A common convention among people with any financial knowledge, Ghanaians have always found it difficult to adhere to this fact of life.
Nothing good comes free and if you want to make money you need to spend money to make that happen, but we’re always looking for the cheaper option and when things don’t pan out we complain.
The management of dancehall sensation Ebony has hit back hard at hiplife star Zigi over claims that he contacted Ebony for a feature and she wanted to charge him Ghc 7,000 before appearing on the song.
Bullet of ‘Ruff n Smooth’ fame, who manages Ebony, says Zigi is just trying to create controversy for his comeback by capitalizing on Ebony’s current mad popularity.
Once upon a time Zigi was the ish. The ‘You Say Wetin’ hitmaker won an award at the 2012 VGMAs and the future seemed rosy for him.
However, he has disappeared from the scene since then and is now planning a massive comeback, based on a remix of his old fan favourite.
The Ghana music industry has really come a long way. Each week, we are being greeted by hit tracks from our well known musicians. Music, like writing, isn’t easy as others might think. For an artiste to come out with great tunes, it requires passion, creativity, etc on the part of him or her.
We’ve come across several musicians globally who compose good songs, but fade out from the system as time passes. Ghana, as a country is not an exception. There have been some musicians who were doing awesome in the game, but now ‘struggling’ to make hits. Let’s take a look at some of them.
Asem
The man who studied journalism, turned rapper is one of the brilliant musicians and songwriters the country has produced. Coming into the limelight with ‘Give Me Blow’, Asem was very consistent in the delivery of hit songs. With his background in communication, he has control over words and very good at throwing punch lines.
However, after releasing ‘Bye Bye’ which he featured Kwabena Kwabena, Asem has been struggling to come out with great tunes. With fans not patronising his songs as they used to, he even went ahead to put his latest album (Tough Times Don’t Last) on internet for free download.
Tic Tac
“Philomena Kpiting3, g33g3.” Any individual who has followed Hiplife from the 90s will be familiar with this phrase in Tic Tac’s ‘Philomena’ track. As one of the pioneers of Hiplife, he has contributed immensely to the success of the genre.
Tic Tac has many great songs to his credit. I remember how one of his songs (Kwani Kwani) brought myself and a girl together when I was a small boy. Tic Tac has tried to remain relevant in the game in terms of songs, but unfortunate for him, his new releases are really ‘hustling’ to make it to the top.
Few months back GhanaCelebrities.Com reported that female Hip life artiste Eazzy will be leaving Lynx Entertainment because of their inability to help and shape her career which many believe is almost dwindling.
Eazzy and the label came out to deny our reportage but like we said if your mother is dying and you say she is sleeping, then …
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This morning GhanaCelebrities.Com received a press statement confirming that, Eazzy is finally leaving the label. According to the statement, instead they are handing [transferring] her over to KOD.
In the statement, the General Manager of Lynx Ghana, Mother Company of Lynx Entertainment, Albert Mensah affirmed that Eazzy’s transfer to KOD is a decision they (Lynx) made with the artiste mutually.
In the series of the Stars of the Future since its inception some years back, one contestant has always stand out as the ‘Show Stopper’ in each year of the competition. This year’s show stopper which the judges concurred was a man with a girlish mannerism; Emmanuel Yawson.
If I was a gambler and had gone ahead to use my lifetime savings to place a bet on him to win the ultimate, I would have become a millionaire now. After witnessing the launch of SOF 5 at the GhOne Studios several months back, I knew and it was very glaring that Emmanuel Yawson was the favourite to win this year’s competition. Aside his ‘gay’ mannerism, he had something that most of the contestants didn’t have.
He is such a great singer. He has the right attitude, good gestures and good stage presence. He is an entertainer as well as a performer. During the launch, the contestants performed R. Kelly’s ‘World Greatest’, Emmanuel on his turn made the needed impression that one needed to commence such a competition.
