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Taking a chronological look at Lil Wayne and Birdman's ongoing beef. Even as little as nine months ago, no one would have really expected Birdman and Lil Wayne to beef. The two Cash Money titans had a bond that seemed more powerful than your run-of-the-mill rapper/CEO relationship, with their father/son dynamic even birthing an album of its own earlier in the 2000s, and a sense of loyalty that seemed out-of-character for Birdman, at least when you considered his relationships with other Cash Money artists. But what began as a label-related rift between them has now spiraled into a situation that includes delayed albums, multi-million dollar suits, and most recently, an alleged murder plot. How did we get here? That's a difficult question, and one that requires some close monitoring-- not just Wayne and Birdman, but everyone from Rich Homie Quan to The Game-- in the past few months. Dragging in nearly everyone tangentially related to either artist, this beef ...

Multiple award-winning Ghanaian artiste Samini is no longer a brand ambassador for telecommunication giant, MTN. The “ISkoki” hitmaker who has been with the telco for 8 years decided to say goodbye to open new days for him. Making it know to the world, Samini wrote on his Facebook page: “BreakingNews #Official. We say Big Thank You 2 MTN for a Good Biz relationship and all the support they gave us thru out the years, It was good doing biz with y’all. Time 2 move to the #NextLevel #HigherHeights #AllStages#SayNoMore #HighGradeFamily #BreakingNewsAlbum#ThePeoplesAlbum !! Follow us on twitter:@KwekuVibes  

This doesn't sound good! 50 Cent, or Curtin Jackson to some, recently filed for bankruptcy and it looks like the rapper will have to try a little harder to stay rich! After the Wanksta rapper made the announcement Monday, it didn't take him long to assure everyone that he still has quite a bit of money in assets and liabilities!  Related: TIDAL Sued For $50 Million By Cash Money For Releasing Lil Wayne's Album For Free! But was this just putting up a front? We're not sure but now the legal documents have come out showing how much he owes and who he owes it to! According to the federal Bankruptcy Court filing that was released on Thursday, Fiddy owes over $28 million to creditors! One of his biggest unpaid creditors is the Florida based Sleek Audio who won over $18 million in a decision against the hip-hop artists after the company claimed he stole their design! Of course one of the other big paydays is to Lavonia Leviston, who won $5 million after Jackson put her priv...

N.A.N.A. Sarpong Organic and Venia Foods are complementary companies inspired by a family’s enthusiasm for mushrooms.  Rev. Derek Sarpong and his daughter, Eirene Sarpong have innovated the common oyster mushrooms into nutritious delicacies with mind blowing culinary taste and texture. A novelty in food production uses every raw material effectively and it is purely organic. For Eirene Sarpong, her passion to cook has driven her to the path of her business. Even though she is a university graduate and has worked two jobs already, her cooking instincts kept tingling until she found her purpose in adding value to what her father has built over the years. Rev. Derek Sarpong, now visually impaired, continues to run his company with the know how he has acquired and the years of experience in organic mushroom farming. The aims of these two individuals wanting impact the world are to create jobs, alleviate poverty and the health improvement of Ghanaians. With the consi...

Celebrating the evolution of African musicians by recognizing contemporary artists and trailblazers across a range of music and lifestyle categories, the MTV Africa Music Awards KwaZulu-Natal 2015 sponsored by KwaZulu-Natal in association with Absolut Vodka and in partnership with The City of Durban, will take place at the Durban International Convention Centre on Saturday 18 July 2015 The MTV Africa Music Awards Kwa Zulu-Natal 2015 is to honour the best musical talent across the continent. See who walks away with the converted award Africa’s biggest night in music. Competing in the prestigious Best Male act category are AKA (South Africa), Davido (Nigeria), Diamond (Tanzania) and Sarkodie (Ghana), while female artists making their mark in the Best Female category include Bucie (SA), Busiswa (SA), Seyi Shay (Nigeria), Vanessa Mdee (Tanzania) and Yemi Alade (Nigeria). In the Best Collaboration category, where AKA, Burna Boy, Da LES & JR compete against Davido feat...

The first photos for the upcoming film ‘Southside With You’ recently surfaced on the web. The photos feature Tika Sumpter and Parker Sawyers who play a younger Barack and Michele Obama. The movie is inspired by the first date the couple went on and chronicles time and events leading up to their wedding. The film ‘Southside With You’ directed by Richard Tanne began production at the beginning of this month. We haven’t seen much from the film so far except a few photos of Tika Sumpter who will play Michele and Parker Sawyers who will play Barack strolling through a park. The movie will re-crecte the Obama’s first date in 1989. During President Obama’s 2012 campaign he often spoke of the first date he had with his wife and it made a lasting impression on many. During the date a younger Barack took his future wife to get ice cream and see Do The Right Thing directed by Spike Lee. He even kissed her goodnight outside the ice cream parlor. Awwww! Clearly Michele was impr...

Sarkodie celebrated his birthday not long ago  and as expected, he is throwing out material for his fans all over the world in the form of visuals for a new single titled Mewu. This single is off his yet to be released album titled Mary, the follow up to Sarkology

Photo credits:Emmanuel Bobbie

With effect from Friday, August 21, 2015, Ghanaians are expected to start paying the new television licensing fees. This was announced by the National Media Commission (NMC). The fee for domestic owners of television has been increased from GH30pesewas to GHC36 for a year.  However, two or more television attracts GHC60. Chairman of the Commission, Ambassador Kabral Blay Amihere said dealers in television sets will pay GH¢5 per month while commercial license users will pay GH¢3 per month for one television set. But according to movie maker, Socrate Safo , the television licensing fee is bogus in a post to GhanaGist.Com . He describes the law that makes it compulsory for Ghanaians to pay the new television licensing fees as “unreasonable, baseless and oppressive” According to him, the “TV license law is bogus paaaaa, the law makers are just twisting our arms to take our money to fund private businesses.” “Who put that Bill before Parliament and what consultat...

An amateur diver out for an expedition off the coast of Norfolk recently stumbled upon an exciting ecological find less than 300 yards from shore. The diver, Dawn Watson, was swimming in just over 20 feet of water when she came upon massive tree trunks lying on the ocean floor, some with branches spanning over 26 feet, Reuters reported . Scientists say that the wood, which is believed to be oak, is the remainder of a lush prehistoric forest that thrived on the spot over 10,000 years ago.

I have actually heard many people talk about last Tuesday’s All Star Unity Concert which happened at the Accra Sports Stadium. Many of them are saying it was a flopped concert – I cannot confirm or deny it because I don’t know the angle they are taking it from. Is it from attendance or the performances from the artistes? I want you to be the judge so follow me as I review the show. It was never in the plans of Becca to organise a concert on June 30 this year but the unfortunate incident that happened on June 3 in Accra made her plan on organising something to generate cash for the victims. Did Becca and the musicians who performed at the event get something which will help these victims of the flood as they planned? I kept asking myself this question as soon as I stepped foot at the Accra Sports Stadium on June 30. This question hurriedly came in mind when I saw few people at the stadium who were there to witness the event. Truth be told, the crowd was very very ...

Eazzy babe! Eazzy  says forget all the Brazilian, Indian, horse hair bullsh*t. She has proudly gone back to her natural look, and she couldn’t look any better!