Big Brother threw up a new surprise yet again this week as the  two recently evicted housemates, Hannington and Sammi instead of getting on the next available flights to their respective homes, rather made their way into the Big Bother Barn.

Yes, Biggie changed the rules and heated things up. Housemates who have been Evicted out of the All Star House will be housed in the Barn. The All Star Housemates have no idea of the existence of the Barn.

Hannington  was the first to be evicted.  He sat pensively when Tatiana broke the news to him that she had saved herself and replaced herself with him. Bewildered and shocked Hannington was been evicted from the Big Brother House. The Housemates sat in deathly silence when IK announced for Hannington to leave. Meryl held her face and covered her eyes. He even received a hug from Tatiana. Sheila held on so tight. Tatiana sobbed and hugged Sheila.

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The name “Yaa Pono” sounds funny and catches the mind when mentioned. The bearer of this name is lyrically retarded and stupid; he has a good control over words and has a good sense of humour engraved in his rap style.

Many believe he is the underground King Kong when it comes to freestyle rap in Ghana. I believe he is Ghana’s version of Eminem or Jin. He has a good lyrical dexterity and employs more than a single language in his rap style to catch the attention of his fans.

He can make a rap out of nothing, Throw him an object and he will come out with a good punch line around that subject. His rap style has some element of uniqueness and since the day I came across his freestyles, I have been  a fan on a watch out to see if he can push his way through to become the next Big name in the Ghanaian Music Industry.

Prior to various freestyle rap videos of Yaa Pono appearing on social networking sites like Youtube and Facebook, those in Ghana might have heard him on Dr Ducan’s Kasahara Level Show on Adom Fm.

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When Obrafour released his ‘Asem Beba Dabi’ track which has the controversial track ‘Kaseibo’, a direct dissing track to the rap doctor Okyeame Kwame, I managed to do a survey and realized that, the track received more attention and air play from Okyeame Quophi, Kwame’s former partner in the rap duo Akyeame.

I said to myself, why should Quophi, a presenter on Hitz FM who was formerly with Kwame in a group which churned out hits after hits be constantly playing a track perceived as an insult to his partner? Well the cat has been let out of the bag now.

After seven years of one of the most famous splits in Ghana music industry, Okyeame Quophi, who happened to be in the group Akyeame with Okyeame Kwame has voiced out his bitterness over their split.

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Catch them young and they shall be yours forever is a popular saying. In musical terms you can say catch them young, nurture them, give them better deals and they will start laying the golden eggs which will send you smiling to the bank.

Only few artistes have been able to release two albums with the producer who discovered them. The normality is to release the first or maiden album and the artiste jumps to the next available producer for the fear of being exploited or cheated by the producer who discovered them.

The idea that ‘when am successful in this’ means ‘I will be successful in that’ is bogus to me. The fact that one is a good engineer does not mean he can be a good doctor. However, producers exploit artistes all the time, because they feel they are doing them favours by producing their songs. Rana is the latest musical group to have suffered in the hands of a producer.

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