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The President of the Creative Arts Industry and entertainment critic Mark Okraku Mantey has slammed musicians for always using half naked girls in their music videos.

According to Mark, he cannot tell why in most music videos, the men are fully covered while the females are half naked.

He stated that such act is not right adding that musicians must portray the culture of Ghana in their videos and stop showing explicit content.

Mark Okraku Mantey further stated that there should be a system to check such things and how the youth also consume explicit content.

“Most of our videos, you will see the woman half naked and the man fully dressed. It sends a signal that the men are covering themselves and making the women be girls, and it’s not cool.

Sarkodie’s Lucky video, for example, Sarkodie was full dressed-all white but the ladies in Bikini exposing their parts, why?.

We must build our culture. We need to have a system that checks how young people consume sexual content”, Mark Okraku noted.

It is very common to see naked or half-clothed girls in music videos in recent times and musicians claim that such scenes make the video attractive and pleasing to watch.

Some musicians also claim that “sex sells” and having naked girls in their music videos also portrays the beauty of women.

source: ghanaweb

Veteran music producer Edward Nana Poku Osei known in showbiz as Hammer has said that he has called for the suspension of Obrafour’s ‘Pae Mu Ka’ documentary.

The management had scheduled the premiere of the documentary for September 27, 2019, at the Silverbird Cinema.


Hammer who has been the godfather of Obrafour since the nascent stages of the rapper’s career told Kwame Dadzie in an interview on Citi FM’s ‘Celebrity Radar’ that he has spotted some inconsistencies in the accounts given by some of the people that featured in the documentary and would not wish that it goes out uncorrected.

“Even the documentary producers have sighted inconsistencies in people’s stories yet they are going ahead anyway. The writer of the book is also reporting inconsistencies in people’s accounts yet they are allowing it to go ahead because of a premiere they booked,” he said.

“I won’t have that because the situation is that this thing is for posterity. It has to be said right, it has to be told right. You can’t take back what comes out. When something is released it is released forever and I won’t sit down and allow some of these things,” he added.

He further stated that Obrafour had given him his consent to pull the reins on the release of the documentary until the corrections are done.

Meanwhile, the management of Obrafour have been tight-lipped about the new development.


When asked by ghanaweekend.com if the premiere would be held on the scheduled date, management team member, Edward Owusu said they could not confirm.

However, the producer of the documentary, Nathalie Anang says she has not received any directive from the management to suspend the premiere.

This comes a few weeks after controversies were rife about Sarkodie’s unavailability for the shoot of the documentary.

In the meantime, Sarkodie who could not feature in the initial work has shot his part and will be featured in the final product.

As humans as we are, it is needful to always take a look back and reflect on what happened in the past. It empowers one to move forward in life.

Popular television and radio show host, Deloris Frimpong Manso, professionally known as Delay says she cannot stop thanking God for how far He has brought her as according to her, looking at some of her old pictures, makes her feel weird.

In a social media post, the successful entrepreneur said: “Memories of the years of struggle and pain scared me”.

The Ghanaian Women’s Advocate revealed how she use to share tears at nights for several years amidst prayers, indicating she never knew God was listening to her.

“I’m super grateful to you God. God is merciful. All those nights of tears and prayers, and He was actually listening”, Delay wrote on her Twitter handle.

In the late ’90s, Delay started her broadcasting career as a presenter with Life FM in Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region at the age of 17.

She later moved to Top Radio in 2005 in the capital, Accra where she worked until 2007. Taking over the mid-morning show while at Top Radio, she was later potched by the then newly established Oman FM in 2007, where she worked until 2016.

Whilst she was working with Oman FM, Delay started her own television program, “The Delay Show” in 2008 on TV3. In 2011, she wrote and produced the household television series, “Afia Schwarzenegger”. Her television production company, Maxgringo Productions brought out yet another television series ”Cocoa Brown”, a story loosely based on the true-life of herself.

Mother of the late Terry Adjetey Bonchaka and Shatana, Madam Charlotte Adjetey has warned some Ghanaian bloggers and other persons in the showbiz industry to desist from fabricating false stories about her daughter [Shatana].

Reacting to a statement made by a blogger identified as Ragnar on Hitz FM that Shatana is not related to the late Terry Bonchaka but just affiliating herself to the Bonchaka family in order to ride on Terry’s coattails. Mrs. Adjetey retorted telling Prince Tsegah, host of Hitz Fm’s “You Say Weytin” show to disregard such lies.

