KWEKU VIBES

Last Friday at Zylofon Media headquarters, a new chapter was opened to the entertainment media both local and international when beautiful and multiple award winning songstress Becca was unveiled as a signed artiste to Zylofon Media (Record label). The occasion was witnessed by representatives from MTV Base Nigeria, Sound City Nigeria and Trace TV with all the influential local media representatives joining the unveiling. Becca, who will be celebrating her 10 th  anniversary in October this year is super excited about this signing and is willing to work assiduously towards the partnership with Zylofon. In her submission on the day of the signing, Becca told the media people gathered that she intends to put out her best to make the investment from Zylofon media a profitable one whilst holding in high esteem her penchant for quality music and high level performances. “I am really grateful to everyone who has supported my music career throughout my 10 year journey and to the me...

Each year The Roots Picnic delivers the best music block party, and this year was no exception. Fans flocked to Festival Pier in Philly for the festival’s 10th year, with a lineup that boasted names like  Solange, Thundercat, Jeezy, 21 Savage,  The Roots,  and many more ( Lil Wayne  pulled out the morning of the festival due to medical reasons). Nonetheless the festival delivered, especially to fans who flocked to the North Stage around 9:15 for  Pharrell ‘s set, which featured performances by the artist and artists whose songs he produced. Skateboard P, backed by The Roots, hit the stage and immediately started performing a medley of his own hits and cuts he produced, including  Daft Punk’s  “Lose Yourself To Dance” and  702 ‘s “I Still Love You.” Pharrell was then joined onstage by  N.E.R.D.  bandmate  Shae Haley  to perform some of the band’s most popular cuts, including  Fly Or Di...

She calls herself the ‘bad gal’ and portrays so in her music as she punctuates her works with sexually connotative lyrics and delivers erotic stage performances. She has consequently won the hearts of some music lovers while others dislike her on the basis that she exposes too much flesh. From ‘Kupe’ to ‘Poison’, Ebony has become a household name whether right or wrong reason! It appears the singer’s constant exposure of her body is having an influence on some male fans of hers as she has revealed they send her pictures of their manhood. “A lot of people DM me, they show me things. Somewhere last year, there was this story out there and male fans where sending me their male things, their naked pictures,” she said on 3FM’s Showbiz927, Saturday when asked the kind of messages people send her. Ebony objected assertions that she was indirectly leading some people to sin. “I’m not causing people to sin… If they didn’t know about masturbation, they wouldn’t think about do...

Reggae legend Bob Marley’s son Damian has become a part-owner of the world’s leading marijuana magazine High Times. Damian Marley is one of 20 new investors in the ownership group that bought a controlling interest in the media company behind the popular pot publication, according to TMZ. Damian has been a fan of the magazine for years and admits its articles helped him as he produced his own line of weed as a co-founder of Stony Hill. High Times has been around since the mid-1970s and the original owners have ventured into live events in recent years. “High Times had me daydreaming of so many beautiful strains that at the time I had not yet had the chance to experience,” he says.

Award winning  musician  Trigmatic after launching his ‘Grow Ghana, Eat Ghana’ Campaign to promote farming among the youth has started work on his 4 acre rice farm again. The multiple award winning rapper in an interview Trigmatic disclosed; “In order to show seriousness and commitment, I started a rice farm last year with the aim of encouraging young  farmers  and my followers to start looking in the area of agriculture. This will be my second year in farming and the target is to  scale  up our operations increase our yield this year. Trigmatic’s 4 acre rice farm is at Ahwire Nkwanta in the Western Region in the Shama District and they grow perfumed rice similar to  the once  imported.

The event which has been held in a number of districts in Accra saw three schools come together at the Police depot (Tesano police depot school, Cluster schools at Tesano) and Dansoman(St Martin Depores, Star of the Sea and  Emmanuel Presbyterian school) respectively. The Becca Hearts Foundation together with “Touching the Lives of Girls Foundation International” have partnered to put together this initiative with a mutual aim to educate girls on female hygiene (hygienic menstrual practices). Among the Eighteen(18) schools in celebration of world family hygiene day in Kumasi were; Ideal college, Afia Ampem Senior high school, Yaa Asantewaa Senior High School, St. Louis Senior High School, St. Louis College of Education, St. Augustine’s Primary, Asem Islamic Primary, St Peters Primary, among many others. The day recorded over 1000 students who were presented with over 2000 Royal Lady sanitary pads, over 2000 posters on feminine hygiene (Presented to Ghana Education Service ...

The Stanley Matthews football revolution made in Ghana Sir Stanley Matthews remains one of England's most famous footballers and was known as the Wizard of Dribble. But he was also arguably the first global icon, paving the way for superstars such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. And it all began in Ghana, writes Scott Anthony. Football is the closest thing the planet has to a global popular culture. Wherever you go in the world, you'll find people kicking a ball around, watching matches in cafes, wearing replica shirts, and betting or playing football games on their phones. Yet the idea of a footballer as a global icon is a relatively recent phenomenon. The idea that a footballer could bring nations, classes and races together had to be invented. And it was an idea that was arguably invented in Africa. The story begins 60 years ago in Ghana when veteran English footballer Stanley Matthews strode out to play for Accra's Hearts of Oak against Kumasi...