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What Really Happened to Hiplife Duo-Nkasie? | I Hope a Tuabodom Curse Did Not End Their Musical Career…

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The hiplife duo, nkasie shot to fame in 2006 with arguably, the most controversial song of all time in the history of Ghanaian music. The song, tuabodom, catapulted them to a pedestal of success.

Ironically that song has proved to be their undoing, as they have taken a hiatus ever since. The group, made up of Kwame Godlove Yeboah (Shy) and Isaac Mensah (Naa K) happened to be the first group to collaborate with Reggie Rockstone, the pioneer of hiplife genre. Their hit song, Ekomamu released on the album Bisa in 2000, still resonates in my mind and is a favourite of many revellers.

The song was a like a tsunami. It shook the foundation of the musical landscape. The people of tuabodom, a country side in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana who were the subject of the derogatory remarks of the song, felt outraged and vowed to deal with the artiste through any means. It caused a great uproar, prompting a legislator who hails from the region to call for it outright banned. Some even tried desperately to hide their identity to avoid any further ridiculing.

The song itself is a folktale. It portrayed the dwellers of the town as lacking civilizing influences.

As the story goes, many years ago a school in tuabodom was invited to participate in a sports competition in Kumasi. Prior to their departure, one of the teachers of the school decided to teach the students a very unique song that will make the people of Kumasi acclaim them as “the brutal of the brutest.”.

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Bring Back ‘Thursday Theatre’ or Something Close to It…

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The demise of good old Thursday theatre, (famously called so because it was shown on Thursdays) is something I am yet to fully comprehend. This was the programme that made television viewing a worthwhile experience. GBC-TV became the toast of many Ghanaians. Well the fact is that there wasn’t any other TV station!

The series introduced to us some distinguished characters who told the Ghanaian story with a touch of dexterity and a sense of pride. Augustine Abbey, better known as Idikoko, and other producers contributed immensely to sustain the art. I have good memories of some of the episodes and relish them with excitement. And those were the moments when Ghana movie industry was booming.

Now foreign telenovelas have invaded our industry and what once unified us in the form of entertainment have been relegated to the background. Ghanaian companies proudly sponsor these foreign materials at the detriment of ours, leaving the creative industry to decay.

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Talk is Cheap Mr President: Corruption is Going Nowhere Until We Make the Punishment Fit the Crime

We often have the tendency to harp on about corruption in our society; about how it permeates all facets of our lives and about how it’s detrimental to our development as a people. Someone sitting somewhere would think you were making a mountain out of a molehill, but anyone who knows even the tiniest bit … Read more

Celebrity Instagram & Twit Photos of the Week: Martha Ankomah, Juliet Ibrahim, Reggie Rockstone, Eazzy, Deborah Vanessa, Jackie Appiah & Nadia Buari

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It seems our Ghanaian Celebrities are gradually not holding back when it comes to pumping their chest and putting their twins on display—and showing us their bra even if they are doing a lingerie shoot for any company.

Juliet Ibrahim recently took over Reggie Rockstone’s Django bar with her chest—and we have some photos for you.

Deborah Vanessa is still hanging around—and during a recent photo shoot, her chest was opened too.

Anyway, check below for photos from Nadia Buari, Eazzy, Jackie Appiah and others

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MUST READ: Ways Of Surviving Your Teens

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Growing up and being faced with numerous challenges, we tend to feel lonely at times and think no one understands us and what we are going through. Catching up with a few teenagers, they shared some difficult times with me, including how they overcame them:

I was a very pretty and well-endowed teenager and this was not always a plus. Too many guys want to be with you and too many girls hate on you. You tend to feel you are such a ‘diva’ and that the whole world revolves around you. You get approached by so many guys and you are on top of the world. The funny thing is, you are actually more prone to vices and heartbreak. What helped me out of that life was listening to sermons and remembering bible verses from my daily devotions. I learnt to stay at home and not always rely on guys to have fun. M.C

Being from a not so rich home, I had to deal with segregation in school where I sometimes felt looked down upon. Being a bright student allowed me to excel at my studies thus earning me respect amongst my peers and as a result downplaying the class effect. B.S

As a teen, my biggest challenge was finding someone I could get attached to and share my problems or secrets with. I therefore learnt to keep things to myself and fight my own wars. Growing up, I’ve become much stronger, more mature, and an independent thinker and I think it’s all because I started doing things on my own at a tender age. F.K

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PHOTOS: Behind Every Expensive Car Owned By a Woman There is a Man | Christabel Ekeh’s New Hummer

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Some of the female Ghanaian celebrities are ballin’—and the men pay the bills. This lands me on; behind every expensive car owned by a woman, there is a man—if you think I am lying, ask Ghanaian actress-Christabel Ekeh.

The rising movie star has landed herself into a big rich pocket and out the pocket comes a Hummer H3—and it is not for anything she did but a gift, GhanaCelebrities.Com has learnt.

The last time someone gave me an expensive gift was a goddam postcard and therefore, I have every right to be jealous.

In my next world, I will be upset if God does not give me the choice to come back to Ghana as a woman—and of course, become an actress. The Ghanaian men are so generous—especially those boyfriends. The car was a mere gift from her boyfriend, our sources say.

I honestly pity my girlfriend…

It was alleged some months back that Yvonne Okoro’s sugar Daddy bought her a Mercedes and we were making noise.  Now the real ballers are in town so Yvonne Nelson can sit aside with her old VW—and Jackie Appiah’s X6 may come behind this. LOL

Anyway, how much will this car cost and how many movies will Christabel ‘need’ to do if she wanted to buy this herself? Let the calculation start…I don’t know anything about cars and I don’t watch Top Gear either so help me with this.

Check out Christabel Ekeh’s new toy below and tell us what you think…

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