“Shatana and Terry are my children, I just understand why some Ghanaians have started orchestrating numerous lies about my daughter simply because she speaks the truth whenever she is talking on radio or TV, I really wish Terry was around to protect and support her sister as she has taken up mantle of producing some good music and empowering the young women as well”.

“They both loved music right from their childhood and I never doubted their talent and that is why am throwing my weight behind my daughter because she has introduced something new into the Ghanaian music industry and also protecting the legacy set down by her late brother at the same time”.

Meanwhile, Shatana courageously indicated that “ I started receiving several backlash from unknown persons ever since I started revealing the true circumstances surrounding my brother’s death, people want me to keep mute whereas the truth is so glaring, am unfazed at all therefore they should expect more from me”.

” I keep saying as a musician you need to go beyond just entertaining people with your music but rather have a positive impact on your audience with your message, resources and other innovative ways of turning their life around and that is what am seeking to achieve in my music career therefore haters can come in it with some funny statement but I have God, my family and my fans behind me so am ready for such persons”.

Ghanas own and Africas first all-female band celebrates 10years in doing music and performance.

Founded in 2009 by three octave treble, alto, tenor voice and former GBC leader Della Hayes . The band has since gotten from strength to strength with multiple awards and nominations and is now set to perform at Alliance Francaise on September 14th, 2019 at 7 pm prompt. Tickets going out for 30 Ghana cedis and 15 cedis for students.

Majority of the songs to be performed are their own songs in Afrobeats, High Life and Hippidippip (their own unique style ). Though they will also do a few Ghana Classics. There will also be collaborations with top sensation Ghanaian singers like Naa Amanua , Asabea Cropper and the Kumasi Golden Ladies Band.

The band has performed at about all the major festivals in the sub regions and has been a catalyst for the forming of all women music bands since formed (2 in Ghana and 1 in Abidjan).

In recent interview in the Showbiz Newspaper, Della said “celebrating ten years for any band is not a small thing. Celebrating ten years with the all-women band is a very big thing and starting the first-ever female band in Africa against all the odds and nay sayers was rocketer at that time. We want to say a big thank you to the people who have been of great support to us over the past ten years and celebrating with us “.

Della will also commission her ‘Della , Womanity & You’ agenda, an event where the Strengths, talents, and skills of women are projected.

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Takoradi base young talented Gospel artist Minister EL Manuel has been selected along side Ruth Adjei with as one of the special gospel artist to perform at this years International Gathering of Eagles and Young leaders Conference including other ministers .

The event is annually hosted by the Center of Hope Global Missions in the United Kingdom and this years conference come with the theme “Nothing To Loose” taken from the book of 1Samuel 30 vrs 8 , from the 13th to 15th of Semptember 2019 @ fellowship house 90, Dunstable Road Luton Bedfordshire LU1 1EH

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Host Apostle Dr. Nordine Campbell is glad and of the view that this years conference will inspire and encourage the youth to take up leadership resposibilities no matter the challenges .

Minister EL Manuel who once won Western Regions Gospel Artist of the year speaking to vhillageblogger of this news portal is grateful to be part of this years Gathering of Young Leaders Confernce which has also given him the opportunity to perform and minister out of his mother land Ghana. The future seems very bright and he is very grateful to God for honouring his calling as a Gospel artists from the Western Region which has seen less previllages in the music industry. He is also grateful to his manager who will be making the trip with him. Mr kwasi Esuman

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Born Fidelis Samson Denkyi, stage named Botoe a Ga language which literally means Listen . A native of Kwahu Asaka in the Eastern Region of the Republic of Ghana. Botoe was brought up in Tema. Had his primary schooling in Tema Newtown.

Speaking to Vhillageblogger of dikoder.com on Entertainment Extra on Saturday, he explained that he identified his talent in primary but had it seriously when a voice asks him to pick pen and paper and start writing music.

Being a past student of Tema Presec, he quoted that … “I love music in-fact good music but above all rap music even though at a tender age I love music so I wasn’t surprised I had it as a calling. For me what motivates me to do music especially rap is the passion to do good music to inspire, entertain and educate. I said, its a call on me to do Rap music “

Speaking on his latest banger “Rap Messiah” he explains that the song is about a young street kid who is full of talent to sing and has dreams of making it to the Grammys but all hope seems lost because of lack of support from home and other friends.

He brags about his rap talent and the journey to this level in his much-anticipated punch lines in the new banger to decorate himself as the next big star to come from the streets of Accra.

The song was produced by Chensee Beats in Accra.

Written by Fiifi Shepherds

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