Award-winning producer and artiste manager Richie Mensah has disclosed that sleeping with ur female artist doesn't help work.
The CEO of Lynx Entertainment who is now vying for MUSIGA vice president revealed in an interview with Amansan Krakye on Radio Central that, he has been accused on several occasions that he is sleeping with his female artistes.
"I have been getting several allegations that I'm sleeping with my artistes but anyone close to me knows I wouldn't do that", he lamented.
He therefore advised and warned managers about the consequences of sleeping with your artiste.
"It doesn't help work. When you do that the work fails at the end", he advised.
Richie Mensah has managed female artists like Eazzy, Irene Logan, MzVee, Feli Nuna among others.
CEO of Lynx Entertainment Richie Mensah has fired Ghanaians who feel bitter about Amakye Dede crowning Kuami Eugene as king of high life at the 20th edition of VGMA.
In an interview on Happy FM’s ‘Ayekoo After Drive’ with DJ Advicer, he revealed that it's not the first time Amakye Dede is endorsing the young high life singer.
“Amakye Dede had a concert in the UK and he invited Kuami Eugene to perform. He met Kuami at the airport and he told Eugene how he loves the highlife he is doing. When Kuami Eugene finished performing on stage, Amakye Dede called him back and said to everyone that he doesn’t mind handing over the Highlife title to this boy because he thinks he is taking the Highlife to the next level”, he revealed.
“Then he does the same thing at the VGMA then Ghanaian cannot understand why. How!!!,” he asked.
“I think someone should ask Amakye Dede or his manager because Amakye Dede did it on his own in the UK and did it again in Ghana. If he is saying Kiki Benson force him, did Kiki force him in UK as well?”.
“We have to stop these kind of things because it is appalling to see a legend Amakaye Dede applauding a young brother and Ghanaians getting bitter about it. What is the problem,” he fumed.
“If someone thinks another artiste should be crowned high life artiste, then they should crown him or her. I don’t understand why Ghanaians are bitter”, he lamented.
Rapper Tulenkey has been dragged to court by his former management over unpaid fees and breach of contract.
The artiste in a summon has been called to court for failing to honour a deal between himself and his former management Priceless Life Entertainment.
The CEO of the record label Edwin Elikem Amenyeawu stated that they have a contract with Tulenkey from 27 th September 2018 to manage the artiste for a period of two years.
According to the contract signed by the artiste, the artiste is supposed to pay 70% of all his earnings exceeding $100.
As at 23 rd March 2018, Tulenkey according to the law suit had played about 12 live shows and as such owes the record label an amout of GHC21,900.
By 11th December 2018, the amount owed by Tulenkey to the record label was GHC30,233.75.
The record label is therefore demanding payment of this amount from Tulenkey for investing in his craft.
Dancehall singer Shatta Wale has lauded rapper M.anifest for being real.
Few days ago, M.anifest declared his admiration for the Shatta Movement and their leader, Shatta Wale, whilst suggesting that the artiste represent everything about music and business.
In reciprocal gesture, Shatta Wale also acknowledged his colleague in a tweet, saying he really likes his mindset and encouraged him to keep on being real.
“I like your mindset about who an artiste should be .. keep being real cuz SM loves what you do @manifestive", Shatta Wale tweeted.
Nana Opoku Kwarteng, the father of the late Ebony Reigns, has hit out at CharterHouse for failing to recognize his daughter during this year’s VGMAs.
The aggrieved father spoke to Agyenkwa Fm in Kumasi and revealed that the commotion between Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy was caused by Ebony’s angry spirit and that was because the organizers failed to recognize her after being the first female artiste to win the prestigious Artiste of the year award.
Starbwoy Kwarteng revealed that as far as he was aware, every year during the VGMAs, the winner for the Artiste of the year category for the previous year, is recognized in some way so he was expecting that he would be contacted to play a role in the awards ceremony.
He stated that he reached out to the organizers of the event but nothing was communicated to him and it really hurt him that he and his daughter were sidelined totally during the awards ceremony.
When asked if he would forgive CharterHouse should they apologize, he answered yes.
When asked what he would do if they refuse to apologize, he said that he would not say much but time will tell.
Despite being 75 years old, she is still looking fit and beautiful.
A makeup artiste did some finishing touches to this grandma face and people have been tripping and liking it.
The make-up artiste Who has been identified as Barimah Makeup really did magic to the slay Mama and the smile of the slay has melted the hearts of her followers.
BET has congratulated Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie for winning Vodafone Ghana Music Awards 2019 artiste of the decade.
BET took to its Facebook page to congratulate the former BET Awards best international African act winner.
“Our #MCM has been crowned the ‘Artiste of the Decade’ at the 20th edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards! Congrats @sarkodie #MusicMonday”, they posted.
A picture of Shatta Wale’s face swollen going viral on social media after Stonebwoy’s manager gave him one blow on his face during a fight between the two dancehall musicians at the just ended VGMA.
Stonebwoy whiles receiving the ‘Dancehall Artiste of The Year’ had Shatta and his people storm the stage and only God knows what they went there to do.
However, Black Cedi Who is Stonebwoy’s manager in attempt to protect his artiste from Shatta and his people ended up picking a fight with them and as a result, landed a heavy blow on Shatta’s face.
Reggae and Dancehall artiste, Samini has tagged musicians who cannot perform live as fraudsters.
Speaking on Showbiz A-Z on Joy FM, Saturday, the artiste said the stage is the chance for an artiste to connect and present his craft to the audience in a special way.
“So, if performing and you have your recorded voice playing and your microphone acting like you are performing, it’s either you are a fraud or doing karaoke,” Samini told MzGee host of the show.
