arguing that his achievement in dancehall is unmatched by Vybz Kartel and other dancehall acts who are hating on him when he says he is the king of dancehall. Beenie Man received some support from Bounty Killer who wrote on the post, “Levels to this game.” A couple other reggae/dancehall artists commented ...

Afro beats singer Kelvyn Boy who is competing for VGMA 2019 artiste of the year has disclosed that he doesn’t mind if Wendy Shay or Eddie Khae wins because every nominated artiste is a winner. This year’s VGMA is slated for May 18 and one category which is also the talk of town is the new artist of the year. Speaking with Amansan Krakye on Cape Coast-based Radio Central, Kelvyn Boy who some critics think he deserves the new artiste award revealed that he wouldn’t be bothered if Wendy Shay wins. “If Wendy Shay wins, she also deserves it. It’s only in Ghana that if you don’t win an award they see your career to be dead. It’s only in Ghana that when they nominate you and you don’t win they see you as loser. What about those who were not nominated?. Anyone that’s nominated is an automatic winner. If I win I know I deserve it. Last year I was the unsung artiste and we’ve been working. You know our own is different, live band, proper singing, lyrics”, he said. He also added that t...

Per the analogy of winner of the 17th edition of the Ghana Music Awards, Elom Adablah, better known as E.L, self-acclaimed Dancehall King, Shatta Wale and Kwaw Kese lied to Ghanaians about their mansions. Both have consistently been engaged in a bragging contest of how they made money through music and build mansions trying to show off to their fans at the least opportunity. But EL has stated that anyone who claims to have made a fortune from music alone is a liar. “Music is just a means to an end. You cannot leave a legacy through music. It is actually the businesses you use your music for. How much can you sell an album or a song in Ghana? Any artiste who says he made a fortune only through music is a liar” He stressed “No artiste in Ghana can tell me he built a house or made a big fortune with an album or a particular song. I challenge any musician to come and contest me. It is how you direct your music into other businesses,” he said. Asked if they do not make enough m...