He explained that songs put out by artistes are already known to audiences hence time should be taken to give refreshing and different side of it during performance.
Samini stated he tries to give audiences a better version of his songs and supersede his former performances while entertaining his fans on stage.
“You are not a complete musician if you cannot perform your music live,” he stated.
He said the audience should demand their money paid back to them if an artiste does not perform live.
Samini urged other artistes who cannot do a live performance to learn.
Ghanaian dancehall artiste Stonebwoy has declared he will surely win the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) topmost price at the 20th edition tonight.
The SHUGA hitmaker who got Ghanaians talking by spending GH¢50,000 on recharge cards to vote for himself to win the utmost prize at the upcoming VGMA grand event slated for Saturday, May 18, 2019.
Somewhere last week, the 2015 Ghana Music Awards ‘Artiste of the Year’, Stonebwoy and his team spent ¢50,000 worth of airtime at a voting party to secure a win for the coveted ‘Artiste of the Year’ award again.
Speaking to a rep at ghanacrusader.com, the Reggae-Dancehall artiste expressed delight in the way and manner his fans have supported him over the years.
He said he has done everything possible to be crowned the artiste of the year. Sounding very confident, the Burniton Music Group CEO said;
“I worked harder and more than enough in the year under review, therefore trust I will surely win on Saturday”.
“I will surely win the artiste of the year again this year because my work speaks for itself, not only the work. I have also invested hugely in voting and I believe the board and academy will also be fair enough to reward my hard work and tireless effort in 2018 till now with hits songs, performance and raising the flag of Ghana on international stages and making headlines in pages”.
Shatta Wale’s former manager, Bulldog known in real life as Nana Asiamah Hanson has said that his former signee deserves to be crowned as the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards 2019 ‘Artiste of the Decade’. shatta wale and bulldog The artiste of the decade race is now among Becca, Efya, Joe Mettle, No Tribe and Nacee, Okyeame Kwame, R2Bees, Samini, Sarkodie, Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy.
And according to Bulldog, Shatta Wale is the best choice.
Bulldog explaining why Shatta deserves the crown wrote:
“A comeback that can only compare to the yet “second coming” of Christ.
A record breaking consistency that can compare to these greats of all time
Muhammad Ali (boxing) … Michael Jordan (basketball) … Michael Phelps (swimming) … Martina Navratilova (tennis) … Pele (football) … Usain Bolt (athletics) … Valentino Rossi (MotoGP) … Babe Ruth (baseball)…
With all due respect to the rest of the amazing acts on the list of “artist of the decade” category, the above sterling records of Charles Nii Armah Mensah are unmatched and cannot be emulated.
Award-winning Ghanaian hip-hop artiste Kwesi Arthur has a signature appearance of always performing bare-chested on stage.
Though this is not unusual for hip-hop and some hip-life artistes, the artiste argues that it is one of his iconic styles, and that it distinguishes him and energizes his performance as well.
Kwesi Arthur disclosed this in an interview on 3FM’s Sunrise morning show, where he explained the idea behind going shirtless whenever he performs.
“It is the vibe; like the energy around it is just crazy. So whenever I am performing, I just take off my shirt, and the reaction is crazy.”
Asked why a lot of the youth in ghettos identify with his music, the ‘Grind day’ crooner said young people are able to identify with the kind of content he churns out through his music.
“I feel like music is our escape, like in this country so many things are going on. Music is the only thing that keeps the youth entertained.
“Because if you think about what is going on, you will be angry and do something you might regret. So the music keeps us entertained,” he noted.
Kwesi Arthur is out with his latest album titled ‘Live From Nkrumah Krom-Home Run’, and it is on iTunes, Spotify and other music platforms.
It features the likes of Stonebwoy, Sarkodie, Shatta Wale, Nasty C and other artistes.
With the annual Vodafone Ghana Music Awards some few days away, people have started predicting the winners for each category as well as the artiste themselves
Movie producer Socrates Sarfo has disclosed that Shatta Movement boss Shatta Wale no doubt deserves to be awarded as the “Artiste of the Decade” come Saturday 18th May, 2019.
Speaking to Peace FM’s entertainment review host,Kwesi Aboagye, the Director of Creative Arts, responsible for Programmes & Projects at the Commission for National Culture stated that the highly animated and energetic dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale is his pick for the category of artiste of the decade – per the definition of the category – and not Sarkodie as many people think.
“I think that influential artist like Shatta Wale has been previously robbed of one key category which is the artist of the year. Per the definition of artiste of the year… if you look at the definition and relevance of the artists, Shatta stands poles apart from all the nominees there.”
Shatta Wale joins Sarkodie, Samini, Becca, Joe Mettle, and others to battle out for the “Artiste of the Decade”.
Award-winning Ghanaian rapper and singer EL has revealed that Shatta Wale would have won 2016 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards artiste of the year if not he had issues with Charterhouse.
According to the "Koko" singer, the awards came as surprised to him and he knew if Shatta Wale was nominated he would win even though there was Stonebwoy, Sarkodie and Bisa Kdei.
When EL won the artiste of the year, critics bashed the organizers for stealing Bisa Kdei's award to him but today EL is also mentioning Shatta Wale as an artiste that worked hard that year and not Bisa Kdei.
Rapper and singer EL has revealed that no Ghanaian artiste is making money from music.
According to the "Koko" singer in an interview with Showbiz, he disclosed that albums don't sell and the money from shows too are peanuts so artistes make money from different deals.
“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 said.
Surprisingly he also revealed that not even Sarkodie, Stonebwoy or Shatta Wale are getting money from shows.
“Forget about the shows because I have mounted every show in Ghana and they don’t pay that much. The money we get from shows are peanuts; it only lasts for a month or two”, he divulged.
“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 added.
